Persuasive+Speech-+Buck

Document your research and create an outline.

Research sites: http://www.ibtimes.com/california-transgender-law-privacy-all-students-fights-repeal-gender-identity-bathroom-bill-1465176 http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/13/us/california-transgender-school-law/ http://townhall.com/columnists/rebeccahagelin/2013/10/29/california-strips-privacy-from-kids-the-coed-bathroom-law-n1732783/page/full http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/08/13/california-gov-brown-signs-transgender-student-bill/ http://www.nationalreview.com/article/362178/opposing-californias-co-ed-bathroom-law-alec-torres

Topic: transgender bathroom law Type of persuasive speech: Question of Value Stance/Position: law is unethical and wrong; I do not agree with it and it should be repealed (it is unfair to subject the rest of the students to this treatment to "satisfy the few")

---Will create more/other problems:

-"normal" kids/families bullied/reprimanded for resisting (cite: " Even so, normal kids—boys who are boys and girls who are girls—are expected to get with the program in California. If the law stands, you can expect that children who balk at welcoming an opposite-sex child into the locker room or bathroom will be reprimanded and singled out for being hurtful and transgender-phobic. The normal kids will be ‘the problem.’"-Rebecca Hagelin)

-Doesn't solve transgender problem (will add to confusion and those students struggling with gender identity may be singled out even more so and bullied; add counterargument quote: "Supporters say the law will help cut down on bullying against transgender students, The families of transgender students have been waging local battles with school districts around the country over what restrooms and locker rooms their children can use. "Now, every transgender student in California will be able to get up in the morning knowing that when they go to school as their authentic self they will have the same fair chance at success as their classmates,” Masen Davis, Executive Director of Transgender Law Center said.")

-could lead to an increase of sex-offender cases and sexual harassment; surely there will be those who will take advantage of the law to enter opposite-gender restrooms for unscrupulous reasons

---On another level: the law is democratically unfair; voters should have been given a chance to weigh in/vote on proposition before Governor Brown signed it into law. ---Hopefully with all the petitions/signatures collected, the law will be put to a vote and California citizens will decide if it is implemented or shot down. (quote: “We’re extremely confident” that the law will be overturned if it is put on the ballot,” Schubert confirms. Right now the campaign is focused solely on public education and, he tells me, there’s very little need for persuasion. “Once people become aware of it, then they oppose it,” he says. “We’ve done a survey and what we’ve found is that only 35 percent of voters support this law, and 51 percent oppose it. When you [talk with individuals and] go through the pro and con arguments, we end up at over 60 percent opposition to the law.”)

---Conclusion/urge to action: urge voters to say 'no' to protect traditional family values and the private resting place of the bathroom