Gender Justice Files Discrimination Charge Over Buffalo Wild Wings Restroom Incident
Gender Justice filed a charge after a biracial teen was harassed and forced to prove her gender in a Minnesota restaurant, highlighting protections under state discrimination law.
- A Minnesota teen filed a discrimination charge Tuesday with Gender Justice against Buffalo Wild Wings in Owatonna after alleging restroom harassment.
- Across the nation in recent years, Republican lawmakers have proposed restrictions on transgender accommodation, fueling suspicion in public restrooms.
- Without warning, Mudra unzipped her hoodie to show she has breasts after the server banged on her stall door and said `This is a women’s restroom`.
- The state’s Human Rights Act protects against discrimination based on stereotypes, and Gender Justice filed a formal charge on Tuesday.
- Beyond this incident, this year women have reported restroom harassment over suspected gender presentation, reflecting ongoing public concerns about transgender rights and safety.
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Teen says server demanded proof of gender in restaurant restroom
(The Hill) — A Minnesota teenager filed a charge of discrimination Tuesday against a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant, accusing a server of following her into the women’s restroom and demanding she “prove” she was a girl. Gerika Mudra, an 18-year-old high school student, was dining with a friend at the chain restaurant’s Owatonna, Minn., location in late April when a female server followed her into the bathroom and accused her of being “a boy," ac…
Owatonna teen who says she was mistaken for trans at restaurant files discrimination claim
A server followed Gerika Mudra into the restroom in April and repeatedly banged on a bathroom stall, accusing the teen of being a man and ordering her out. Mudra, working with nonprofit Gender Justice, has filed a discrimination claim with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights.
High-schooler says Buffalo Wild Wings server demanded proof she’s female in bathroom
An 18-year-old high school student in Minnesota was humiliated after an incident in which she says a server at Buffalo Wild Wings cornered her in the restroom and demanded she prove her gender, reported NBC News on Tuesday."Gerika Mudra, 18, went to dinner in April with a friend in Owatonna, about a...
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