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02-03-2007, 05:42
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/28/city.sexchange.ap/
LARGO, Florida (AP) -- The City Commission voted to begin the process of firing a top official less than a week after he announced plans to pursue a sex-change operation.
The 5-to-2 vote Tuesday started a three-step process to remove City Manager Steve Stanton from the job he's held for 14 years.
Stanton, 48, confirmed last week that he is a transsexual. With a solid reputation as a forceful and energetic leader, he had hoped to keep his $140,000-a-year job as he underwent the gender reassignment process.
"It's just painful to know seven days ago I was a good guy and now ... I have no integrity,"
Doesn't anyone else see this as horribly wrong? That we for some reason cannot accept a competent individual just because they are different from us? A sex change operation should not be grounds for dismissal. This is just another example of simple intolerance.
LARGO, Florida (AP) -- The City Commission voted to begin the process of firing a top official less than a week after he announced plans to pursue a sex-change operation.
The 5-to-2 vote Tuesday started a three-step process to remove City Manager Steve Stanton from the job he's held for 14 years.
Stanton, 48, confirmed last week that he is a transsexual. With a solid reputation as a forceful and energetic leader, he had hoped to keep his $140,000-a-year job as he underwent the gender reassignment process.
"It's just painful to know seven days ago I was a good guy and now ... I have no integrity,"
Doesn't anyone else see this as horribly wrong? That we for some reason cannot accept a competent individual just because they are different from us? A sex change operation should not be grounds for dismissal. This is just another example of simple intolerance.