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The Westmoreland County LGBTQ Interfaith Network has submitted the following letter to the editor of the Tribune-Review, responding to two opinion pieces published recently: "Bending gender in sports" by L. Brent Bozell III (11/28/10) and "Choosing one's TSA groper" by Ralph R. Reiland (11/29/10).

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Two recent opinion pieces cruelly vilified transgender people, oversimplifying this complex issue. We encourage fairer and more balanced dialogue.

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When Oklahoma teen Zach Harrington killed himself last week, he became the seventh young man in recent weeks to commit suicide as a direct result of the relentless bullying he received because he was, or was perceived to be, gay.



Members of the newly formed Westmoreland County LGBTQ Interfaith Network (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning) believe these tragedies compel all of us to question what we've done to make the world so dangerous for LGBTQ… Continue