A muslim, transsexual, and a car walk into a bar...

Qwerty · #1 (**permalink**) 05-21-2008, 10:18 AM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...each-wife.html

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For the past 12 months, she had proudly taken to the road as part of an all-female driving school.

But Emma Sherdley is not exactly all woman.

Until a few years ago she was a married father-of-two called Andrew.

She is, though, in the middle of treatment to change gender and has the legal paperwork to prove it.

But that wasn't enough to satisfy one client who claimed he had been shortchanged when he booked a female instructor to teach his wife how to drive.

He phoned the Laugh 'n' Pass driving school threatening to sue after Miss Sherdley, 42, turned up for the lesson.

'You have sent me a man. Send me a proper female. How dare you send a man with a deep voice,' he told Joanne Dixon, who runs the school in West Yorkshire.

The man, a Muslim from the Meadowhall district of Sheffield who has not been named, claimed the company deliberately sent a man disguised as a woman.

'His attitude and behaviour was outrageous and has upset me and Emma and everyone else who works here,' Miss Dixon said.

'We are not racist. We are not sexist-If anyone was being so it was that man.'

She said no other learners had complained about being taught by Miss Sherdley, an experienced instructor.

As for Miss Sherdley, she is trying to develop a thicker skin.

She said the man's comments had been 'hurtful, offensive and deeply upsetting' and had even made her think of quitting her job.

His wife had apparently cut their two-hour lesson short after an hour, claiming she had to go home to breastfeed her baby.

Miss Sherdley said: 'I always knew as a child that I was a woman stuck in a man's body.

'I tried hard to be a man, getting married and having children but it never worked and never would.

'For the past six years I have been what is correctly called "transitioned". I still have to undergo final surgery but legally I am a woman.

That is what my birth certificate says and that is what the gender recognition certificate proves. For that prejudiced and biased man to threaten to sue me and the driving school is totally and utterly wrong.'

There are currently 32 female pupils on the books at the school. Miss Dixon employs 20 female instructors who teach learners throughout Yorkshire.

The school, which has been running for ten years, boasts a high pass rate.

'We say each of our female instructors promise to be friendly, professional and patient - that is exactly what Emma is,' Miss Dixon said.

'For her to be subjected to abuse and threats is simply intolerable.'

lol, our world is just too funny to be taken seriously

Irish.Cursory · #2 (**permalink**) 06-05-2008, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwerty

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...each-wife.html

lol, our world is just too funny to be taken seriously

I have to say, off the subject, that your avatar picture is one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time, especially since my dad says that and makes the same face. It's too perfect. I want to get him a framed poster of that to put above his workbench.

Makedde · #3 (**permalink**) 06-05-2008, 11:50 PM

I can understand both sides. One one hand, the driving instructor IS legally a woman, but on the other hand, the Muslim did ask for a female, and would have been expecting a biological female, and he was not rewarded.

submarinepainter · #4 (**permalink**) 06-06-2008, 02:10 AM

I will have to side with the Muslim Man this time , the instructor will always be a man in Gods eyes, Would I care if my wife or kids got taught by a transgendered person ?probably not.

TheChief · #5 (**permalink**) 06-06-2008, 02:36 AM

so... does it have a penis?

Makedde · #6 (**permalink**) 06-06-2008, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by TheChief

so... does it have a penis?

I think she did, yes.

submarinepainter · #7 (**permalink**) 06-06-2008, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Makedde

I think she did, yes.

if a penis is present it is not a she!

Makedde · #8 (**permalink**) 06-06-2008, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by submarinepainter

if a penis is present it is not a she!

If she did have a penis, then biologically, she is actually male. Legally, on the other hand, it could be different.

submarinepainter · #9 (**permalink**) 06-06-2008, 02:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Makedde

If she did have a penis, then biologically, she is actually male. Legally, on the other hand, it could be different.

he he he he he not she she she lmao !!!!

Makedde · #10 (**permalink**) 06-06-2008, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by submarinepainter

he he he he he not she she she lmao !!!!

LOL it depends on the laws over there.

My sisters boyfriend is transgender. While she has a vagina, she is legally male, has changed her name, and can now sign legal documents in her new name.

Apparently the laws are a little different here, but I think that's the gist of it...

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