Generally, the answers seem to be pro-trans, but the California law was not all that well thought out methinks. I’m a trans woman, 22+ years post op. I transitioned on-the-job in the same position I held as a man. I was spared this kind of situation in school, but I had to suffer through my own private hell for a year till I could obtain the surgery. Eighteen years later I retired from the same job, accepted fully as a woman.

My position is that transsexuals should not be harassed, but cisgender girls should not be made to suffer either. I’m not talking about the parents of cisgender girls here, or teachers, or anyone else, but of the girls themselves. Most of them would be easily embarrassed, a few maybe not so much. And the trans girls? There is no way that, given their druthers, they’d choose to shower openly with cisgender girls and display their penises. Maybe curtains and other privacy measures would help some, but at best it’s an awkward situation, and there is no easy, everywhere-available, cost effective solution.

My suggestion. First, require the trans girls to carry a letter, on letterhead and signed by a physician, to the effect that they are actively transitioning from male to female. They should register the letter with school officials, and if physical education must be taken (there are no alternatives such as study hall, marching band, etc.) then the utmost effort should be taken to spare them (as well as the cisgender girls) the embarrassment of exposure. For trans girls from low-income families, financial support to at least get the letter should be provided.