Re: “,” June 5 Mike Rosen column.
Mike Rosen should be ashamed for denigrating the 700,000-member transgender community with terms such as “gender-confused,” “gender-ambiguous” and “psychological gender identity.” He can confront his own transphobia by educating himself, and then his irrational fears can be transformed into rational understanding.
I am transgender male-to-female and have never been confused, ambiguous or psychological about my identity, only ultimately happy to finally have been able to transition into my persona publicly in my retirement years.
Rosen’s solution of adding single-occupancy bathrooms is costly, irrational and unnecessary.
It is disgusting how the conversation has been promulgated nationally based on transphobia.
Dana Dixon, Centennial
I find this whole problem about assigning correct bathrooms both disturbing and amusing. Many, many years ago I was on vacation in Europe, and at one hotel there were co-ed bathrooms which included showers as well as toilets. Having been brought up in puritan America (and being young), I was embarrassed to death. By the time I moved on from that hotel, I wasn’t thinking twice about using the co-ed bathrooms, nor was I terribly bothered by some other embarrassing encounters. It is just a matter of getting used to a new tradition.
Arlene Cozzi, Denver
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