To the Editor:
In Tuesday’s front-page article “U.S. Says Transgender Student Has Rights in the Locker Room,” we were told that a school violated anti-discrimination laws because a transgender student who was originally male was not allowed to shower and change in a locker room with the other students who identified themselves as female.
On Wednesday we heard that Houston had repealed an ordinance banning discrimination against multiple groups including transgender people. Those who championed the repeal denied being discriminatory. They claimed that they did not want males in female public restrooms. Those against repeal called proponents of the repeal bigots, and said those fears were unfounded.
If the next anti-discrimination bill has a clause excluding those with the genitalia of one gender from the restrooms of the other, we may find out if those against such ordinances are bigoted, or if they are trying to protect their 12-year-old daughters.
LAWRENCE HALPERIN
Altamonte Springs, Fla.
Note from KBJ: Thank God not everyone has lost his or her common sense.
