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SO GAY: Gay Bar ‘Discriminates’ Against Gay Customer, Hissy Fit Ensues, Business Cited
Posted on August 6, 2014
Apparently you don’t have to be straight to ‘discriminate’ against a gay person, you can also be gay now. According to Reason.com, a gay bar was cited for not allowing a man dressed in drag.
A Denver bar has been cited by the state’s Division of Civil Rights for discrimination because it refused to let a gay man dressed in drag enter. The bar is the Denver Wrangler, and despite what its name might suggest, it is not some Country Western joint. It is, in fact, a gay bar. So the state has determined that a gay bar has discriminated against a gay person.
What happened last summer is that a gay man named Vito Marzano, dressed in drag from a fundraiser elsewhere, wanted to enter the Wrangler. He was denied entry. The bar claims it wasn’t because he was cross-dressing but because his image didn’t match his driver’s license. The bar had been previously cited for serving somebody underage and were now being extra cautious. For those not in the know, gay bars have a history of being targets of scrutiny by authorities looking for excuses to raid them and shut them down.
Marzano is not transgender and has made no claims that he is. Nevertheless, the State of Colorado has determined that the Wrangler has likely violated Marzano’s right to public accommodation on the basis of his appearance.
Read more: Reason
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SO GAY: Gay Bar ‘Discriminates’ Against Gay Customer, Hissy Fit Ensues, Business Cited
Posted on August 6, 2014
Apparently you don’t have to be straight to ‘discriminate’ against a gay person, you can also be gay now. According to Reason.com, a gay bar was cited for not allowing a man dressed in drag.
A Denver bar has been cited by the state’s Division of Civil Rights for discrimination because it refused to let a gay man dressed in drag enter. The bar is the Denver Wrangler, and despite what its name might suggest, it is not some Country Western joint. It is, in fact, a gay bar. So the state has determined that a gay bar has discriminated against a gay person.
What happened last summer is that a gay man named Vito Marzano, dressed in drag from a fundraiser elsewhere, wanted to enter the Wrangler. He was denied entry. The bar claims it wasn’t because he was cross-dressing but because his image didn’t match his driver’s license. The bar had been previously cited for serving somebody underage and were now being extra cautious. For those not in the know, gay bars have a history of being targets of scrutiny by authorities looking for excuses to raid them and shut them down.
Marzano is not transgender and has made no claims that he is. Nevertheless, the State of Colorado has determined that the Wrangler has likely violated Marzano’s right to public accommodation on the basis of his appearance.
Read more: Reason
Read more at SO GAY: Gay Bar 'Discriminates' Against Gay Customer, Hissy Fit Ensues, Business Cited #ClashDaily
