California restaurant kicks out trans women, eats humble pie
By Matt Wood
http://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/2713Transgender Law Center assisted two transgender women in Los Angeles who were wrongfully asked to leave a restaurant in Burbank in October. While eating dinner, the two women, Jennifer Reid and Victoria Rose were approached by the restaurant's manager and asked to leave, allegedly because their clothing was not appropriate for a "family restaurant." The women rightly believed that they were being targeted because of their gender identity and contacted TLC for information about the law and their rights.
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Less than 24 hours after that conversation, Jenny was contacted by the Regional Manager who made a personal apology and arranged for the Burbank manager to apologize to Jenny and Victoria in the restaurant in front of the Burbank restaurant staff. Jenny and Victoria were also given a refund and extra gift coupons. Even more impressively, Jenny was then contacted by the restaurant's Regional Human Resources Manager who was impressed with how informed Jenny was, and had decided to use some of the information from Jenny's conversation with the Regional Manager to institute sensitivity training for all management and staff at the restaurant chain, effective immediately. As a result of Jenny and Victoria's courageous self-advocacy, this restaurant chain is now on notice that transgender customers must be treated with the same dignity and respect afforded to all other customers.
