Transgender rights spread, but opposition mounts

[Natasha]

Transgender rights spread, but opposition mounts

http://www.gaylesbiantimes.com/?id=12477&from=rss
6/26/2008

"NEW YORK CITY (AP) – As more state and local governments extend
anti-bias protections to transgender people, fierce opposition is
surfacing. In Colorado, conservatives contend a new state law will
enable sexual predators to frequent women's bathrooms; in Maryland a
"Not My Shower" campaign seeks to overturn a comparable county law.
Though frustrated by the resistance, and insistent that the alarms are
unfounded, transgender rights activists are heartened by an overall
trend toward greater protection under the law. In the past 15 years,
13 states and more than 90 cities and counties – home to roughly 40
percent of the U.S. population – have passed measures banning various
types of discrimination against transgender people."