City to probe transit rider's gender ID complaint
By Paul Nussbaum
Inquirer Staff Writer
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20080920_City_to_probe_transit_rider_s_gender_ID_complaint.html (http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20080920_City_to_probe_transit_rider_s_gender_ID_complaint.html)
SEPTA's gender-specific weekly and monthly passes are under fire.
The Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations yesterday denied SEPTA's motion to dismiss a complaint from a bus passenger - a pre-operative transsexual female - who said she was challenged by a driver who suggested that she was male.
SEPTA had argued that it is a state agency and therefore beyond the jurisdiction of the commission.