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Since then it has served as the basis for similar protections throughout the country. says Juana “To some, the issue of restroom access may seem triv ial, hut those restrooms symbolize the tradition al male-female categories which, as the Legisla ture realized many years ago, not all people neat ly fit into anymore,” said A nn DeGroot, Out- Front Minnesota executive director. “Further, the issue implicitly raises the question of who is entitled to define a person’s gender identity: individuals themselves or their employers." T he case involved a growing workplace controversy: W hich restroom does a trans per son use? Julienne G oins had transitioned from male to female even before beginning work at W est G roup yet had been denied access to the w om en’s restroom upon transfer to its M in nesota facility. She argued that restrixim access should he based on one’s consistently projected gender identity, not on an employer’s speculation as to its employee s anatomy. “Com m on sense says we interpret oth er people’s gender based on their clothing, grooming, name and so on, w ithout ever knowing what their genitals look like,” DeG root observed. Phil Duran, OutFront Minnesota legal program coordinator, wrote a friend-of-the-court brief argu ing that the legislative history of the Human Rights Act’s “sexual orientation” provisions sup ported this interpretation. He predicted trans Min nesotans now might face demands to describe their genitals in order to access restrooms in public accommodations, such as restaurants. “W e’re very disappointed the court held that the law permits employers to ignore a person’s everyday appearance and focuses instead on areas of the body employers have no business demanding to see,” Duran said. “This decision makes a mockery of the Human Rights Act by effectively mandating that transgender employ ees describe their genitals in order simply to go to the bathroom. This is the same sexual harass ment this very act prohibits.” Seth Kilboum of the H um an Rights Campaign Vega’s m urder clearly was motivated by hate W IS C O N S IN ilwaukee activist Juana Vega died Nov. 11 after being physically assaulted and shot in the face and chest five times at point-blank range, according to law enforce m ent officials. Charges have been filed against Pablo Parrilla, the brother of her girlfriend, Melodía “Ria.” He reportedly objected to their lesbian relationship and often used derogatory epi thets about the couple. Witnesses say he also threatened to kill Vega on numerous occasions for “turning his sister gay.” Local law enforcem ent officials have not yet classified the murder as a hate crime. In Wisconsin, this would not alter the mandatory life sentence already required by a first-degree intentional homicide conviction. T he National Gay and Les bian Task Force pressed M il waukee law enforcem ent offi cials Nov. 29 to investigate the murder fully. They were urged to “give full consideration to en h an cin g th e hom icide charge with a charge that the alleged killer com m itted a hate crime.” The Human Rights Campaign and the National Latina/o Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Organization sent similar letters Nov. 30 to the city’s mayor, county executive and the district attorney. The case would he the first in Milwaukee’s history to apply Wisconsin’s hate crimes law as it relates to sexual orientation. “It seems clear that this brutal murder was motivated by anti-gay bias and hatred,” said Seth Kilboum, H RC national field director. “We are com m itted to working closely with LLEGÓ and Ms. Vega’s friends and family to see that her murder is investigated and prose cuted appropriately. “We urge the district attorney to prosecute this human tragedy as a hate crime to guaran tee fairness and equality under the law. N ot only will this ensure fairness for this particular case, it will send the message that hate vio lence is not tolerated in W isconsin.” M artín O rnelas-Q uintero. LLEGÓ execu tive director, added: “DA and police officials M M ARYLAND G % ay men and lesbians in Maryland now have ■ equal protection in housing, employment and public accommodations. The Anti-Discrimination Act of 2001 was sup-
