"DART stands accused of bigotry and transphobia after attorneys for the local transit agency intervened in family court last year to challenge a gender-marker change granted to an employee." Read the full article here on the Dallas Voice's Instant Tea blog:
http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_12507.php
There is a board meeting at the Headquarters of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) taking place on Tuesday March 9th from 6:30pm to 9:30 at 1401 Pacific Avenue in the DART Akard Station Board Room.
There are several organizations co-sponsoring this meeting:
Transgender Foundation Of America (TFA)
http://tgctr.org/tfa/
Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT)
http://www.tentex.org/
LULAC 4871 - The Dallas Rainbow Council
http://www.lulac4871.org/
LULAC4871@aol.com
Legacy of Success Foundation (LOSF)
http://www.losf.org/
losfjai@yahoo.com
Equality Texas
http://www.equalitytexas.org/
For more information contact:
Kelli Busey
Dallas Transgender Advocates and Allies (DTAA)
http://dallastaa.ning.com
972-693-1988
kellibusey@yahoo.com
Latisha McDaniel
Equality March Texas (EMT)
http://equalitymarchtexas.org/
equalitymarchtexas@yahoo.com
Many people are upset by this and I urge you to attend the meeting to see about getting DART to amend its non-discrimination policy. Please come out and show your support and concern for the trans community. They are a wonderful part of our community.
Hope to see you there,
Liv
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