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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

Woman says security guard at Liberty Hotel in Boston confronted her in bathroom, asked to prove gender

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Woman says security guard at Liberty Hotel in Boston confronted her in bathroom, asked to prove gender

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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.world · 2 days ago
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A couple said a security guard at the Liberty Hotel in Boston challenged their use of a bathroom and kicked them out.
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    Carry pepper spray, end these interrogations as quickly as they begin.

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      Carry a gun.

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        Both will result in you getting shot

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          That’s the thing about wars. You can only get lucky for so long.

          But they started it and I ain’t going quietly.

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            Then start abducting or assassinating politicians

            Shooting a lost uber driver never changed anyone’s mind

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              Viva la resistance

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    So Tomboys and Butch women are illegal now, got it.

    why not just rip the bandaid off and start saying only blonde white women are good, you’ve got Vince McMahon’s wife in the inner circle afterall…

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      What’s the difference between a tomboy and a butch woman?

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        butch is more masculine

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        Butch implies they’re sapphic, tomboy does not.

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      So Tomboys and Butch women are illegal now

      🤦

      got it.

      So ironic.

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        deleted by creator

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    Aww that’s gross. I thought the Liberty Hotel is a fun place. Also…y’know…liberty…

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      They are at liberty to demand you show your genitals

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        …your genitals, whuuuut

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      It’s actually converted from an old prison, so has a long history of negating personal rights.

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    Exactly the type of people empowered by the current administration.

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      Even then, though, this shit doesn’t fly here.

      Shouldn’t have happened at all, but at least the hotel fired the shitfucker and tried to make this right, while in other parts of the country this behavior would have been celebrated.

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        It just says he was suspended not fired.

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          Also depends on if the security was contracted. If so, then the hotel can ask for a personelle change but isn’t responsible for their employment. The contractor would just relocate the guard if they don’t fire him.

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    I hate to say this because I really do love Boston. But it’s a racist shithole that needs to be burned down

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    If they are really so scared of trans. Why not just put an alarm button in the bathrooms? That’s triggers a loud alarm and calls security? Seems easy

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      That’s just the same situation as in the article above with extra steps.

      Some random lady thinks another lady is transgender or whatever. She pushes the button, alarm goes off security comes in. What then? They ask to prove she’s a woman. It’s the same thing.

      People should mind their own business in bathrooms instead of gatekeeping who can take a shit.

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        I agree, but the alarm would be if you’re getting attacked or something. We all know how rare that would be if ever. Rather have that then an old man security guard going into the women’s bathroom

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          People call 911 for stupid, trivial reasons all the time.

          There is no way hysterical terfs are not going to misuse an alarm button.

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    MAGA when they see a woman whom they think is trans minding her own business

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      Please don’t associate one of my favorite movies with those POS’s.

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    Texas security guard on a grayhound: ma’am, are you pregnant or a fat guy?

    Guy: Dude, its a bus! Everyone goes in the same toilet when its a bus! Wanna see my pee pee?

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      I thought people simply don’t go to a toilet on a greyhound. 🤔

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        That’s because using the bathroom on a coach bus is the fastest way to get everyone else on the bus to hate you.

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        Only the brave may enter

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          The brave and the autistic, it ain’t bravery when I’m too socially inept to know what the fuck I’m doing. Upside is I get a +2 to into intimidation.

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    And MA claims to be so progressive with their gun control laws

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    We should all misgender every MAGAt male who enters the men’s bathroom. And tell them that pussies are not allowed in there.

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      They’re probably going to ignore you and go on about their business like adults.

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      Topic: Jd Vance is a trans man. He uses the “wrong” bathrooms at the White House.

      Change my mind.

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      Fuck yeh

      Start standing at the entrance to male toilets in conservative meetups, demanding to see everyone’s (micro-) penis.

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      New way to avoid becoming the Nazi Bar. Ask them for ID before they can use the bathroom.

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    From the article:

    On Tuesday morning, The Liberty Hotel said it has finished an investigation into the incident and “the security officer is being suspended from their position.” It said all staff are being retrained “on inclusive practices and guest interaction protocols.” The hotel is also making a donation to a local LGBTQ+ organization.

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      Backpedal and save face (and pay lip-service)

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      suspended

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        paid vacation

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          Suspended, when it comes to private security, doesn’t mean the same thing as it does for law enforcement. He probably isn’t getting paid, because hotel security is paid hourly. If he has no hours, he has no pay.

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          This shit happened in my state. I am low key tempted to figure out who that is, book a trip to Boston coinciding with that dipshit’s return to service, and aggressively “transvestigate” their nasal cavity with pepper spray before I give their teeth an exclusive meet and greet with a curb.

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      Pretty sure inclusion training is now illegal in the US

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      I live in Boston. My parents have stayed at that hotel before while visiting me. I’m going to tell them to not consider it going forward.

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        The Hotel suspended the asshole guard and is doing a bunch of things to try to make amends and you want to punish them?

        Edit: and they are doing all of his in an America lead by an administration that is actively trying to punish any company or organization that even whispers inclusivity or acknowledges LGBTQ+ people and causes.

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          They should have fired him tbh

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            Probably union or a proceedure to work thru.

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              Someone also suggested he might be under a contracted company. There are a number of reasons they might not be able to outright fire the asshole.

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    That security guard should be fired.

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      He was

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        'nt

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        He was suspended, not fired.

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      He should be arrested.

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        Better answer. Yes.

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      Arrested for violating the woman’s civil rights.

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      In fucking BOSTON?

      THAT PIECE OF SHIT IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE

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    God forbid you take a shit in the vicinity of someone with different genitalia. The entire bathroom debacle is straight up childish.

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      Good god, imagine them even looking different! At a certain point, I don’t even care about the genitals, I just don’t think women should be allowed to cut their hair or wear jeans or shoes (/s I don’t even know what I’m channeling at this point)

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        You’re probably channeling the type of Americans who don’t travel outside of their own country or if they do they only ever hang out in a Starbucks at the airport cuz anything non American scares them too much.

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      Removed by mod

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        This conversation is way above your head. Toddle off now.

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          Is it because I’m saying truths you don’t like?

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    Imma gonna start calling these fools the twat pigs. Even “genital police” sounds too dignified

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    That’s sexual assault.

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      Whew, can’t say I’m surprised to already see mods abusing their powers to censor discussion of this topic.

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        What discussion? You really wanna harass women in the bathroom?

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          🤦

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        What would you like to discuss? How to mind your own business?

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