Get past the phobia [letter to the editor]

[Hazumu]

ALEA THOMPSON
Ashland

Moreover, Jacoby's medicalization of transgender people is reminiscent of the fact that homosexuality was characterized as a psychological disorder until 1973. His reference to pedophilic-incestuous relationships, such as the Texas polygamist compound, as comparable is deplorable.

The decisions of Tracy LaGondino, who now calls herself Thomas Beatie, harm no one. Transgender people are not "confused," as Jacoby would have us believe, but simply matching their life to how they feel inside.

When Jacoby writes that LaGondino has a "serious problem," he is correct: that problem is people, like Jacoby, who refuse to accept any alternative expression of sex or gender.