Woman thrown out of NYC restaurant wins settlement

A woman who was thrown out of a NYC restaurant (the Caliente Cab Co) for being in the woman’s bathroom just won a large settlement.
The incident happened during Pride weekend (ironic, right?) last year, when Khadijah Farmer was burst in on by a staff member while in the woman’s bathroom. The staff person told her to leave, even after she showed him ID proving that she was a legal woman (and a biological woman in this case as well). It seems that her “not so feminine” (Khadijah’s words) presentation was what caused the incident.
The Transgender Legal Education and Defense Fund took up the case, and they were awarded all of their demands.
From the NYTimes article:

“The settlement was so darn good,� Mr. Silverman said. “We got everything we wanted for Khadijah, and in terms of getting good terms on the issues we were looking at, we couldn’t in good conscience litigate.�
Among the workplace practices that Caliente Cab agreed to adopt in the settlement was to add gender identity and expression to its corporate nondiscrimination policy; to adopt a gender-neutral dress code for its employees; and to amend its employee handbook to state “persons patronizing or employed at Caliente have the right to use the bathroom facilities consistent with their gender identity and expression.�

It’s been a pretty good week for the queer community, with this and the CA decision, as well as a possible victory for the trans community in Ontario.