A woman (transgender) was denied using the woman's bathroom after attending a performance of Zumanity. Supposedly someone complained the first time she used the bathroom and security guards waited for her and stopped her on second visit.
MGM has now (after the fact) apologized. See story below.
Http://pacevegas.com/2017/07/video-transgendered-woman-abused-mgm-staff-using-womens-bathroom/
I find this ironic and appalling. I find it hard to imagine any woman really complaining, because in my 69 years of life of using ladies rooms, I have seen all types of people and women using the women's including countless male children, many of them 4 foot tall or higher (old enough in my mind that they could and should go to the men's room by themselves), and no one ever complained.
Then there is the irony that this was in front of a performance of Zumanity -- the Cirque show that extolls the virtue of sex with and for everyone.
With Vegas casinos doing all they can to bring in customers of all races, sexes, proclivities, it is shocking to find one discriminating so blatantly in this day and age (and opening itself to bad publicity and possibly a lawsuit).
Once security knew the customer was a transgender woman, not a man (assuming there really was a complaint), they should have apologized and let the woman into the rest room. End of story.
Hope she sues.
Transgender Woman Not allowed to use MGM woman's restroom
Sue? Are you kidding me? Keep the penis out of my bathroom!
I also prefer women in the women’s room and men in the men’s room, maybe we need an additional bathroom for other.
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On Jul 17, 2017, at 11:11 PM, dianaln…@…com [vpFREE] <vpF…@…com> wrote:
Sue? Are you kidding me? Keep the penis out of my bathroom!
Wow, and I thought gamblers were largely a tolerant and compassionate group…
Clearly some don’t know any transgender people personally, or what they must suffer through. That really changed my perspective.
Agreed. The level of 1950s-style intolerance in this thread is depressing.
I hate to break it to the “longs for the days of whites-only drinking fountains” crowd… but you’ve already shared a restroom with transgender people. They’ve been in the stall next to you dozens of times. And you’ve never known because it wasn’t any of your business. They’re there for the same reason you are. And they’re not second-class citizens.
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On Jul 18, 2017, at 5:52 PM, mcudding…@…com [vpFREE] <vpF…@…com> wrote:
Wow, and I thought gamblers were largely a tolerant and compassionate group…
Clearly some don’t know any transgender people personally, or what they must suffer through. That really changed my perspective.