A mother from New York penned a letter to Ivanka Trump. She wrote to ask the president's daughter to protect the rights of her transgender daughter following President Donald Trump's decision to roll back the transgender bathroom law in schools.
Mom Isabel Rose appealed to Ivanka by citing the similarities in their background as upper-income level real estate families with Ivy League degrees and Jewish husbands. Isabel Rose also pointed out that they were both mothers with young children. Except in her case, her second child, a boy, transitioned as a girl by age six, according to her letter published via Medium.
Isabel Rose recounted how little Samuel was miserable about being a boy at a very young age. When Samuel became Sadie, she slowly blossomed into a happy child. The mother was worried, however, the president's stance on the transgender bathroom law would become a threat to her trans daughter.
The Trump government announced in February that the Department of Justice won't challenge those who oppose Title IX covering gender discrimination. This effectively canceled out the guidelines on transgender bathrooms in school set by the previous administration. Many took this as an anti-LGBT stance, according to CNN.
The issue, however, is not just about gender discrimination but also about health and safety. Some young transgender kids have reportedly stopped using school bathrooms for fear of being bullied or attacked. As a result, they have developed kidney and UTI problems, according to Elle.
"When we think about places unsafe for trans people bathrooms come up. They're very gendered spaces," gender health services Dr. Katherine Greenberg said. "Rescinding the guidance sends the message that, on a macro level, trans students' safety doesn't matter."
The mother thus appealed to Ivanka to point out some things to President Trump regarding this decision. "I would take my father aside and explain that failing to protect innocent children's rights to use the bathroom of their choice is wrong and unfair and un-American," Isabel Rose wrote.
