DAR Constitution Hall Bathroom Discrimination
during intermission at the DC show tonight in the men’s restroom, a DAR employee came in and yelled at everyone. he said that any females need to leave the bathroom or they will be escorted out of the building. as a trans man i felt very uncomfortable and anxious. i left the bathroom because i didn’t want to miss the show and saw many other queer people doing the same.
what that employee did is illegal. under DC law individuals are entitled to use the bathroom that corresponds to their gender identity. refusing to allow people to do that is discriminatory as gender identity is a protected trait in the DC Human Rights Act.
i will be submitting a complaint to the DAR Constitution Hall on their website and email (memberservices@dar.org and chall@dar.org) informing them that their conduct was discriminatory and potentially submitting a form to the DC Office of Human Rights. if you were similarly discriminated against i encourage you to do the same so that the employees can be retrained on the subject and other gender nonconforming people can use the bathroom.
and whichever cis guy informed the DAR employees that there were queer people in the men’s bathroom fuck off