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Transgender rider gets OK from Brooklyn judge to sue NYC Transit

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Transgender rider gets OK from Brooklyn judge to sue NYC Transit

By JOE MAHONEY
DAILY NEWS ALBANY BUREAU CHIEF

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/02/19/2008-02-19_transgender_rider_gets_ok_from_brooklyn_-1.html

Tuesday, February 19th 2008, 4:00 AM

A transgendered straphanger got the green light to pursue a lawsuit against NYC Transit for "bigoted epithets" she said were hurled at her when she complained her MetroCard didn't work.

Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Robert Miller, in a decision released Monday, denied NYC Transit's request to dismiss the suit filed by Tracy Bumpus, 40, of Brooklyn.
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