To all who have been talking with me on this. I wish you were all at the table with me. I agree with all that has been said. I mean it. What is going on down here and I have been alone on this for the last two years maybe three now. I'm up against some college kids who call themselves Gender queer. They think that there shouldn't be any documentation, like someone said here, tattoos on the wrist, that you could use any facility that you feel like useing because the poor can't get documentation let alone surgery. Some even feel that sometimes they feel male and sometimes they feel female. Now, all these people have been going to college and or have graduated with some sort of degree. I have a high school diploma and a degree in BS (bull sh--). I know what other ordinance around the country have and I do know what some of the ordinance in Canada and in other parts of the world. Most say exactly what all of you have said. When I stood up and my friend stood with me, by the way she was on the front page of our paper down here, I got slapped in the face by splitting up the trans community down here. I'm trying to make compromises down here with the HRC and also trying to make something pass through city council. Leigh, I have been working on this for a long time,since that time I met you down here 3 years ago. I'm getting frustrated as I have transitioned and really don't need any ordinance anymore and feel like giving up. I won't there are too many people who really need an ordinance. I feel like I'm between a rock and a hard place and I really don't know where to go. No, I don't want the opposite gender in the shower. I'm trying to compromise with all. Go to Eugene, Oregon Human Rights Commission and look up gender identity and the proposed ordinance, then go to section 4.635 1 (c). This is what the gender queer's came up with.
Enough said by me.
Sheila
