Should We Need More Laws Protect Gender Identity Or Not

â€Å"41% of people who are transgender have attempted suicide sometime in their life† (Alpert). SIRS researcher writes, â€Å"The American Psychiatric Association uses the term ‘gender dysphonia’ as the medical diagnosis for people who feel their birth-assigned sex and their gender identity do not match.† The pro view point are excited that laws have been passed to protect transgender people from discrimination harassment and bullying. While the cons are against the law because they are worried that people will claim the opposite sex to get into the opposite sex’s public restrooms, or locker rooms. This paper will examine the pro, con and my viewpoint on whether we need more laws to protect gender identity or not. To illustrate my point,†¦show more content†¦In July President Obama signed an executive order banning workplace discrimination against millions of LGBT employees of federal contractors and the federal government (Thibodeaux). I am extremely happy that the President cares for other people no matter what gender they take or was sex they like. Finally, The OSC reported and noted that the restroom restriction â€Å"had the effect of isolating and segregating† Luserdi from other female employees â€Å"serving as a constant reminder that she was being deprived of equal status, respect, and dignity in the work place (Thibodeaux). So Luserdi a human being was being deprived of using the same restroom as her sex identity and was forced to use another restroom away from people. How cruel. Secondly, New Yorkers are easing the laws for shifting genders in New York, how interesting. In fact, according to a survey by the National Transgender Discrimination 40% of transgendered people who were interviewed had reported being harassed when they showed identification that did not match their gender (Flegenheimer). Can you imagine going on a trip or even buying something and having to show your ID and get harassed for being a different sex then on your ID? This is serving as a constant reminder of their past, and their decision. They will never fully be who they are if people keep discriminating against them. In addition, Levasseur a transgender