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Which bathroom to use is no easy question for transgendered people

Started by LostInTime, May 07, 2007, 10:55:59 AM

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Statesman dot com
By Julia Gronnevet
COLUMBIA NEWS SERVICE

Transgender people experience a much more severe problem than just occasional awkwardness, Stevens said. Every time transgendered people use the bathroom, someone who feels a sexually ambiguous person doesn't belong in the restroom might confront him or her.

"This is definitely a problem," said J. Riley, who lives in Washington. "I used to have to use the women's bathroom at work while I was transitioning, and even though I had facial hair I had to use the ladies' room."
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