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TG protesters to hit the streets at 4:45
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TG protesters to hit the streets at 4:45
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This is the one of the most fun-sounding protests we've heard of in a while:
Join Riders Against Gender Exclusion (RAGE) for a drag show style action. This public performance will show SEPTA that its transgender/genderqueer riders demand respect and attention, we will not... stay quiet while SEPTA ignores its promises for a safer transit system.
SEPTA continues to insist on the use of M/F gender stickers on itÂ’s fare cards, subjecting transgender, genderqueer and other gender non-conforming riders to questioning and harassment when their sticker doesnÂ’t match their perceived gender.
SEPTA says that they donÂ’t want their riders experiencing unnecessary discrimination due to their gender. In October, SEPTA committed to taking steps to set up a way for riders to report incidents resulting from the gender sticker policy, promising that they would address these complaints to ensure more safety and respect for transgender riders. ItÂ’s been five months and SEPTA has not taken a single step to follow through on what they promised.
It's also for a good cause: SEPTA's insistence on not getting rid of its M/F gender stickers — seemingly to discourage people from using their opposite-sex friends' and family members' fare cards as their own, as if that's really a disincentive — is insensitive and pointless.
The protest will go from 4:45 to 5:45 p.m., at the plaza across from City Hall.
[...] the Riders Against Gender Exclusion (awesome acronym, BTW) protest earlier this week, in which transgender activists dressed in drag and marched around City Hall, in order to speak out [...]
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