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Mary Burch: A look in the mirror should tell you which bathroom to use

Re “Bathroom solution: Keep everyone out” (Letters, June 8): I read the letter over several times and could not determine if it was for segregated bathrooms or not. I finally came to the conclusion it was not. I agree with the writer when he said: “Want to change the world? Start with the person in the mirror.”

Look in the mirror. If you’re a male, don’t use the female bathroom. If you’re a female, don’t use the boys bathroom. Isn’t it pretty obvious? Women do not want their little girls to use a bathroom with a man in the next stall. Women do not want their little boys using a bathroom with someone in the next stall who wishes he was a woman. Duh.

Look in the mirror. If you have “feelings,” or wish you had been born a different gender, then get over it or go to a therapist and get help. When we are born we are either a boy or a girl.

Mary Burch, Modesto

This story was originally published June 9, 2016 at 6:03 PM with the headline "Mary Burch: A look in the mirror should tell you which bathroom to use."

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