A transgender woman was denied use of the ladies’ restroom at a pub in the U.K, and she caught it all on video.
Joanna, a trans woman, claims the owner of east England pub Foresters Arms has given staff strict instructions not to let transgender people use the bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity, and she made a video to offer up proof.
Although Joanna has multiple forms of ID with her female identity, the bartender doesn’t budge. She can be heard pleading her case on the other end of the camera.
Angry viewers of the video swarmed the Foresters Arms Facebook page to give them multiple one-star ratings, and there is chatter about local transgender activists staging some form of protest at the watering hole.
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Jason Sanders
Why is this news?
Victor Barry
Told to use a restroom she didn’t want to use. Hmmm. There are real problems in the world. This is just inconvenient. Getting tired of the drama.
slymteo
@Victor Barry:
Because it doesn’t happen to you, it’s not important. You’re so empathetic.
tsginamarieva
Victor, trans-women have been assaulted and killed for using the wrong restroom. It’s not inconvenient. It’s a way of stigmatizing and ostracizing us from participation in the world. It’s sad that you don’t understand that.
scottsingsbari
I wonder how long it will take for someone to claim that someone is trans when they are just a masculine looking woman (or feminine man) and insist they use the restroom other than their actual gender. If showing an ID with your gender is not sufficient, what is? Physical inspection? How long do we have to put up with this type of oppression because some folks don’t understand people who are different? We had a woman at church for years who was “Miss Julia.” Whether or not she had surgery was irrelveant. It would have looked odd to have her coming out of the men’s room and the prurient legislators here in the states who equate someone going to the bathroom with sexual predation are telling far more about their state of mind than they are making a ruling to protect the innocent.
Kevin J Desmond
That’s when you piss on the floor.
queerbec
Where does that loyal Republican Caitlin pee?
Does she still seek shelter in the boys’ room?
Ruhlmann
@Kevin J Desmond: First you chug your beer down and piss into the mug. Bang the mug down on the bar and tell the bartender to dump it wherever he/she wants it. Unlady like but they won’t want that to happen twice.
Irish Ryan
Maybe cause she is not a woman.
James Rumsey
sounds like the landlady of the pub “Ruby” whom the bartender refers to her as is ignorant as to what trans actually means
Ummmm Yeah
This isn’t a gay issue. I don’t care. Stop trying to tie these outsiders to me. They are not my burden.
slymteo
@Irish Ryan:
Just like you aren’t a man. You’re just a creep. A sexless creep.
joeyty
Is that Caitlyn ??
joeyty
@slymteo: shush, Miss Colombia.
robho3
Personally I myself could care less where I go to the bathroom. There have been many times I have gone into a ladies bathroom Faye the men’s was full or just gross. I’d pee in a cup if that was an option. Idk when everyone is making such a big deal about this whole bathroom thing. Aren’t there a few more serious things happening I. The world right now we should maybe focus on like people blowing out airports?????
slymteo
@robho3:
Blowing out airports? Is that done at a salon or can I do that at home?
Masc Pride
The horror! In other news, 30 people were killed in terrorist attacks in Brussels.
joeyty
@Masc Pride: Thanks for that.
surreal33
Thank you, until you no longer have A DICK you are NOT a woman period full stop.
billybob2003
@slymteo: Last time I used the washroom at an airport, it didn’t exactly blow up but people were screaming and running away.