Lesbian ejected from restaurant for looking too masculine

A bouncer at a popular restaurant in Manhattan's Greenwich Village neighbourhood ejected a lesbian customer from the women's bathroom after last month's gay pride march because she looked too masculine, the woman said on Monday.

Khadijah Farmer, 27, said the incident occurred June 24 at the Caliente Cab Company restaurant, where she had gone with her girlfriend and another friend to have dinner after the march.

Farmer said she was using the women's bathroom when a male bouncer burst in and banged on the stall door, saying a customer had complained that there was a man in the women's room.



"I said, 'I am a woman and I am where I am supposed to be'," said Farmer, speaking at a a news conference. I offered to show him some identification. I was told that's neither here nor there."

Farmer said the bouncer escorted her to her table and forced her party to pay their bill and leave.

"I'm just hurt that even my wanting to prove that I'm female wasn't enough"