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W. Richard Cobb: Build transgender restrooms

Lily Carollo, in her March 19 Point of View, “McCrory, Moore and me,” assured me there is “no safety problem” (opportunity for nefarious ends) when sharing a bathroom with someone of intersex ambiguity/gender identity.

What about “privacy and extreme discomfort?” Transgenders, a very small group, in effect, are transferring their privacy and comfort level to use a biologically designated male or female restroom onto everyone else so they can feel right? No!

Construct single transgender restrooms in public and government buildings for the few that need it.

W. Richard Cobb

Rocky Mount

This story was originally published March 26, 2016 at 2:00 PM with the headline "W. Richard Cobb: Build transgender restrooms."

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