Wednesday, August 17, 2011

A Transgender woman gets $55, 000 from a DMV suit


Amber Yust, a transgender woman, is about to get paid, because of someone's foolishness and ignorance. Let me tell you the T.

Amber went to the DMV in San Francisco to record her sex change. Then four later, she received a letter from a clerk saying homosexual acts were "an abomination that leads to hell". Well, Amber took action and got a couple of attorneys to handle business. Now, she is getting $55,000.

Here's the breakdown:
Attorneys said Amber Yust's settlement includes $40,000 from the state and $15,000 from Thomas Demartini, who was suspended with pay by the DMV shortly after the incident and quit his job in December.
"This suit promotes the privacy rights of all Californians by ensuring that confidential information retained by our government stays confidential," said attorney Christopher Dolan, who filed the Superior Court case in December.

The department also agreed to work with the Transgender Law Center on staff training, said Kristina Wertz, legal director of the center.
Here's what was in the letter:

...the letter from Demartini that warned her of eternal damnation and referred her to the website of a fundamentalist church, the Most Holy Family Monastery. Yust said she received a DVD from the church the same day, predicting hellfire for anyone "possessed by demons" of homosexuality.
First of all, Thomas should have been FIRED with no pay and a letter stating his bigotry. That will keep him from running his mouth and spitting out mess

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is great news but I wish she got more for her trouble.

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