Across 24 states in the U.S., girls’ bathrooms, locker rooms, housing accommodations, and sports teams are being opened to biological males under the banner of transgender inclusion. This means teenage girls who are at a vulnerable stage of development are being forced to share their private spaces with biological men who claim to be women.
This is not just a policy issue. It is a serious invasion of privacy, safety, and basic decency. Girls deserve the right to feel secure in their own bathrooms and locker rooms. They should not have to question whether a biological male will be present in these intimate spaces. Yet, school districts across the country are ignoring their concerns and forcing them into uncomfortable and even dangerous situations.
Girls’ Safety and Privacy Are Being Ignored
High school is already a difficult and awkward time for young girls. They are dealing with changes in their bodies, social pressures, and the normal anxieties of growing up. Now they have to add another fear, biological males entering their private spaces.
This is not an irrational concern. It is a matter of biological reality. Boys and girls are different. That is why for generations we have separated bathrooms and locker rooms based on sex. Girls need their own spaces to feel safe and comfortable. Schools, which should be responsible for their well-being, are instead prioritizing the feelings of a small minority over the fundamental rights of half the student body.
The MLK High School Incident
An incident at MLK High School perfectly illustrates the danger of these policies. A transgender woman who is in reality a biological man had an altercation with a young female student. The confrontation was captured on video and widely circulated on social media. The most disturbing part is that this same individual has been using the women’s restrooms and locker rooms at the school.
Why should young women be subjected to this? Why are their voices being silenced when they express discomfort? Schools are supposed to create an environment where all students feel protected. Yet when it comes to policies like these, it is clear that girls are being pushed aside in favor of an ideology that disregards biological reality.
The Impact on Young Women
Many teenage girls are too afraid to speak up about their discomfort. They do not want to be labeled as intolerant or transphobic. But this is not about intolerance, it is about boundaries. It is about a girl’s right to change clothes, use the restroom, and shower in peace without the presence of a biological male.
Imagine being a fourteen-year-old girl, changing after gym class, only to see a biological boy in the same room. This is not some hypothetical situation, it is happening right now in schools across the country. When girls do voice their concerns, they are often told they just need to get used to it.
Schools Are Failing Young Women
The reality is that these policies do not prioritize fairness or inclusion, they prioritize one group at the expense of another. If a biological male feels uncomfortable using the men’s restroom, the solution is not to force girls into an uncomfortable situation. Schools could provide single-user restrooms as an alternative. Instead, they are choosing to erase the boundaries that protect girls.
If we truly care about women’s rights, we need to recognize that girls deserve their own spaces. They deserve to have their privacy respected. They deserve to be able to go to the bathroom or locker room without fear or embarrassment.
The Need to Speak Up
This is a battle that parents, students, and concerned citizens cannot afford to ignore. It is time to demand that schools respect the safety and dignity of young women. Allowing biological males into girls’ bathrooms is not progressive, it is regressive. It tells girls that their comfort and safety do not matter.
The question is not whether transgender individuals deserve respect. Of course they do. The question is whether their rights should come at the expense of young women who are being forced into vulnerable and uncomfortable situations.
The answer is simple. No, they should not. Schools need to put an end to this madness before more girls are put at risk.