Androgynous woman seeks safe washrooms

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Androgynous woman seeks safe washrooms
Published Thursday November 11th, 2010
BY DON MACPHERSON

http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/cityregion/article/1303282

An androgynous lesbian who says she was assaulted in a women's washroom on a local university campus wants to educate the public about people who don't fall into traditional gender categories.

Michelle Rayner, a first-year St. Thomas University student, issued a statement Wednesday alleging that she was attacked when she was mistaken for a man in a women's washroom at James Dunn Hall on campus.

Rayner said she understands why the woman in the washroom mistook her for a man, but upon explaining she's a transgender woman, the woman punched her in the lip.

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N.B. transgendered woman claims assault
Says she was struck in women's washroom at St. Thomas University
Last Updated: Friday, November 12, 2010 | 7:47 PM

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/story/2010/11/12/nb-transgender-st-thomas-university.html

A transgendered New Brunswick woman says she was struck in the face at St. Thomas University in Fredericton because she entered a women's washroom.
Michelle Rayner says a female student became irate when she entered a women's washroom. Michelle Rayner says a female student became irate when she entered a women's washroom. (CBC)
She said a female student in the washroom asked her to leave, and Rayner attempted to explain that she's biologically female.