Saturday, November 4, 2017

BRUCELLA BEFORE AND AFTER RESTROOM SIGNS WORK FOR ME

Texas restaurant blasted for bathroom doors that feature Caitlyn Jenner, formerly Bruce Jenner, before and after transition

By Tom Steele

The Dallas Morning News
November 1, 2017

A Collin County restaurant has found itself mired in controversy over bathroom doors that critics say are transphobic.

The door displays at Dodie's Place Cajun Bar & Grill in Allen were installed in mid-August, according to the restaurant's Facebook page.

The women's restroom door is the image of Caitlyn Jenner publicly debuting as a transgender woman from the cover of Vanity Fair, while the men's room door is a photo of Jenner competing at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal as a man.



After The Daily Dot published an article calling the images "incredibly insensitive," supporters of the restaurant took to Facebook and Twitter to say that the doors were just a joke and that people offended by them should go elsewhere.

Others, however, were quick to call out the doors as distasteful and denigrating toward transgender people — including Jess Herbst. Herbst, a transgender woman, is the mayor of New Hope, a small town about 10 miles north of Dodie's.

Dodie's representatives have not commented on whether the door displays will remain, but owner Kyle McPherson — who uses a different name on Facebook — posted that the pictures "FINALLY" got the media's attention.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This breaks me up. I agree that anyone offended can go elsewhere.

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