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Title: Transgender woman fights for her identity
Post by: Shana A on December 21, 2008, 08:07:16 AM
Post by: Shana A on December 21, 2008, 08:07:16 AM
Transgender woman fights for her identity
Jessie L. Bonner, Associated Press
Sunday, December 21, 2008
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/21/MNQ514NKFF.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/21/MNQ514NKFF.DTL)
(12-21) 04:00 PST Payette, Idaho -- For nearly a year, Catherine Carlson refused to pay the fine for driving with a suspended license because it was issued to both her and the man she used to be.
She went to jail four times over the ticket that includes both her legal name and the one she was born with, Daniel Carlson. She had surgery 28 years ago to become a woman, the gender she believes should have been assigned her at birth.
Carlson legally changed her name in the 1970s, but police and court records include both in this rural farming and ranching community east of the Snake River in southwestern Idaho.
"The ticket was the last straw," Carlson said.
Jessie L. Bonner, Associated Press
Sunday, December 21, 2008
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/21/MNQ514NKFF.DTL (http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/21/MNQ514NKFF.DTL)
(12-21) 04:00 PST Payette, Idaho -- For nearly a year, Catherine Carlson refused to pay the fine for driving with a suspended license because it was issued to both her and the man she used to be.
She went to jail four times over the ticket that includes both her legal name and the one she was born with, Daniel Carlson. She had surgery 28 years ago to become a woman, the gender she believes should have been assigned her at birth.
Carlson legally changed her name in the 1970s, but police and court records include both in this rural farming and ranching community east of the Snake River in southwestern Idaho.
"The ticket was the last straw," Carlson said.
Title: Re: Transgender woman fights for her identity
Post by: mickie88 on December 22, 2008, 07:28:21 AM
Post by: mickie88 on December 22, 2008, 07:28:21 AM
they'll do anything to make sure you pay it.
Title: Re: Transgender woman fights for her identity
Post by: tekla on December 22, 2008, 08:05:49 AM
Post by: tekla on December 22, 2008, 08:05:49 AM
I suspect all states whose names begin and end with a vowel.