Trans Atlanta: A look inside an evolving community
by Dyana Bagby
Friday, 12 November 2010 00:00
http://www.thegavoice.com/index.php/news/atlanta-news-menu/1500-trans-atlanta-a-look-inside-an-evolving-communityAs a black man living in the South, Dana Prosser knows he faces certain prejudices — racial profiling, people crossing the street to avoid walking past him on the sidewalk, women locking their car doors when they see him in a parking lot.
That's why his driver's license still identifies him as a woman.
Knowing he faces possible repercussions for being a black man, especially by police, having that "F" on his license ensures that, for example, if he is sent to jail, he would be put in with the female population. A trans man locked up with other men in jail could be in real danger, he said.
