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Italy parliament fights over transgender MP toilet

Started by LostInTime, October 27, 2006, 02:40:05 PM

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October 27, 2006, 02:40:05 PM
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The thorny question rocked Italy's lower house, home to Europe's first ->-bleeped-<- MP, on Friday.

"You can't use this lavatory. This is the women's bathroom," Vladimir Luxuria reported being told by centre-right lawmaker Elisabetta Gardini on Friday, triggering a spat that forced the speaker of parliament to intervene.

Born male, Luxuria wears women's clothes but has not had sex-change surgery. Elected for the centre-left in April, the 40-year-old former drag queen and defender of gay rights prefers to be called "she".

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