Letter to the Editor: Peterson explained eloquently what it is like to live as transgender person

June 30, 2025 | By Meenal Mamdani

Douglas Peterson is the former president of the TriState Diversity Coalition and owner of the State Street Theater at 434 S. Eighth. | Aspen Gengenbacher

Thank you, Muddy River News, and your reporter (Aspen Gengenbacher) for the interview with Douglas Peterson.

Douglas explains so eloquently what it is like to live as a transgender person.

Many people don’t understand that this is biological and that this person has no control over this, anymore than a person has over being a man or a woman who is cis-gender.

Your reporter did an excellent job.

You as a business are lucky to have such a wonderful, talented employee.

Meenal Mamdani
Quincy, Illinois