Oakland went ahead and finally banned one of the city'/s most bizarre and benign laws: cross-dressing. Today, the Oakland council voted 7-0 to remove the ban from the city's municipal code. CBS 5 notes: "The ordinance, adopted in 1879, bans people from dressing 'in the attire of a person of the opposite sex.'" No one, authoritative or otherwise, took the law seriously, but it's still a good things to eradicate - in Oakland or anywhre else.

But watch out, trannies: a second vote, needed to finalize the repeal, is scheduled for May. (Let's hope Andrew Yeoman doesn't hold a counter-protest!)