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Transgender Community: Prosecutor's Comments Were Out of Line

Started by Butterfly, November 23, 2010, 05:50:13 PM

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November 23, 2010, 05:50:13 PM
Transgender Community: Prosecutor's Comments Were Out of Line
Boise Weekly
Posted by Jody May-Chang
23 November, 2010


http://www.boiseweekly.com/CityDesk/archives/2010/11/23/transgender-community-prosecutors-comments-were-out-of-line


Ross, 37, is accused of representing herself as a doctor and performed breast exams on two women in local night clubs.

Ross also happens to be a transgender woman. How her gender identity was portrayed in court, and subsequently by local media, is what has the trans-community upset.

Mamani stated in court, "The most concerning facts here are that the defendant is not a doctor and that the defendant is a male touching a woman's breast under the guise of being a female."



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