On February 15, the Berkeley city council will vote whether or not to fund reassignment surgeries. The proposal would provide $20,000 per year.
At a meeting last night regarding the planned vote, according to reports, "Berkeleyan Kathryn Steuerman urged council members to ignore critics who said filling potholes was more important. 'Gird your loins against such false dichotomies,' she said. 'Go forward with all possible haste.' " A waste of money spent that could be spent in more fruitful areas? An important move for transgendered rights and tolerance? (We're thinking the latter.) You be the judge. In the comments, that is.
