Group accuses Capone’s of bias Transgender guest says he was barred

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Group accuses Capone's of bias
Transgender guest says he was barred
By Steven Rosenberg
Globe Staff / February 21, 2010

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2010/02/21/transgender_patron_takes_complaint_against_capones_to_peabody_licensing_board/

The leader of a North Shore transgender support group will appear before the Peabody Licensing Board tomorrow to file a complaint that alleges a local restaurant and bar turned away several men because they were dressed as women.

"I'm hoping they'll take action in some way or form to show that an establishment can't treat patrons like this,'' said Robert Knowles, 42, who lives in Saugus and is the director of the transgender social group Sisters Family. "This was discrimination.''

[Miniar]

can't get their pronouns right... 

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The group had visited this restaurant four or five times, before they were barred from entering.

Transgender club alleges discrimination
The Salem News (Salem, Massachusetts)
by Matthew K. Roy
February 10, 2010

http://salemnews.com/punews/local_story_040221859.html

The first visit passed without incident, she said. On the second visit, someone from the restaurant expressed concern about the club members' attire, including Bottoms' miniskirt, Bottoms said. When they returned for a subsequent visit, the group was asked to use the men's bathroom, a request members reluctantly agreed to, according to Bottoms.

"We thought that was the end of it," she said.