City to probe transit rider's gender ID complaint

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City to probe transit rider's gender ID complaint

By Paul Nussbaum
Inquirer Staff Writer

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20080920_City_to_probe_transit_rider_s_gender_ID_complaint.html

SEPTA's gender-specific weekly and monthly passes are under fire.

The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations yesterday denied SEPTA's motion to dismiss a complaint from a bus passenger - a pre-operative transsexual female - who said she was challenged by a driver who suggested that she was male.

SEPTA had argued that it is a state agency and therefore beyond the jurisdiction of the commission.