Using The 'Right' Bathroom Has Always Been Hard

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 27, 2016

Back before the debate over transgender people and bathrooms became a current political firestorm, the bathroom was still a place of great emotional and social contention for trans individuals.

Meredith Russo, author of the young adult novel If I Was Your Girl (Flatiron Books, 2016), discusses her personal story of switching bathrooms while transitioning and the backlash she faced.

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