VA Official Calls Transgender People 'It' and 'Real-Life Tootsies'
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posted Friday, January 22, 2010 - Volume 38 Issue 04 VA Official Calls Transgender People 'It' and 'Real-Life Tootsies'Eugene A. Delgaudio (R-Sterling), a supervisor in Loudoun County, near Washington D.C., was 'chastised' this week by fellow supervisors for remarks against an anti-discrimination ordinance passed by the county protecting citizens on the basis of sexual orientation: Delgaudio At a Jan. 6 meeting, supervisors voted to expand Loudoun's nondiscrimination policy to prohibit bias on the basis of sexual orientation in hiring by the county. Delgaudio fought the change in the meeting, saying he was especially offended by language in the measure that sought protection for transgendered people. In the debate, he called the board's attempt to protect transgendered people "freaky" and "bizarre." In a subsequent newsletter to supporters, Delgaudio wrote that "if a man dressed as a woman wants a job, you have to treat 'it' the same as a normal person." his non-appology and more: http://www.towleroad.com/2010/01/dcarea-official-calls-transgender-people-it-and-reallife-tootsies.html |
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