While this may be a victory for Nicole Maines allowing her to choose which gender specific bathroom she identifies with. What does this mean for others who are not transgender. If I "identify" with the other gender does this mean as a man I may now freely use the women's room? Or as a woman use the men's? Or does this ruling only apply to transgendered people? If so then is this ruling in fact a ruling in favor of discrimination?
The courts appear to be going out of their way to over compensate for an issue and in doing so they are creating more problems for the future.
Bangor Daily News
PORTLAND, Maine — The Maine Supreme Judicial Court on Thursday guaranteed the right of a transgender child to use the school bathroom designated for the gender with which he or she identifies.
It is the first time any court in the nation has ruled it is unlawful to force a transgender child to use the school bathroom designated for the sex he or she was born with rather than the one with which the child identifies, according to the Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders of Boston, which represented the girl and her family.
“This sends a message to my children that you can believe in the system,” Wayne Maines, the father of Nicole Maines, the girl at the center of the case, said Thursday afternoon in a conference call.
Full story: BDN
Additional reading:
Yahoo! News: Maine court rules in favor of transgender pupil
ABC News: Twin Boys, One Transgender, Become Brother and Sister
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