Posted on September 20, 2007 12:52 AM
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
I'm a little disturbed by the news that gender-neutral bathrooms even exist and much more by their presence at Penn State.
There is absolutely no need for it. Thousands of tuition dollars are being spent making bathrooms that are only used by a small fraction of the student population. That means part of my tuition is being spent on bathrooms built for people who can't stand to use the men's or women's restroom.
My question to them is: "Why can't you just use the men's or women's bathroom?" There is nothing "discriminatory" about having men's and women's bathrooms; it's good etiquette.
Moreover, even if you are a transgender student, you are not limited in your ability to use one or the other bathroom; just pick one. One might ask, "Why make special rooms for handicapped accessibility, if you don't make room for people who are transgender?"
If a handicapped person needs to go to the bathroom, they may not be able to use regular facilities, whereas transgender students have every capability of using the same facilities as everyone else.
David Navickas
sophomore-mechanical engineering
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