Let’s start with a couple of facts:
- If you are born with male genitals, you are male.
- If you are born with female genitals, you are female.
Okay, now that that’s cleared up, let’s continue.
Your feelings do not matter when it comes to which restroom you use. What matters is the body parts you have. Which leads us to the next set of facts:
- If you have boy body parts, you use the boys’ restroom.
- If you have girl body parts, you use the girls’ restroom.
Seems like common sense, right? Not so to those who think they should be able to use the restroom of their choice because they feel they should be able to use the restroom of their choice rather than the one designated to them based on their body parts…like the rest of civilized society does.
I’ve previously written on this topic, but I bring it up again because the latest “confusion” on this matter is happening in a high school in Missouri.
“Lila” Perry is a boy, 17, who started feeling like he should have been a girl a few years ago. In February of this year, he started dressing like a girl. And by that I mean he wears a long wig and a skirt. The school offered him use of a unisex restroom, but he refused. He wants to use the girls’ bathroom and the girls’ locker room to change for gym class.
“I wasn’t hurting anyone and I didn’t want to feel segregated out. I didn’t want to be in the gender neutral bathroom. I am girl, I shouldn’t be pushed off to another bathroom,” said Perry.
“I am girl.” No, you’re not. You might feel like you’re a girl, but you’re not. You want your feelings to matter on this issue, but they don’t. What matters is that you have boy parts, not girl parts.
Girls at the school were understandably a little upset over a boy being in their locker room, and many students staged a walkout on Monday in protest. When asked about the walkout, Mr. Perry’s response was:
“There’s a lot of ignorance, they are claiming that they’re uncomfortable. I don’t believe for a second that they are. I think this is pure and simple bigotry,” said Perry.
So let me get this right, “Lila.” You can feel uncomfortable changing clothes in a boys’ locker room or a unisex bathroom, but the girls can’t feel uncomfortable with seeing your boy parts or with you seeing their girly parts as they change for gym class. Your feelings are valid, while their feelings are bigotry.
Sorry, Mr. Perry, but #BodyPartsMatter.
