In-Box - Cleveland Is Not a Loser Re "Disappointing Fans Since "64," May 14: Cleveland is privileged in North America to have three major professional sports teams. Were Clevelanders any happier during the three years without an N.F.L. team than with a losing team? Cleveland has a world-class orchestra, a top art museum, the Rock and Roll and Pro Football Halls of Fame, a remarkable lakefront and wonderful parks. Stop thinking about what you don't have and be grateful for what you do have. Shaker Heights, Ohio Despite our shared agony, Cleveland sports fans - and there are many more of us than you might think - have a stubborn optimism that allows us to feel hopeful for our beloved Indians, Browns and Cavaliers each year, usually before their seasons begin, and sometimes for only a few days. So, although we are grizzled veterans of disappointment, we are also the innocents. In this age of sports superstars with hugely overblown egos, enormous salaries and dubious lifestyles, we Cleveland fans have never experienced arrogance. But we live for the day that we will. A Transgender Quandary Re "A Pioneer, Reluctantly," May 13: I often wonder if there will come a time when we accept that accommodating one person hurts more than it helps. I am sure that Fallon Fox, the first openly transgender athlete in mixed martial arts, has a tremendous physical advantage in a sport in which people can die in the ring. Although I fully support her as a transgender woman, it is not fair to her opponents. Yet I feel like a bigot just for thinking that. Ha Long, Vietnam