Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Off the Bus
Three passengers say they were kicked off a Spokane bus for discussing bisexuality.
Daniel Walters
http://www.inlander.com/spokane/article-17127-off-the-bus.htmlIt was 16-year-old Mat Kellogg's first time riding the bus in Spokane. But Kellogg, a kid from Deer Park attending Spokane Falls Community College, never finished that ride.
Nor did Jessica Jahn, 21, and Kaitlyn Bahn, 24, who were with him. They are all transsexuals — born one gender but taking hormones to become the other. And they all say they were kicked off the bus in the middle of a South Hill neighborhood, a mile from their bus stop, for discussing bisexuality.
Yet, the riders say that their conversation was never explicit or offensive — unless the words "bisexual" or "queer" are offensive — and that by the time they were actually kicked off the bus, there were no other passengers onboard.
