APD to get vocabulary lessons
September 19, 2008 at 12:30 pm by Andisheh Nouraee in NewsLast week, we pointed to an AJC story recounting a funny/strange Atlanta Police Department report detailing the arrests of several alleged transgender prostitutes in Midtown.
The report uses the words “booty shorts,” “Lady of the Night,” and “transvestite” to describe those arrested.
According to Southern Voice, the report caught the attention of the Atlanta Police Department’s LGBT liason Officer D. Harris, who will re-double her effort to remind APD personnel not to use pejoratives when describing transgendered people.
Incidentally, our post about the AJC story was titled “Booty-short wearing tranny.”
The post’s author, Mara Shalhoup, says the title is an ironic reference to the language used in the AJC story and the police report.
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