Last week, the Obama administration told all public schools across the U.S to allow transgender students to use the bathroom of their gender identity. The uproar following this issuance was led by conservative states, including Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, and North Carolina. On the other hand, activists for transgender rights and the involved parties themselves met the Obama administration’s stance with gratitude and relief.

As with all statements by the Federal Government of this nature, the Obama administration can only punish noncompliance with a withdrawal of Federal education funding from the state or civil rights lawsuits.

Officials from North Carolina, which has already passed a law that requires transgender people to use the bathroom of the sex assigned to them at birth in public facilities, are now leading the charge in asking the Federal Appeals Court to re-hear a case in which the court sided with a transgender student.

Concerned states explain that they are advocating for the safety and privacy of children. But, one could argue that forcing transgender students to accept a gender that they do not identify with is discrimination and will put transgender students in serious danger.

Though each side carries a very definitive stance, the details of transgender bathroom laws are blurry. Especially, for transgender people who have gotten a sex reassignment surgery or have been transgender for a large majority of their lives. Additionally, people worry about people changing their gender identities on a whim to cause trouble and invade the privacy of others. How will transgender people prove their commitment to their gender identity, and additionally, who will enforce the bathroom laws at the stall?