# Political fallout of transgender bathroom issue

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [May 14, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-fallout-of-transgender-bathroom-issue/754775 "2016-05-14T18:29:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/political-fallout-of-transgender-bathroom-issue/754775/39 "2016-05-15T03:53:19Z")

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> [@Richard\_Parker](#):
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> Lots to say here, but the easiest is this: if the law is so clear-cut then this guidance doesn’t matter. Ultimately, courts will decide.
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> Note, however, that the treatment of discrimination based on gender identity as a violation of sex discrimination laws goes back two decades. That premise is not new, and has been routinely upheld by courts.

Courts making new law is not a shining example of representative democracy.

Whether it’s been done for 20, 40, or 60 years is entirely irrelevant.

If you, or the majority of the SDMB, or the President, want to expand Title IX to include gender identity, then go to Congress and get a new law passed.

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