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Men with guns intercept a van carrying transgendered people and "kidnap" one of them.

More importantly, no transgendered person was quoted, or even referred to, in the article.

In 1997, there was a "67 percent increase in bomb threats and bombings to the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered community," reports the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.

But other residents - including former men who have undergone sex reassignment surgery - say it's reasonable to ask people claiming to be transgendered to provide a driver's license or other identification to prove they are legally the gender they say they are.

"These caucuses have served as a base for political mobilization as well as a supportive space for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered union members," Sears notes.

Your stories are peopled by some transgendered folks, but they're also about people's search for connection and identity and love--

Whether the issue is promoting more people-of-color leaders in our movement, whether it is working harder to be inclusive of bisexual and transgendered people, whether it is better recognizing the qualities that queer youth bring to the table, or whether it is recognizing our elders as leaders and not icons, we must model the very essence of transformed politics.

Extending the city's civil rights protections to transgendered people could have symbolic and real effects.