We are numb by now of all the restaurant chains that their founders are right-wingers but one chain has stood up for us in the face of bigotry. Or sometimes we have to know when to quit especially when we are ahead.
So what did Denny’s do?
This afternoon I will be at the governor’s office for the signing of a couple of bills favorable to the LGBTQ+ community including the bill banning trans/gay panic defense and the first ever state advisory committee on LGBTQ+ healthcare and policy.
Transgender woman charged in argument over using ladies’ restroom, NC police sayOkay she won… the police told the bigot that she wasn’t breaking any laws but she didn’t shut up and let the police handle it and she was the one that ended up being arrested.
The Herald Sun
By Simone Jasper
July 3, 2019
A customer at a Denny’s restaurant in North Carolina wasn’t happy when a transgender woman entered the ladies’ restroom while his wife was in there, police say.
Police in Shelby responded to a call about a disturbance at the restaurant on Sunday, when tensions escalated between the customer and the 22-year-old woman, according to a police report.
The woman ended up being arrested after police say she spit at the customer who complained and cursed at him.
According to police, the customer said “he did not feel that was right” when the woman entered the ladies’ restroom while his wife was also using it.
Officers tried to “explain the law” to the customer, “who was not satisfied, but did proceed to calm down,” according to the police report.
There is no law in North Carolina that prohibits transgender people from using certain restrooms in private businesses.
So what did Denny’s do?
Denny’s, which has restaurants across the United States and in other countries, says it doesn’t “tolerate discrimination” and expects its customers to treat people equally.Yeah Denny’s!
“Our bathrooms policies across the country allow guests to use the bathroom of their gender identity,” company spokesperson Hannah Rand wrote in an email to McClatchy.
This afternoon I will be at the governor’s office for the signing of a couple of bills favorable to the LGBTQ+ community including the bill banning trans/gay panic defense and the first ever state advisory committee on LGBTQ+ healthcare and policy.
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