Do we need this in this fucking New York City? This is not Tehran. This is in Chelsea on Gay Pride Parade day! Somebody should go to jail for this. This is totally unacceptable.
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) held a press conference last Monday morning outside the Caliente Cab Company restaurant on Seventh Avenue South where a bouncer ejected Khadijah Farmer, a lesbian, after the city's annual Gay Pride march because he deemed her too masculine.
Can you believe this is happening in New York fucking City!
According to a press release released by its Executive Director, Michael Silverman, represented Farmer, they joined other local activists and discussed Caliente Cab Company's discriminatory conduct toward Ms. Farmer. They also demanded that the restaurant take immediate steps to address this discrimination and ensure that it does not happen again.
Khadijah Farmer said: "I was thrown out of the restaurant because of who I am and how I look," Farmer said. "It was humiliating. No one should be subject to that type of discrimination."
"Discrimination against transgender people, or gay men and lesbians who do not
conform to gender norms, has no place in New York City," Silverman added.
This is insane! I hope she case a good case and win this thing.
Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) held a press conference last Monday morning outside the Caliente Cab Company restaurant on Seventh Avenue South where a bouncer ejected Khadijah Farmer, a lesbian, after the city's annual Gay Pride march because he deemed her too masculine.
Can you believe this is happening in New York fucking City!
According to a press release released by its Executive Director, Michael Silverman, represented Farmer, they joined other local activists and discussed Caliente Cab Company's discriminatory conduct toward Ms. Farmer. They also demanded that the restaurant take immediate steps to address this discrimination and ensure that it does not happen again.
Khadijah Farmer said: "I was thrown out of the restaurant because of who I am and how I look," Farmer said. "It was humiliating. No one should be subject to that type of discrimination."
"Discrimination against transgender people, or gay men and lesbians who do not
conform to gender norms, has no place in New York City," Silverman added.
This is insane! I hope she case a good case and win this thing.