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Title: Sex-changer's suit claims bias against Parks Department
Post by: Shana A on July 17, 2009, 10:17:57 AM
Post by: Shana A on July 17, 2009, 10:17:57 AM
Sex-changer's suit claims bias against Parks Department
by Jose Martinez
Daily News Staff Writer
Friday, July 17th 2009, 4:00 AM
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/07/17/2009-07-17_sexchangers_suit_claims_bias_against_parks_department.html (http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/07/17/2009-07-17_sexchangers_suit_claims_bias_against_parks_department.html)
A Harlem man-turned-woman is suing the Parks Department, claiming her boss tried to bar her from the ladies' room and refused to call her Chanel.
Chanel Birden - who was born Andrew Birden and is on female hormones - contends city workers discriminated against her with slurs and by gasping, "What in the world is that?" when she used the ladies' room.
by Jose Martinez
Daily News Staff Writer
Friday, July 17th 2009, 4:00 AM
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/07/17/2009-07-17_sexchangers_suit_claims_bias_against_parks_department.html (http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/07/17/2009-07-17_sexchangers_suit_claims_bias_against_parks_department.html)
A Harlem man-turned-woman is suing the Parks Department, claiming her boss tried to bar her from the ladies' room and refused to call her Chanel.
Chanel Birden - who was born Andrew Birden and is on female hormones - contends city workers discriminated against her with slurs and by gasping, "What in the world is that?" when she used the ladies' room.