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Title: Off the Agenda: Men driving as women posing 'a big problem'
Post by: Hazumu on February 01, 2009, 01:12:21 AM
Post by: Hazumu on February 01, 2009, 01:12:21 AM
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Quote"Police officers are pulling over men who look like a man and have male genitalia and have an 'F' on their drivers license," he says. "It's a very rare problem, but when it's a problem, it's a big problem."
But Wimmer appears to have listened to concerns raised by LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) advocates who say that forcing a person living as a woman to carry a driver license marked "M," means that person could be outed as transgender at every bank application and job interview.
Wimmer says he is shelving his HB225 for at least a year to try to resolve "unintended consequences."
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