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Title: Which bathroom to use is no easy question for transgendered people
Post by: LostInTime on May 07, 2007, 10:55:59 AM
Post by: LostInTime on May 07, 2007, 10:55:59 AM
Statesman dot com (http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/other/05/07/0507restrooms.html)
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."
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."