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Title: History Repeats Itself
Post by: Natasha on December 24, 2008, 02:05:58 PM
Post by: Natasha on December 24, 2008, 02:05:58 PM
History Repeats Itself
http://www.monicahelms.com/blog/alice/history-repeats-itself.htm#more-484 (http://www.monicahelms.com/blog/alice/history-repeats-itself.htm#more-484)
Monica Helms
December 23rd, 2008
On December 17, 2008, the police found the lifeless body of Jennifer Gale on the streets of Austin, TX. They speculate that she died sleeping on a bench in the cold Texas night. The only woman's shelter in Austin, run by the Salvation Army, turned her away because they didn't want a transsexual woman in their shelter. If she wanted to enter a shelter, she had to strip herself of her dignity by using her old male name and dress like a man so she could be allowed in a men's shelter. Austin has a both housing and public accommodation laws that include "gender identity."
http://www.monicahelms.com/blog/alice/history-repeats-itself.htm#more-484 (http://www.monicahelms.com/blog/alice/history-repeats-itself.htm#more-484)
Monica Helms
December 23rd, 2008
On December 17, 2008, the police found the lifeless body of Jennifer Gale on the streets of Austin, TX. They speculate that she died sleeping on a bench in the cold Texas night. The only woman's shelter in Austin, run by the Salvation Army, turned her away because they didn't want a transsexual woman in their shelter. If she wanted to enter a shelter, she had to strip herself of her dignity by using her old male name and dress like a man so she could be allowed in a men's shelter. Austin has a both housing and public accommodation laws that include "gender identity."
Title: Re: History Repeats Itself
Post by: Lisbeth on December 24, 2008, 09:00:34 PM
Post by: Lisbeth on December 24, 2008, 09:00:34 PM
Quote from: Natasha on December 24, 2008, 02:05:58 PM
Austin has a both housing and public accommodation laws that include "gender identity."
But the Salvation Army doesn't have to follow those laws because it is a religious institution and that allows them to discriminate against people on religious grounds.