IDSNews.com – By Shannon McEnerney
While in a Texas shelter after Hurricane Katrina, a transgender woman emerged from the showers only to be greeted with an arrest for criminal trespassing. Police said that she was using the “wrong bathroom.”
This case was one of the examples of discrimination Miss Gay Bloomington, Britney Taylor, brought up in her discussion Thursday with more than 40 IU law students.
“How do we charge criminal trespassing during a hurricane?” Taylor asked the audience.
Taylor was crowned Miss Gay Bloomington last year in the annual pageant in which contestants compete to be a good entertainer, among other things. Jason Ervin, the owner of Miss Gay Bloomington, said the winner does shows all year in addition to pushing agenda related to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender rights.