Maine Denny’s restaurants reverse transgender restroom policy

[Maine-ah]

Source: BDN

LEWISTON, Maine — The corporate owner of Denny’s restaurants has reversed its restroom policy in an agreement with a transgender customer and now permits all customers to use restrooms consistent with their gender identities.

The change, according to Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders attorney Janson Wu, “is common sense.”

The agreement, reached in March and announced on Monday, is the result of a lawsuit brought by Brianna Freeman against the chain’s Auburn restaurant after Freeman was denied access to the women’s restroom there.

The agreement was announced jointly by Realty Resources Hospitality, which owns six Denny’s restaurants in Maine, and the Boston-based GLAD Transgender Rights Project, which represented Freeman in her civil action.

Read more: http://bangordailynews.com/2011/07/12/news/lewiston-auburn/maine-dennys-restaurants-reverse-transgender-restroom-policy/

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The comments are kind of pissing me off. The ignorance in my state...not all of us think this way.

[xchrom]

1. Awesome. nt

[democratinnashville]

2. Good News!!!! N/T

[Ian David]

3. Yay, Denny's! Let's go celebrate with a Bacon Sundae! n/t

[nyy1998]

6. Haha, I'll pass and just grab a Grand Slam instead! :) nt

[Fearless]

4. +1

[Maine-i-acs]

5. Grand Slams are on me.

Denny's is cool again.

[Devil_Fish]

7. What is the point of seprate bathrooms any way? perhaps we should also segragate drinking fountains.

[astral]

8. Um -- I see the point of separate bathrooms. You must be a guy.

I don't know about the gender identity thing, I guess I have no opinion on that. But I would not want to be in an adjacent bathroom stall to a man.

And if the bathrooms are "single serve" I do not see why there should be men vs women's rooms.

[buckrogers1965]

9. Just start putting in 4 or 6 or 8 single serve bathrooms.

In every public space. Wouldn't even take up any additional room.