State fines Delaware bar after employee tells trans woman to use the men’s room, then bans her

Arcade banned a trans woman from using the restroom. Now it has to pay the price.

A bar in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, was fined twice for anti-trans discrimination this past month after a state commission found that the bar not only banned a trans woman from using the women’s restroom but also selectively scanned people’s IDs at the door with a policy that targeted trans patrons. The Hideout Arcade Bar & Grille must pay $15,000 for violating the Delaware Equal Accommodations Law (DEAL), the state Human and Civil Rights Commiss…

State fines Delaware bar after employee tells trans woman to use the men’s room, then bans her

The owner of Hideout Arcade Bar & Grille in LGBTQ+ friendly Rehoboth Beach said an ID scanner made enforcing his restroom policy “easy.”