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Title: What happens
Post by: Butterfly on May 05, 2010, 05:07:07 PM
What happens
Questioning Transphobia
Written by queenemily
05 May, 2010


http://questioningtransphobia.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/what-happen/ (http://questioningtransphobia.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/what-happen/)


via Gina in Monday's open thread

"the history of transsexuality is a criminal one" – Viviane Namaste

Patti Shaw, a trans woman in Washington DC is suing the city for 5 million dollars after having been arrested for making a false report, then was held in a men's prison to be sexually assaulted and harassed. From Courthouse News:

(warning: link includes obligatory repeated mentions of her assigned name.  My interpolations are in square brackets)