Heard this on the drive into the office this morning:
630AM-WMAL [1]
Man Wearing Dress Tests Transgender Law(Gaithersburg, MD) — A new law protecting transgendered people in Montgomery County doesn’t go into effect for more than a month, but the controversial law is already getting tested. Tuesday at a Sport and Health Club in Gaithersburg, a man wearing women’s clothing walked into a women’s locker room and his presence didn’t go unseen by real women who were there changing. He never said a word to anyone who saw him. The health club admits the man is a member. The gym also has unisex, family restrooms, which the man ignored. The president of Sport and Health Clubs said in a statement that his company will review the new law with company lawyers. Meanwhile, there’s a movement in the county to put the new law up for a referendum in November. But the county’s Human Rights Commission says the law doesn’t apply to accommodations that are uniquely private or personal, which may exempt restrooms from the anti-discrimination law.