Utah Transwoman Humiliated At DMV, Ciswoman Stands Up For Her

[Shana A]

Sunday, March 27, 2011
Utah Transwoman Humiliated At DMV, Ciswoman Stands Up For Her
Posted by Monica Roberts at 7:25 PM

http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2011/03/utah-transwoman-humiliated-at-dmv.html

On Thursday Amber Anderton entered a branch of the Utah DMV in Salt Lake City simply wishing to get her Utah drivers license renewed.   Instead of courteous service by the civil servants employed there, she watched as a trans citizen of the Beehive State ran into disrespect, transphobic ignorance and bigotry.

Anderton watched as the 29 year old anonymous transwoman was subjected to being mocked by DMV employees, have transphobic slurs hurled at her, and was forced to scrub her face of her makeup and pull her hair back before she was allowed to take her license photo.