<--------------------------------------------->This article was publicized in Sun-Sentinel newspaper, wrote by Lorri Helfand on March 26, 2007. This article also discusses about a Largo city Commissioner, Ms. Gay Gentry, who voted to fire the city manager, Mr. Steven Stanton who had served for 14 years, a month after he revealed he planned to become a woman. Ms. Gentry alluded her decision didn't have anything to do with discrimination. She also stated she had had concerns about the inflexible way he had dealt with employees before, and she felt is was time to inspect this issues. Mr. Stanton disagree that Gentry's vote wasn't discriminatory, but he seems to be concerned not only about keeping his job but supplying information and education about transgenderism. I chose this article because it has a controversial subject. It talks about how people could react when making decisions dealing with homosexuality. This specific case is extremely polemic because transgenderism is more difficult to understand when refers to a public figure like a city manager is. I consider that is it a little bit suspicious to bring out old managerial problems just after he announced his idea to become a woman. I'm not sure what would I have done I had been a Commissioner but I consider myself more open mind than Ms. Gentry since I see homosexuality as a simple way of being and not a medical issue. Mr. Stanton probably won work as a manager anywhere else, but his case will help anyone else in the future who goes through this.
Y.D.
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