It's always the bathrooms, isn't it? A Houston transgender woman says she was so "humiliated" and "belittled" after being arrested for using a public restroom that she is ready to move from Texas, reports FOX 26.
"[Tyjanae] Moore was arrested Nov. 17 at the Houston Public Library in downtown.... 'When I came out, the female told me I wasn't supposed to be and I asked if there was any particular reason why not. She said I'm a transgendered female and I was really shocked that they even stopped me for this,' says Moore. Even though she is seen as a protected class by the City of Houston, Moore entered a guilty plea. Earlier in 2010, Mayor Annise Parker, who is openly gay, issued an executive order that allows transgendered persons to use the city restroom of their choice. Moore tells FOX 26 News she tried to use the men's restroom in the past. 'I went to the males' restroom and the man followed me into the restroom, so I figured that was not good. It wasn't safe and I started going to female restrooms and that's where I'm comfortable with,' says Moore."
A coalition of anti-LGBT Houston pastors want the Texas Attorney General's Office to rescind Mayor Annise Parker's sweeping anti-discrimination order that protects LGBT employees, and, in this case, transgender residents who use public restrooms on city property.
There's also a good panel discussion on the law and transgender rights after the package. Watch it WHEN YOU JUMP ...
It took THIS to realize she should leave Texas? lol I mean, it's Texas! Will the old South ever be free from history's grip?
Posted by: seahawk123 | 24 November 2010 at 14:51
@Seahawk123 Not ALL places in the South are as oppressive as this towards transgendered women. There is a male to female transgendered doctor who lives in NC, all her neighbors and patients know of her transition, and still love her.
Winston-Salem State University's GSSA held a very successful transgender panel last year and received positive press from local media regarding it. It depends were you live as to what you experience. Discrimination is global.
Posted by: Jade | 24 November 2010 at 20:50
Clearly Dave Welch is a bigot and a homophobe, he diverted from the issue at hand to talk about what a family is, and the definition of marriage, and men leaving their families for a sex change? What does that have to do with this unlawfully arrested woman? Eff pleading guilty, she should sue Houston PD, or at least demand a public apology for this foolishness, shes clearly protected under the law.
Back to the story, it's interesting, the reporter handled the story in a pretty unbiased manner, but what was up with those camera shots? Close up of the nails, the hair, the pan of the questionable taste in outfit, not all trans people dress like that, (though it's her right to do so) the camerawork was suggestive and a bit condescending. Just stick to the medium shot, its the news not a docudrama, LOL.
Posted by: Procrastination_Xtravaganza | 26 November 2010 at 09:28