Flushing the Potty Panic
Posted by Gemma Seymour on Jun 21st, 2011
http://www.transadvocate.com/flushing-the-potty-panic.htmIn 1975, a very curious thing happened in an area of the country where one might not expect such a curious event to take place.
The city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, became the first jurisdiction in history of the United States of America to pass an ordinance guaranteeing the equal protection under the law of the right of sex and/or gender variant people to live their lives free of discrimination by others based on their "having or being perceived as having a self-image or identity not traditionally associated with one's biological maleness or femaleness" (current citation as of 2011: City of Minneapolis Code of Ordinances, Title 7 "Civil Rights", Chapter 139, Section 10, definition of "sexual orientation").
In the over 35 year long time period since then, similar laws have been passed in 15 states, plus the District of Columbia, and over 100 county and municipal jurisdictions around the country.
