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Jennifer Flowers: We need ‘outhouse’ respect

I have been amused and saddened with The News & Observer’s coverage about the use of bathrooms for transgenders.

I know the world has changed, but, I grew up with an “outhouse,” a wooden building we all used, whatever gender.

As I remember it was not about gender but respect. Perhaps, respect is what is missing in our world.

Jennifer Flowers

Angier

This story was originally published April 9, 2016 at 2:00 PM with the headline "Jennifer Flowers: We need ‘outhouse’ respect."

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