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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Off the Bus
Three passengers say they were kicked off a Spokane bus for discussing bisexuality.
Daniel Walters

http://www.inlander.com/spokane/article-17127-off-the-bus.html (http://www.inlander.com/spokane/article-17127-off-the-bus.html)

It was 16-year-old Mat Kellogg's first time riding the bus in Spokane. But Kellogg, a kid from Deer Park attending Spokane Falls Community College, never finished that ride.

Nor did Jessica Jahn, 21, and Kaitlyn Bahn, 24, who were with him. They are all transsexuals — born one gender but taking hormones to become the other. And they all say they were kicked off the bus in the middle of a South Hill neighborhood, a mile from their bus stop, for discussing bisexuality.

Yet, the riders say that their conversation was never explicit or offensive — unless the words "bisexual" or "queer" are offensive — and that by the time they were actually kicked off the bus, there were no other passengers onboard.

I don't know what else could be said other than saying that the bus driver is just plain stupid.

Thats stuff you don't discuss on the bus. If you do, you're quiet about it.

the driver is supposed to keep his mind on the road?
hope he got reported and disciplined for thinking hisself the arbitrer of free speech.

Were they being loud?

THAT... sounds just so like the 50s to me!

Quite UNBELIEVABLE!

Axelle

Quote from: Axélle on November 07, 2011, 01:06:58 AM
THAT... sounds just so like the 50s to me!

Quite UNBELIEVABLE!

Axelle

I know. We're an oppressed minority.