Maybe They Thought She Was Isiah Thomas?
According to the New York Times:
A West Village restaurant where a woman said she was asked to leave the women’s restroom, and then the premises, because she looked too much like Isiah Thomas a man will pay her $35,000 and has agreed to change its workplace practices.
$35,000k for humiliation…totally warranted. She was denied her civil rights and the restaurant MOSDEF must pay. But wait until you read about the “change its workplace practices” part.
The woman, Khadijah Farmer of Hell’s Kitchen, who describes herself as “unlike Isiah Thomas, not the most feminine,” went to the restaurant, the Caliente Cab Company, with her partner (with whom she presumably engages in the scissors maneuver), Joelle Evans, after the Gay Pride Parade on June 24 last year.
While she was in the women’s bathroom, a male bouncer burst in and told her that she had to leave. Although Ms. Farmer showed him her state nondriver photo identification card, which identified her as a woman, the bouncer insisted that she leave the bathroom, and subsequently her entire group was ejected from the restaurant.
Okay….once again….butch lesbian wrongly accused of being a man…kicked out of restaurant….gets $35k. We’re okay with all of that.
Among the workplace practices that Caliente Cab agreed to adopt in the settlement was to add gender identity and expression to its corporate nondiscrimination policy; to adopt a gender-neutral dress code for its employees; and to amend its employee handbook to state “persons patronizing or employed at Caliente have the right to use the bathroom facilities consistent with their gender identity and expression.”
WTF?!?!?! Just because a butch woman was denied her right to wiz sitting down….now the waitresses can’t dress up in hot outfits? Who wins there? Lesbians? Hells no….lesbians LOVE waitresses who are dressed hotly. Waitresses? Hells no….they get better tips when they don’t dress like men. Men? HELLLLLLLs NO! Dudes LOVE waitresses showing some thigh.
WTF??!?!?!?! Part Deux. Also established in this settlement is that people have the right to use the bathroom that fits their EXPRESSION? Does that mean if we’re feeling a little sensitive one day we can mosey into the ladies room?
Take the 35k and leave the rest of us the fuck alone. Please.
NYTimes Story Here.
