Yep, that’s right. At a hearing last fall regarding amending an Albany County law to extend protections against discrimination to transgender individuals, a man dressed as a woman and women dressed as men spoke.

This proposal was recently withdrawn due to the chances of its passage being so slim. Democrat John Frederick of Albany’s 6th District is quoted saying since we started the discussion six months ago, there are more people with a deeper understanding of the issues than there were before.

Here’s a good starting point for understanding the issues: One can not dress “like a man” or “like a woman.” Clothes do not have sexes. It is society that has labeled clothing “for men” and “for women.”

I’m gonna wait until everyone gets that before I start using big, scary words like gender.