Spread This Word! Thanks, SPOKANE!

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kimpossible68 is reporting to the County Jail [Edit: SPOKANE COUNTY JAIL] for 7 days tomorrow [EDIT: July 29, 2005]. Kim is being held in contempt of court for being transgendered and refusing to dress like a man in order to get a job. Kim, a full time student and parent of two awesome girls, has been ordered to pay $1000 a month in child support. After losing her previous job because she was outed, the judge refused to reduce the amount of the support order and held Kim in contempt saying that being transgendered "is a choice, just like being a punk rocker".

In the past, Kim has been ordered not to pick her girls up at school because having a transgendered parent will embarrass them. (No one asked the girls, by the way)

Kim is to report to County Jail at 10 a.m. At 9 a.m. we want all fair minded people to show up and make some noise. Let's give Kim a big sendoff and show the court that transgendered people have our support and discrimination will not go be tolerated.

For more info on Kim's story, listen to KYRS (92.3 or 95.3 fm) today at 4 p.m., Kim will be interviewed on the show Queer Sounds.

For those not in Spokane, click here and you can listen via webcast. Call in at 509.747.3807 wherever you are to show your support.

Kim volunteers for Stop The Clock and CounterCrisis NW, she is a caring, generous friend and she got the Spokane audience to give her a three minute ovation after she performed in the Vagina Monologues. In other words, she's completely amazing.


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This is nothing short of horrific. Proving once again that the fight for equality never ends and that there is no shortage of slack-jawed bigots in positions of power ready and willing to fight back. Oh, and let's not forget that the GODDAM MAYOR of Spokane (who is still in office) was recently outed by way of offering city jobs to apparently underage boys he met in a gay sex chat rooms.

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This all happened this morning, so it's too late to show support this way. Please check kimpossible68's friends list for more info!

Special extra words from encapsulate: I'd be really ashamed of this city, if I didn't already expect this kind of hateful behavior from it. Thanks Spokane and Spokane County for ONCE AGAIN living right the f' up to my expectations of you.