SEPTA to Remove Gender Stickers From Transpasses
http://blogs.philadelphiaweekly.com/phillynow/2012/04/12/septa-to-remove-gender-stickers-from-transpasses/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=septa-to-remove-gender-stickers-from-transpassesPhiladelphia Riders Against Gender Exclusion are celebrating today as SEPTA has announced to remove gender stickers from all monthly transit passes by 2015. According to a RAGE press release, "A fare policy proposal will be submitted to SEPTA's board of directors that includes this change beginning in the second half of 2013."
The campaign to get SEPTA to change this policy began in 2009, when RAGE members started collecting signatures for the "M" and "F" removal and met with SEPTA general manager Joe Casey, who then agreed to remove the fare stickers when a new fare system was implemented. However, as we've documented in the past, that system has been delayed over and over again, as Harrisburg politicians continued cutting the state transportation budget. [Clarification: SEPTA says the new Smartcard (tokenless) system is on its way to becoming a reality in a few short years.]
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Group: SEPTA will drop gender stickers
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20120413_Group__SEPTA_will_drop_gender_stickers.htmlATRANSGENDER lobbying group says SEPTA has agreed to remove gender-identification stickers from monthly transit passes next year, under pressure from transgender riders and others who feel discriminated against.
Since the 1980s, the transit authority has required that all TransPasses have a male or female gender sticker affixed to prevent heterosexual spouses from sharing passes with one another.
