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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 05:59 PM
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Oakland lifts century-old ban on cross-dressing
OAKLAND, Calif.—Not content to let sleeping laws lie, the Oakland City Council is moving to strike a 130-year-old ordinance that bans cross-dressing in public.

The council voted 7-0 on Tuesday to remove the ban from the city's municipal code. A second vote, which is needed to seal the repeal, is scheduled for May 18.

The ordinance, adopted in 1879, bans people from dressing "in the attire of a person of the opposite sex."

Officials say the law is little known and never enforced.

http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_15024266?nclick_check=1
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geek tragedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 06:01 PM
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1. With San Francisco next door? Weird. nt
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 06:03 PM
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2. And just in the nick of time!
My friend who challenges gender boundaries (though generally not in dress) should have arrived in Oaktown just a few hours ago!
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MerryBlooms Donating Member (940 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 06:07 PM
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3. Good to know
Women are now free to walk around Oakland in pants ... whew!

Geez, there really are some f'd up laws in this country which are born of fear and hate.
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cutlassmama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-12-10 06:24 PM
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4. Good news!
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