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Title: Transsexual faces charges of police impersonation
Post by: Shana A on November 29, 2009, 08:28:31 AM
Post by: Shana A on November 29, 2009, 08:28:31 AM
Transsexual faces charges of police impersonation
Tom Sharpe | The New Mexican
Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 11/25/09
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Story/Transsexual-faces-charges-of-police-impersonation (http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Story/Transsexual-faces-charges-of-police-impersonation)
An Eldorado transsexual has been charged with impersonating a police officer by stopping a car on Interstate 25, police say.
Randey Michelle "Mikeh" Gordon, 60, is a former male high-school art teacher in Westchester County, N.Y., who caused a stir in 2000 when she took the school year off with pay to have a sex-change operation.
Tom Sharpe | The New Mexican
Posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 11/25/09
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Story/Transsexual-faces-charges-of-police-impersonation (http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Story/Transsexual-faces-charges-of-police-impersonation)
An Eldorado transsexual has been charged with impersonating a police officer by stopping a car on Interstate 25, police say.
Randey Michelle "Mikeh" Gordon, 60, is a former male high-school art teacher in Westchester County, N.Y., who caused a stir in 2000 when she took the school year off with pay to have a sex-change operation.
Title: Re: Transsexual faces charges of police impersonation
Post by: Virginia87106 on November 29, 2009, 09:20:30 AM
Post by: Virginia87106 on November 29, 2009, 09:20:30 AM
The press coverage has been horrible on this. The press sensationalizes it by telling her trans-story (she had SRS in 2000) and calling her a "transvestite".
Title: Re: Transsexual faces charges of police impersonation
Post by: Britney_413 on November 29, 2009, 07:44:11 PM
Post by: Britney_413 on November 29, 2009, 07:44:11 PM
That bothers me as well. Once a person has fully transitioned, they should not be treated as a "transsexual" but simply as their current gender--a woman, like any other woman.
Title: Re: Transsexual faces charges of police impersonation
Post by: Allamakee on November 29, 2009, 08:10:00 PM
Post by: Allamakee on November 29, 2009, 08:10:00 PM
Quote from: Virginia87106 on November 29, 2009, 09:20:30 AMYes, or as one radio station's news story put it: "Surgery won't make it so. Sixty year old Randey Michelle Gordon changed himself into a woman with a sex-change operation in 2000. But it will be up to a jury to decide if she is guilty of impersonating an officer..."
The press coverage has been horrible on this. The press sensationalizes it by telling her trans-story (she had SRS in 2000) and calling her a "transvestite".
But.... what happened in Randey's life? I remember when she transititoned and the national attention she got. She seemed to have her stuff together. How did she wind up playing pretend cop?