Transgender woman fights for her identity

[Shana A]

Transgender woman fights for her identity
Jessie L. Bonner, Associated Press
Sunday, December 21, 2008

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/21/MNQ514NKFF.DTL

(12-21) 04:00 PST Payette, Idaho -- For nearly a year, Catherine Carlson refused to pay the fine for driving with a suspended license because it was issued to both her and the man she used to be.

She went to jail four times over the ticket that includes both her legal name and the one she was born with, Daniel Carlson. She had surgery 28 years ago to become a woman, the gender she believes should have been assigned her at birth.

Carlson legally changed her name in the 1970s, but police and court records include both in this rural farming and ranching community east of the Snake River in southwestern Idaho.

"The ticket was the last straw," Carlson said.

[mickie88]

they'll do anything to make sure you pay it.

[tekla]

I suspect all states whose names begin and end with a vowel.