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Store clerk refuses to sell clothes to Transgendered woman

Renae

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I've not run into this personally, I do fear such a reaction.
 
I'm hoping you'd laugh loudly at the ignorant idiot, and then go spend your money some place else.

Then you can spread the word over social media and Yelp and such, about what a horrid little shop you visited and were refused service from.
 
Dragonfly said:
I'm hoping you'd laugh loudly at the ignorant idiot, and then go spend your money some place else.

Then you can spread the word over social media and Yelp and such, about what a horrid little shop you visited and were refused service from.
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That's how it should be handled.

I think that if it is his store, he should have the right to refuse service, and that consumer repercussion polices the system.
 
Dragonfly said:
I'm hoping you'd laugh loudly at the ignorant idiot, and then go spend your money some place else.

Then you can spread the word over social media and Yelp and such, about what a horrid little shop you visited and were refused service from.
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Oh I would. Actually, ona funny note, I was out as "Mr Vic" as it were one day with the wifey and we stopped by Ulta Beauty, and this fabulously great make up assistant, we told he we were looking for make up and he plopped me in a chair and did my make up right there in front of everyone. I tried really hard not to freak out as I hadn't gone in there for a make over damn it. But not a person said a word negative to me. It was an interesting experience and my wife was giggling at me the whole time.
 
Dragonfly said:
I'm hoping you'd laugh loudly at the ignorant idiot, and then go spend your money some place else.

Then you can spread the word over social media and Yelp and such, about what a horrid little shop you visited and were refused service from.
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Renae said:

I've not run into this personally, I do fear such a reaction.
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I like Dragonfly's response.

Do you think the underlying principles have some similarity to the case wherein an Oregon Baker refused to cater a Gay Wedding?
 
Renae said:

I've not run into this personally, I do fear such a reaction.
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That is staged. By bad actors, I might add. I seriously doubt any transgender would be met with that reaction.
 
MaggieD said:
That is staged. By bad actors, I might add. I seriously doubt any transgender would be met with that reaction.
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Of course it is staged. It is WWYD. The intention of the show is to get reactions from bystanders by setting up these scenarios.
 
TheGoverness said:
I love WWYD. I watch it all the time.

Hopefully I never run into a situation like this, either.
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I like the show too, keeps my faith in humanity that there are still so many decent people in the world besides the ones i already know.
I agree with you hopefully i would never encounter a bigoted conformation like this going on and if i did my opinion would certainly be voiced and if it was in an place that had equal rights id make sure charges were pressed. Luckily in my life time im certain equal rights and protection form this type of discrimination will be national.
 
Renae said:

I've not run into this personally, I do fear such a reaction.
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I have a hard time believing this scenario is it all common. Now I could believe clerks May smile or even laugh a little bit but generally speaking businesses are in the business of making money. They Really Don't Care what their customers are.

However that being said I've never been compelled to go anywhere and drag so I don't have any first-hand experience. If such a thing did happen I think most people would be appalled.
 

Honestly I don't think too many people care about a man wearing makeup.
 
TheGoverness said:
Of course it is staged. It is WWYD. The intention of the show is to get reactions from bystanders by setting up these scenarios.
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I always like watching these because it's interesting how many people don't think the way they're portrayed to think. Outside of a few ultra religious weirdos.
 
CLAX1911 said:
You said you went in there as Mr Vic. Its that not a manly persona?
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OH
My bad, so sorry yes I did.

/hides in corner
I was a bit off put by your drag comment and thought you were... anyway I am sooo sorry.
I was uncomfortable because being in man mode with make up feels wrong to me. I present as Renae, 90% of the time now. Short trips to the gas station do not merit wasting make up on
 
Renae said:
OH
My bad, so sorry yes I did.

/hides in corner
I was a bit off put by your drag comment and thought you were... anyway I am sooo sorry.
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Perfectly okay. If I dressed like a lady... I'd be a hideous and huge lady... and I'd be in drag because I'm not trans.


I was uncomfortable because being in man mode with make up feels wrong to me. I present as Renae, 90% of the time now. Short trips to the gas station do not merit wasting make up on
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Well you are more comfortable as a lady, that's the whole point to being trans.

What I meant is that I doubt many people will care. Outside of children likely nobody would say anything to you to express that they care.
 
Renae said:

I've not run into this personally, I do fear such a reaction.
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Well, I am not transgender or really shopping in a ladies clothing shop, but if I would have seen a transgender being discriminated, I would ask to see his boss and tell him that my wife (not have one but just saying if) would never spend a dime in his store again if his shop is that bigoted and that I would be spending my money elsewhere. And that I would be advising my family and friends to also boycott that store.

Then as said by another person I would blast it on facebook, twitter, every single social media and forum I would be a member of.

Hey, but I would also do it for any other discriminated person (even if a conservative would be discriminated against because I do not like discrimination).
 
Renae said:

I've not run into this personally, I do fear such a reaction.
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There is two factors at play here. First, I cannot imagine something like this happening for real. The staged event looks really terrible, but if it was a real deal, it is one shop that could likely lose a lot of business if they behaved that way. But it is no bigger deal than the pleasantly plump lady going to shop in a store that only sells up size 14 being told she wouldn't find anything to fit her and the clerk being reluctant to let her try on clothes that would all be too small for her.

The other scenario is the small boutique catering to an older traditional clientele who could be extremely uncomfortable with a guy present in a dressing room area. Probably most wouldn't know a transgendered person from a transAtlantic flight attendant. To them it would just be a guy in the women's changing area.

There are always going to be situations uncomfortable for somebody, but the more understanding and kindness there is from both sides, the less discomfort there will be.
 
Renae said:

I've not run into this personally, I do fear such a reaction.
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Here, you could file a complaint with the Human Rights Commission. What would be better, though, is to get all your transgender friends to email the store owner photos of receipts from shopping elsewhere and tell said store owner why he/she didn't get your business.
 

Well, living in Texas I understand that compassion and understanding has failed to reach all corners and I do mind where I shop and go out too. Not out of fear persay, but of the hassle and pain in the ass. The last thing I want to see is me on the interwebs because of some frackas with a shop, or a person. I like being -nobody- as it were.
 
Ikari said:
That's how it should be handled.

I think that if it is his store, he should have the right to refuse service, and that consumer repercussion polices the system.
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If he is the owner yes, otherwise it needs to be brought to the owner's attention as this may not be the way the owner wants to run their store. I am all for allowing private store owners to decide if they want to discriminate or not. But the workers are not the ones who get to set policy.
 

Move to Corpus.
 
Trippy Trekker said:
I like Dragonfly's response.

Do you think the underlying principles have some similarity to the case wherein an Oregon Baker refused to cater a Gay Wedding?
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Then it is clear, both are wrong.
 
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