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Transsexual Cited For Entering Women's Restroom
http://www.local6.com/news/17098763/detail.html (http://www.local6.com/news/17098763/detail.html)

The individual, who was born a man, has been taking female hormones for several years but is still listed as a male on his driver's license.



Posted on: August 05, 2008, 11:45:37 AM

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Slightly different backup link:
Transsexual Cited For Trespassing In Bus Bathroom
http://www.news4jax.com/news/17097073/detail.html (http://www.news4jax.com/news/17097073/detail.html)

Great, now they have an object lesson to publicise all over!  *sarcasm* certainly this rube makes just so much sense: "Because he's a man, he don't need to be using no woman's bathroom," one bus customer said. "What if we came in and seen he's standing up instead of sitting down." What if we came in and "he" was peeing and wiping? O, my!! */sarcasm*

So, pretty soon ID checks for the public loo. How quaint.

Ya know, I think there might be some valid concern that gender will start being policed in some locales!

Nichole

If you see "him" standing then tell "him" to close the stall door!

Seriously, the bathroom police need to go unless someone is actively carrying out a crime.

how do you trespass on public property???? maybe i'm just too blonde  ::)


Warrior Princess Mickie

Quote from: The Only Warrior Princess Mickie on August 05, 2008, 04:17:51 PM
how do you trespass on public property????

Don't shoot the messenger (me) but actually under Florida law, entering the bathroom of the opposite sex is considered trespassing even on public property.  So if a complaint was filed by someone at the bus station, the Jacksonville Sheriff's Officers wouldn't have had much choice if the person's DL said M.  I witnessed the exact same thing about 30 years ago at the Jacksonville Airport only at that time, instead of a citation, it resulted in a trip to the crossbar hotel.

What you have to take into consideration here is that while most areas of the country have entered the 21^st century, attitude wise Jacksonville is stuck somewhere around 1958.  I mean this is a city where the First Baptist Church and it's 28,000 members are partially responsible for the Southern Baptist Convention becoming the far right wing, homophobic, hate group that it has become.

Beverly

sounds like all of Ohio in one little city, Bev. i already know i'm going to have a severe fight on my hands when it comes to changing my license.


Warrior Princess Mickie