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Started by LostInTime, March 15, 2007, 07:33:12 AM

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March 15, 2007, 07:33:12 AM
Baltimore's Transgendered Population Navigates A World That Only Sees Biological Male And Female

The sign on the bathroom door read ABSOLUTELY NO MEN IN THE WOMEN'S RESTROOM. Cydné Kimbrough couldn't believe her eyes. Wanting to believe the best, she carefully peeled away the Scotch tape from the corners and brought the sign to the front desk at Health Education Resource Organization Inc. (HERO). The receptionist told her what she didn't want to hear: The warning was probably meant for transwomen using the women's bathroom.

"I thought, Does that mean me?" Kimbrough says a year later. She's sipping hot tea at City Café, dressed in a T-shirt and jeans. Her round, dark face is flawless, her hair perfectly coiffed.

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