Transgender woman settles DMV suit, awarded $55,000

[SandraJane]

SFGate

Transgender woman settles DMV suit

Bob Egelko, Chronicle Staff Writer

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/15/BANN1KNNCS.DTL&tsp=1

A transgender woman who went to the Department of Motor Vehicles in San Francisco to record her sex change - and then got a letter from a DMV clerk saying homosexual acts were "an abomination that leads to hell" - will receive a $55,000 legal settlement, her lawyers said Monday.