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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 2963186" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/11/cop-facing-discipline-after-mis-gendering-transgender-person-on-driving-ticket/" target="_blank">Cop facing discipline after ‘mis-gendering’ transgender person on driving ticket</a>One Fort Lauderdale police officer is facing disciplinary action after he “mis-gendered” a transgender person on a reckless driving ticket issued in late January.“I wasn’t really contesting why I was pulled over,” Kendall said. “I was more contesting how I was treated.”“If I’ve done everything I need to do for the state of Florida to recognize me as a female, he doesn’t have a right to purposely mis-gender me,” Kendall said of the police officer. “It was inappropriate and kind of bullying and sends a message to the transgender community.”But according to Brinton, he wasn’t trying to bully the 48-year-old Fort Lauderdale resident. Instead, the officer said he believed the driver’s license information showing Kendall as female was a mistake, so he listed Kendall as male.Kendall objected to the identification, but Brinton stood his ground.“Well, for the purposes of this citation, you’re a male,” Brinton told Kendall, according to a police report.Police investigators have suggested Brinton receive a written reprimand, but it is up to the city manager to make the final decision on how the officer will be disciplined.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 2963186, member: 12952"] [URL="http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/07/11/cop-facing-discipline-after-mis-gendering-transgender-person-on-driving-ticket/"]Cop facing discipline after ‘mis-gendering’ transgender person on driving ticket[/URL] One Fort Lauderdale police officer is facing disciplinary action after he “mis-gendered” a transgender person on a reckless driving ticket issued in late January. “I wasn’t really contesting why I was pulled over,” Kendall said. “I was more contesting how I was treated.” “If I’ve done everything I need to do for the state of Florida to recognize me as a female, he doesn’t have a right to purposely mis-gender me,” Kendall said of the police officer. “It was inappropriate and kind of bullying and sends a message to the transgender community.” But according to Brinton, he wasn’t trying to bully the 48-year-old Fort Lauderdale resident. Instead, the officer said he believed the driver’s license information showing Kendall as female was a mistake, so he listed Kendall as male. Kendall objected to the identification, but Brinton stood his ground. “Well, for the purposes of this citation, you’re a male,” Brinton told Kendall, according to a police report. Police investigators have suggested Brinton receive a written reprimand, but it is up to the city manager to make the final decision on how the officer will be disciplined. [/QUOTE]

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