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State says Portland bar discriminated against transgendered group
By KATU.com Staff Published: Oct 10, 2012 at 5:10 PM PDT
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Chris Penner owns the Twilight Room Annex, formally known as the P Club.
PORTLAND, Ore. – The owner of a North Portland bar was discriminating against a group of transgendered customers when he left phone messages for them asking them to stay away, the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries concluded.
An investigation by the BOLI Civil Rights Division ruled that owner Chris Penner tried to keep the group away from his bar based on their gender identity.
At the time, Penner's bar was called the P Club. He has since changed its name to the Twilight Room Annex.
"No place of public accommodations in Oregon is going to be allowed to discriminate based on gender identity," Oregon Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian said. "Enforcing civil rights laws is important to all Oregonians, especially the fundamental right to patronize businesses of your choice without being summarily barred based on a group affiliation."