TOUGH CALL FOR MEN IN MINIS

[Shana A]

TOUGH CALL FOR MEN IN MINIS

http://www.smh.com.au/national/the-diary/a-big-day-for-mad-men-20100310-pzen.html

A new sartorial transgression has been added to the dress code at Star City casino: micro mini-skirts. Rather importantly, though, it only applies to men. That is the upshot of a decision by the Administrative Decisions Tribunal Equal Opportunity Division, which has dismissed a complaint by Paul Hurst, a casino regular who said he was turned away from Star City because he was ''a transgender person''. Hurst and a companion, described in the proceedings as Mr Pitt, arrived at the casino in 2006 to attend the newly opened bar, Priscilla's. While Hurst had claimed a security guard told him that he could not come in because he was a man dressed in women's clothes, the tribunal found it was Mr Pitt's racy outfit that caused all the trouble.

[LordKAT]

The tribunal members found Hurst was not refused entry and dismissed his complaint. ''Having come to that conclusion it is not necessary for us to decide whether Mr Hurst is a transgender person,'' they wrote.

Why would it be necessary for anyone to decide if another is transgender? That makes no sense to me.

[spacial]

the tribunal found it was Mr Pitt's racy outfit that caused all the trouble. An emailed security report described it as ''a brown jacket, red top, extremely short mini-skirt and black fishnet stockings with exposed suspenders''. It said that Mr Pitt was deemed ''not suitable to remain in the casino because the mini-skirt was too short and revealing, barely covering the buttocks and groin''.

Stupid trouble maker, got what he deserved.

[kyril]

Why would it be necessary for anyone to decide if another is transgender? That makes no sense to me.

If there's a non-discrimination policy in place that lists "transgender" or "gender identity" as a class, then it might be necessary to come to an official finding of whether or not a specific person is covered under that class.

Which is one of the reasons why it's important to include "gender expression" in non-discrimination policies; effeminate men, masculine women, and genderqueers should be protected too, and "gender expression" ND policies would prevent gender-specific dress codes like this one.