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.htmlThirty 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.
