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Atlanta Strip Club Accused of Transgender Discrimination

samsung1

Ohio

What would you do if you were entering an establishment and you heard the doorman and a manager denying admission to a transgender woman because they were afraid she would use the wrong restroom?
No, this isn't a scenario from the God-awful ABC show “What Would You Do?” – rather it was what a couple of Atlantans experienced when they tried to visit the Pink Pony strip club last weekend.
In a posting on Facebook, Atlantan Hudson Marr details how a transgender friend was denied entry into the Pink Pony because the security guard noticed the transgender woman's ID indicated she was born male.
“He says it's a ‘restroom issue,'” Marr wrote on Facebook.
The security guard allegedly said he would have to check with his manager before allowing the transgender woman inside the strip club.
In a video posted on Facebook, a Pink Pony manager is seen waving the transgender woman away from the door while repeatedly saying, “Have a good night.”
The transgender woman, who was unable to be reached by Fenuxe, is near tears as she argues with the doorman and threatens to try to get the club closed down.
“That's called discrimination,” the woman says in the video.
Atlanta has a human relations ordinance which prohibits discrimination against transgender individuals in a variety of circumstances, including public accomodations.

http://www.fenuxe.com/2012/05/04/atlanta…