Saturday, May 24, 2008
Signs of the times
For those of you who believe that ridiculous lawsuits are a purely American phenomenon:
A SEX swap instructor at an all-female driving school was left devastated when the Sheffield husband of one of her pupils threatened to sue her firm - for sending a man to teach his Muslim wife.
Emma Sherdley - formerly a married dad of two called Andrew but now legally a woman - has the full support of her boss Joanne Dixon who says she is a popular and respected instructor with 32 female pupils on her books who have no problem with her past.
Emma, aged 42, has a birth certificate and a "gender recognition certificate" to prove her legal status as a woman although she is still waiting for final surgery to make her transition from male to female physically complete.
She says she has never had a problem with any of her other pupils and says the complaints made by the man from the Meadowhall area of Sheffield, were: "hurtful, offensive and deeply upsetting".
If I were Emma, I would not count on the local imams issuing a fatwa recognizing "gender recognition certificates" any time soon.
CWCID: Kate.
1 Comments:
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Sat May 24, 07:03:00 AM:
The Sheffield man should be a good Muslim and forbid his wife from driving. He's just asking for trouble.
