Portland bartender who shoved transgender woman in bathroom dispute guilty of hate crime, jury rules - eviltoast
  • harderian729@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    That’s weird. They can refuse people using their bathrooms if they don’t pay, I figured denying them for other reasons was also on the table.

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        10 months ago

        I mean, they shouldn’t even have to check birth certificates.

        What’s stopping a business from saying you can’t use their restrooms just because they feel like it?

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          10 months ago

          Might be part of the requirement for running a business is you have to have a restroom available. When’s the last time you were in a restaurant without a bathroom? I’m sure they all don’t just supply one because it’d be weird to not, instead it’s probably part of the license req.

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          10 months ago

          Well potentially nothing? Until someone says “why?” and then it becomes gender discrimination

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          10 months ago

          In the general case, nothing. Not too long ago I was in a Ben & Jerry’s that had closed its bathroom down, for example.

          The bartender in question here committed battery; that’s the underlying crime, not denying bathroom access. The hate crime rider on top is, by definition, an enhanced penalty for thinking illegal thoughts while committing some other crime.