Trans Woman Files Complaint Against DMV

A transgender woman filed a privacy claim Wednesday against the California Department of Motor Vehicles after one of its workers found her personal contact information and sent a letter to her home condemning her gender identity.

Amber Yust said she received the letter less than a week after going to the DMV in October to changer her license. The Associated Press reports that Yust's claim is the first step toward suing the DMV for privacy invasion and violating her civil rights.

As reported in October, the letter Yust received said she was an "abomination," that she made a "very evil decision," and that she was going to go to hell.

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Name: lola
Date posted: 12/11/2010 1:19:59 AM
Hometown: san francisco

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write the DMV employee a letter and tell hi, what you think THOMAS C DEMARTINI Born 1961 1269 WILLIAMS AVE SAN BRUNO, CA 94066
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Name: Simon de Castellvi
Date posted: 12/10/2010 10:52:31 AM
Hometown: Madrid, Spain

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Sorry, she did make a "very evil decision...she trusted the DMV! I hope she gets the full backing of the legal establishment if her case holds-up through the Judicial system.
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Name: Scott
Date posted: 12/9/2010 11:23:40 PM
Hometown: Boise

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And yet again the religious light and loving stewardship of God creates another person with the capacity to empathicly care about other human beings and not treat them like subhumans deserving only of ridicule and spite. Go God!!!
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Name: Scott
Date posted: 12/9/2010 11:07:35 PM
Hometown: Portland

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Yea, sue the dog shit out if them!
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Name: Jessica
Date posted: 12/9/2010 10:30:01 PM
Hometown: NJ

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Sue the living crap out of the DMV and sue the bitch who sent the letter personally!
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Name: Jonathan
Date posted: 12/9/2010 8:30:55 PM
Hometown: Oakland`

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Whomever the Christian idiot was that wrote the Trans woman the letter should be looking for ajob about now. The DMV will have to disclose who it was who sent the letter. Bye bye bigot.
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Name: rogemo
Date posted: 12/9/2010 7:38:54 PM
Hometown: albuquerque

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Good for her! I say sue the bastards!!! Rake that religious person over the coals.....etc. etc.

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