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Stephanie M. Skier ’05, who spoke on behalf of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters Alliance, recommended the council’s legislation stay...
...Boston law has not been tested in the courts,” Skier said. “[The council’s] bill that was already passed was more clear.” Agarwalla’s amendment also narrowly failed by a vote of 18-18, with Council President Matthew W. Mahan ’05—who was chairing the meeting—stepping in and voting against the change...
...this particular case, BGLTSA co-chair Stephanie M. Skier ’05 has decided to liken the battle for gender non-specific washrooms to the much more significant fight for handicap-accessible bathrooms. Her comparison of the plight of a transsexual person to the plight of a paraplegic is not only absurd but also highly offensive to both the disabled and transsexuals alike. Suggesting that the discomfort felt by a transsexual choosing whether to enter a door marked with a stick figure in a skirt or pants is comparable to that suffered by someone who does not have...
...Skier said that much of the opposition to gender non-specific bathrooms is a result of bigotry...
...think that most objections to this very reasonable modest proposal are blatant transphobia,” Skier said. “Saying that people don’t deserve to go to the bathroom which is a basic student life or workplace issue is equivalent to saying that transgender people shouldn’t be at Harvard and that is just wrong...