SEPTA Transpass Controversy Inspires Movie

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SEPTA Transpass Controversy Inspires Movie


We talk to Wren Warner about the short film, SEPTA and the truth about gender identity


Posted by Natalie Hope McDonald on 7/13/2012 at 10:11AM


http://blogs.phillymag.com/gphilly/2012/07/13/septa-transpass-controversey-movie/


For the past few years, a committed group of activists from RAGE (Riders Against Gender Exclusion) have been fighting the use of gender IDs on SEPTA transpasses.

As the debate raged, we spoke with both Max Ray and Nico Amador, one of RAGE's founders, about why the group wanted to change the seemingly outdated method of identification. The IDs were putting transgender and gender non-conforming riders at risk for discrimination and worse – violence.