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A journey for her peers Phyliss Frye, who fought for transgender rights, is now

Started by Shana A, November 19, 2010, 08:28:41 AM

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November 19, 2010, 08:28:41 AM
A journey for her peers
Phyliss Frye, who fought for transgender rights, is now a judge
By BRIAN ROGERS
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Nov. 19, 2010, 5:50AM

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/7300931.html

Thirty years ago, Phyliss Frye, a longtime activist for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender causes, could have been arrested for wearing women's clothing in the Houston City Council chamber.

Frye, a transgender Houston attorney born as Phillip Frye, fought back tears earlier this week as the mayor appointed her to a municipal bench in the same room where she helped repeal Houston's "cross-dressing ordinance" in 1980.

"I almost started crying, because I remembered 31 years ago, in that very same chamber, I was subject to arrest," Frye said.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde
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