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Just noticed this interesting tidbit.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/16/andrea-jones-transg...
They still can't decide what defines a man or a woman.
Portia
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I'd love to be her lawyer in
I'd love to be her lawyer in this case, and the lawsuit to follow. (While in general I think that there are too many lawsuits, this one deserves one.)
Gee, Portia...this is so easy!
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Andrea Lena
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At least the newspaper got it right.
You'll note the only times they use mail pronouns is when quoting from the police report - otherwise it's always "woman" and "she". The police probably have to go by the DMV's position. :-(
I do agree it's a double standard - if they insist on her being "male", they can't really complain if she goes topless, can they? Talk about shooting themselves in the foot. :-)
It'll be interesting to see what happens, if the prosecutor is a !@#$% they'll probably try "making a public nuisance" for the shouting :-(.
She has more guts than I would...
Even if Ohio was one of the states still barring driver's license/state id sex change (which, thankfully, they are not - just birth certificates), I would never ever be able to go completely topless in public, even for the sake of making just such a point. And my girls aren't even anywhere near that developed yet.
She has made a perfect point though, and Tennessee, last I knew was also a state still barring female toplessness. If she can't go topless, she must be female for that law to stick. If she can't get a female driver's license, she must be allowed to go topless as the "man" she's legally identified as being.
Hopefully this serves to have a positive effect on legislatures all over the country when it comes to trans issues... But since it's Tennessee, she'd have to get a VERY good lawyer who's willing to take it to the federal courts - the state courts are too likely to be bible thumpers and try to find some way of brushing it all under the rug. Or heck, even openly declare some new nonsense. What do they care if it makes them look bad on the national and even global stage, the rest of us are all terrible sinners to them anyways.
Abigail Drew.
Abigail Drew.
Is that a request or a demand?
Either way, try again in about a year. I haven't started on hormones yet.
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