You know, I made a joke about this a couple months ago.

I understand, as a female not wanting anatomically male people in a girls locker room. I don't understand why we or they can't change in a stall (we were not allowed to change in bathroom stalls, we had to change in front of everyone.)

This is a bit far fetched. I would never allow any one to see me naked. If you wanted to suspend me go ahead, and I don't know of many parents that would disagree.

So now we have panty police. Awesome.

when i was in school i went in to the shower of the locker room to change no one used it and it was privet the teacher allowed it no problem

Missouri has such a Bill currently filed, though it has not been assigned to any Committee for a hearing. It takes things a step further by defining one's "sex" in a broader term for schools:

""Sex", the physical condition of being male or female, as determined by an individual’s chromosomes and identified at birth by that individual’s anatomy."

Thus, it matters not if a person has a sex change because the law would define a person by what sex they were when they were born. Moreover, the law opens the door to require students of all ages to undergo blood tests as part of the school registration process, to define their "sex" based on their chromosomes.

Yep, we have some strange people in the Missouri legislator who file overreaching Bills to dictate pretty much how a person walks, talks, breathes, and looks.

Missouri isn't called the show me state for nothing.

All these laws are disturbing in that the state is now going from telling you what you can do to telling you who you can be or are.

My experience is that gender is more than one's physical characteristics or outward appearance.

Ok, maybe i'm blind, but where does it say teachers will have to physically check a students 'parts'?
All the admin. has to do is look at the kids birth certificate. Of course, it's MTV news.
Call me a bigot, some here will, but I don't want my girls, especially in middle and high school to be made to share a stall next to a boy. I find it funny/sad when everyone is SO concerned about an EXTREMELY small minority but could care less about making the majority very uncomfortable.
Maybe they could make some special bathroom, a one toilet room these people could use.

Oh if there were these laws around back when I was in HS... We'd all be in prison and on the registry. I was in marching band, when we would travel, sometimes there weren't accommodations to change for each of the genders. We all changed on the bus TOGETHER!!! OMG!!! LOL

It is so pretty in MO... I got my latest german shepherd from a wonderful breeder in MO... but those laws... and that one motel called the Longhorn Motel (a dive like I have not seen before in my life, that we stayed at when we were picking up the pooch). I'll never forget that MO trip... the motel, the puppy and all the puke... ahhh memories... LOL

It is creepy, to think that your child would be expected to expose themselves to anyone outside of a doctor is ludicrous. All this time, I have taught mine to be on guard of anyone asking to see them naked and then this comes along. Am i to say, it is okay as long as it is a school official? They don't even know how they are going to implement it (perhaps hire a doctor out of their budget?) it feels like they are asking me and my children to disregard everything I taught them about body safety.

I do not like the idea that this policy puts forth, I also don't know why it is such a big deal. At the same time, I do not like the media fear mongering here either. Like coastie suggested they could check birth certificates, or school records (which I think are quite extensive), or if they actually decided to see everyone's genitals they could hire pediatricians for a few days and check everyone. All those options would most likely be used long before jumping to the idea of your child's teacher getting to look at your child's private parts. But what does the media do? Fear.

For a country that has chosen to embrace the "not one child left behind" this seems to be counter productive in that respect. The never letting a child lose or be hurt by a mistake is also as counter productive...

What is the penalty for a child or parent refusing to pull down their pants to prove their gender? Jail? A fine? Expulsion? How will this be enforced? Who will enforce it? How will all incidents be reported? It is like they didn't think at all when dreaming up this fancy piece of legislation.

This violates the 4th amendment. I remember when they tried to do strip searches on students. I would teach my children to never pull their pants down for anyone! What the hell has this world come to?

I am not against transgenders. It is a sticky situation. So instead of showing your genitals to get in a restroom there needs to be an alternate.

Maybe a single restroom for transgenders. But then again....they will complain about being discriminated!

All students have to show birth certificates for school... no problem