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Advocate.com April 27, 2011 08:10:00 PM ET
Vegas Hotel Apologizes to Trans Woman
By
Advocate.com Editors
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/04/27/Vegas_Hotel_Apologizes_to_Trans_Woman/After security guards booted a transgender woman from the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino for using a women's restroom, hotel officials have issued an apology to the woman and the entire LGBT community.
The woman was not only forced to leave but banned for life from the hotel after security guards asked to see her identification following a trip to the restroom earlier this month.
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The Cosmopolitan — a new Strip property known as trendy and gay-friendly — released an apology Tuesday: "The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas is committed to maintaining a community that recognizes and values the inherent dignity of every person, by fostering sensitivity, understanding and mutual respect of our guests and employees.
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The Wrong Amount Of Wrong: Barred For Life From The Cosmopolitan For Being Transgender
April 27, 2011 at 10:18 AM | by juliab
http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2011/4/26/154923/594/hotels/The_Wrong_Amount_Of_Wrong_Barred_For_Life_From_The_Cosmopolitan_For_Being_TransgenderSin City: a town where, supposedly, everything goes. The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas: the newest, coolest hotel on the block which has advertised itself as having "just the right amount of wrong."
Ever since it unveiled its tagline before it opened, last December, people were speculating on what, exactly, is the right amount of wrong for a town that prides itself on its loucheness. And now, it appears, we have an answer. Or at least, we know what's the wrong amount of wrong.
The wrong amount of wrong is being transgender and using the women's restroom.
