the defense noted that during the time period from 2000 to 2005 the pto had approved marks for "crippled old biker bastards", "biker bitch", "whore", and "evil pussy" as well as "technodyke", "homo depot", "queer shop", "queer eye for the straight guy" and "queer as folk". the brooke oliver law office that represented the sfwmc also pointed out the absurdity of the initial rejection ruling citing the pto's own regulations that "the perceptions of the general public are irrelevant" and indeed the test of "whether a mark is disparaging and/or offensive is the perceptions of the individuals referred to and/or identified by that mark. in this particular case, it is women – or more specifically lesbians, bisexuals and transgender women – who ride motorcycles in the pride parades and who would be using the term."