Gerika Mudra, 18, went to dinner in April with a friend in Owatonna, about an hour south of Minneapolis. When she went to the restroom, a server followed her inside and banged on the stall door while saying: “This is a women’s restroom. The man needs to get out of here,” according to Gender Justice, a Minnesota gender-equality organization that filed the charge on Mudra’s behalf.
Mudra, a biracial lesbian who isn’t transgender, said that she has been in similar situations before, when people have suggested she’s in the wrong restroom, but that when she tells them she’s a woman they leave her alone. However, when she came out of the stall at Buffalo Wild Wings and told the server, “I am a lady,” she said, the server responded, “You have to get out now,” Gender Justice said in a statement.
Mudra said she felt she had to prove to the server that she is a woman, so she unzipped her hoodie to show she has breasts. The server didn’t say anything in response but left the restroom, Mudra said.
Obviously, trans women can have breasts. This was in Owatonna, Minnesota, which used to be famous for having a Louis Sullivan-designed bank downtown, but now they have another claim to fame. I’ve been there — it’s between Rochester and Mankato in south-central Minnesota, and it’s very red.
AOC called this a long time ago:
This is the right response to this bathroom bullshit. There have been credible accusations of pedophilia against the President, and these pervs are wanting to be the genital police. Get angry about how gross they are. Point out that most sexual assaults are from a known family member or a Jeffrey Epstein type, not in bathrooms from trans people.
Cowering, hiding, running away and trying to change the subject to the economy just doesn’t work. They want your daughters to show their genitals before they can use the bathroom. It’s outrageous. Be outraged.
