US EditionBoston hotel suspends employee accused of forcibly removing guest from bathroom
- Ansley Baker and Liz Victor, a couple from Boston, were removed from a Kentucky Derby-themed event held at The Liberty Hotel on May 3 following an incident in the women's restroom.
- The incident arose after several women reported seeing two adults sharing a bathroom stall, prompting security to investigate amid heightened national anti-trans rhetoric.
- A male security guard entered the women's bathroom, knocked on a stall where Baker was alone, demanded ID, and accused her of being a man, escalating tensions.
- Baker described the event as “just humiliating overall,” while Selvaggio, Greater Boston PFLAG Executive Director, linked the incident to rising hate crimes, now at a 20-year high in Massachusetts.
- The Liberty Hotel maintains its LGBTQ+ ally stance and is conducting an internal investigation, while the couple demands a public apology, policy changes, and staff training to prevent recurrence.
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Cis Woman Thrown Out of Hotel's Bathroom After Being Mistaken for a Man—Guard Demanded She ‘Prove’ Her Gender
A same sex couple was allegedly ill treated and kicked out of the Liberty Hotel in Boston by security guard. Here's what happened with Ansley Baker and her girlfriend Liz Victor.
Hotel security kicks lesbian out of women’s toilets for being 'a man'
A lesbian has been kicked out the women’s toilets in a posh Boston hotel for being “a man”, and told to “prove her gender”. Cisgender woman Ansley Baker was staying at the Liberty Hotel in upmarket Beacon Hill, with her girlfriend, Liz Victor, when the incident occurred on Saturday afternoon (3 May). Both had booked in as part of a party watching the Kentucky Derby, and were using the female toilet when a male security guard began banging on the…
Boston hotel security guard suspended after woman says she was kicked out of bathroom
A Boston hotel has suspended one of its security guards after investigating a Saturday incident in which a woman says her gender and use of the women’s bathroom were challenged.
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