We got back home from my 50th high school class reunion in the wee hours last night. Debbie says she had a great time. I know I did.

I can't tell you exactly how good it feels to spend the best part of three days with people who accept you for who you were and also for who you've become. You probably either know how that feels or you don't.

This Bush appointed federal judge who issued the injunction blocking the effort by the Obama administration to help provide that feeling for all transgender students across the nation is clearly an example of a person who does not understand the importance of being accepted by one's peers.

This case presents the difficult issue of balancing the protection of students’ rights and that of personal privacy when using school bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, and other intimate facilities, while ensuring that no student is unnecessarily marginalized while attending school. The resolution of this difficult policy issue is not, however, the subject of this order.

--Judge Reed O'Connor

I have no doubt that the Texas triumvirate shopped for Judge O'Connor, hoping he would be as anti-transgender as they are.

We can only hope the North Carolina and Virginia cases obtain a fairer scrutiny.

There is the good part:

If you’re already doing what I like to call the right thing and you are not discriminating against transgender students, this has no affect on your district. If you have a policy that doesn’t permit that, for now the federal government can’t come in and force you to do it.

--Kenneth Upton, Lambda Legal

Such open and inclusive policies have safely existed in New York City for several years, demonstrating how thoughtful action can actually serve to protect our children, not harm them.

--New York City Public Advocate Letitia James

It's my hope that trans children can grow up to be healthy adults contributing to a more open society.

Really, I don't see what is wrong with that. I know the Texas Trio would disagree with me on that. They'd rather we just went away.

Personally I know from my discussions this past weekend that it was more difficult for me to engage with the women I dated when in high school than it seemed to be for them. And if they don't have a problem with me, who else should care?