Baseless transphobia arguments rebuked

Let’s start this week with a statement. A very easy to understand, digestible, and completely factual statement.

Trans women are women. Trans men are men. Nonbinary people do not owe you androgyny. If that pisses you off?

Braedon Martin

Get over yourself. I am sick and tired of watching the right demonize trans people every single day. They are not groomers. They are not pedophiles. They are not rapists, they are not ill, they are people. Regu- lar. People. The fact that they were born in a body not corresponding to their gender is irrelevant. sex, disability, religion, age, military status, sexual orientation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law, or by college policy. For inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies contact: Christopher Lau, Coordinator of Equity & Compliance 1300 N. Plum Hutchinson, KS 67501 (620) 665-3500 equity@hutchcc.edu (www.hutchcc.edu/equity)

I’m going to work through every single common transphobic argument and tell you why they’re wrong. It’s a very easy process to work through.

“Trans people are grooming children.” It is absolutely wild that many in the Republican Party would try to claim this, despite the fact that they routinely strike down laws restricting child marriages. The right doesn’t give a hoot about children. If they did, they would pass laws to stop school shootings, or stop removing the right to abortions, or any number of other things.

“They are lying to assault people in bathrooms.” The statistics simply don’t line up. More trans women are assaulted in bathrooms than cis, and more often than not men don’t need to dress up to get into the women’s bathroom. They can just walk right in. It’s a stupid anti-point.

“It’s basic biology.” Yeah sure, your high school teacher may have taught you that there’s two sexes. But there is something called advanced biology. Or literally any class passed basic biology that acknowledges that gender and sex are separate things. And also that Intersex people exist. There are literally not even two sexes. Just because your baseline biology class didn’t mention it doesn’t mean that science does not back them up.

Read a textbook for once in your life and maybe you’ll learn something about your stupid echoed talking points.

There is essentially no argument that Republicans can give that aren’t either stupid, hypocritical, both, or just flat out wrong.

Privacy not easy for students living in the dorms

By Victoria Lewis Staff Writer

Living in a dormitory can be one of the best parts of college life, but being surrounded by people every waking hour can cause privacy issues.

Most students living in the Elland and Kent halls at Hutchinson Community College share a room with another student, unless they are willing to pay the extra $400 to secure a single room. This proves to be a problem at times for students when they need to make a private phone call, sleep in peace or even just have an hour to themselves.

Nestus Burger, a freshman from Perth, Australia is new to the school this semester and said the living situation in Elland Hall isn’t for the quiet kind.

“I don’t get much downtime in the dorms as it is very loud,” he said. “If I was on a private call, I go into the lobby where I can be by myself.

“The dorm rooms at night can get very loud as the walls are extremely thin - you can most definitely hear the dorm rooms next to you and above you. It can be very hard to sleep some nights,” said Burger.

Noise is not only a complaint of those living in the men’s halls, as Cheney freshman Brynn McCormick said.

“Weekends are typically loud,” McCormick said. “It depends on the day of the week.

“My neighbor and I communicate pretty well, so if one of us is too loud, we’ll let each other know. But we can’t control what happens in the hall, so yes, it can get pretty loud at night sometimes.”

McCormick also noted the thin walls of Elland

“Falling asleep with the noise was a struggle at the beginning of the first semester, but I’ve gotten used to it now,” McCormick said.

Despite having her own room this semester, McCormick said that sometimes she can hear a movie her neighbor will be watching, or dice being dropped over and over from the room above.

“One way the dorm privacy could improve would definitely be to be more strict on the quiet hours,” McCormick said. “And have guest bathrooms that can actually be accessible to guests.” The visiting hours in the dorms are until 12am on school nights and then unrestricted on weekends.

Lack of privacy is a common feature of all college dormitories across the globe, and HutchCC is no different. If students so wish, they are able to request to live in the suites of Elland or Kent, which are more spaced out and have private bathrooms, or to live in off-campus apartments to help deal with privacy issues.