Transgender Woman Sues Auburn Denny's

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Transgender Woman Sues Auburn Denny's
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Reported By: Josie Huang
June 15, 2010


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Freeman says she is not seeking damages, just the right to use the women's room. "I live and breathe as a female every day. I dress it, I portray it. I exhibit it," Freeman says. "I see a counselor about three times a month. And I see a doctor regularly and get hormone treatments every day."

Freeman says she had been using the women's room at Denny's for about a year before she was told to stop by a restaurant manager in October 2007. Freeman, a 45-year-old former software developer who is saving up for a gender reassignment surgery, says she doesn't belong in the men's room.

"I would feel too vulnerable and very much at physical risk of being attacked by any of the male patrons," Freeman says. "There are some men around here that think this is wrong and people like this don't deserve to live. I'm not willing to take that chance."