Transgender Riders Take On TransPass

By TAMARA VOSTOK

Updated 4:35 PM EDT, Tue, Jun 30, 2009

The transgender community takes on SEPTA’s TransPass (ironically enough) Tuesday.

That little “M” or “F” sticker identifying a rider’s gender is enough to cause economic hardship, harassment and lack of access to public transportation for the transgender community, according to Riders Against Gender Exclusion (RAGE).

So, RAGE wants the stickers eliminated.

In 2007, a driver told Charlene Arcila, a trans-identified female, she couldn’t use her TransPass on the SEPTA bus she took to work daily, according to Philadelphia Weekly. So, she got a male sticker in an attempt to avoid frustration and was told yet again that she could not use her pass.

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