'I would never spend a dollar in that business again'
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PORTLAND, Ore. - Three transgendered women called out the owner of a North Portland bar Thursday, saying he left voicemails telling them to stay away.
The voice on the phone identifies himself as the owner of the P Club Bar, and it sounds exactly like owner Chris Penner. While he declined to speak about the controversy Thursday, his former customers spoke out.
"I would never spend a dollar in that business again," said Cassandra Lynn.
With their feelings hurt, the transgendered women say Penner's voicemails violate state law by discriminating against their gender identity.
"If businesses are allowed to do this, my world where I can go starts shrinking, and (I'm) pretty sure I don't have choices where to shop, where to socialize," said Victoria Nolan.
Lynn said she just wants "other businesses to know it's not right, it's not fair."
The caller in the voicemails identifies himself as Chris and blames the transgendered women for declining sales at the P Club saying, "I am going to have to ask for you ... and your group not to come back on Friday nights. I really don't like having to do that but unfortunately it's the area we are in and it's hurting business a lot."
On Wednesday Penner said, "It's not true. We're not a homophobic bar by any means."
But when Penner spoke to KATU News at that time, he refused to address the specifics of the complaint that he discriminated against the transgendered.
"We're a neighborhood bar that's open to everybody," he said.
On Thursday, Penner declined to speak at all, citing his lawyer's advice.
The transgendered women aren't buying that the P Club welcomes all or that their group of 15 to 20 Friday night regulars cost Penner business.
"They were doing so bad on Fridays – they got wind that we were looking for a place to go and they asked us to come there to help their Friday business."
Oregon state law protects anyone from discrimination because of sexual orientation, but that's not just about sexual preference. It also covers gender identity, and that's why the Bureau of Labor and Industries is now investigating.
What's with that voice manipulation??
The owner is a first class dufus, who fuched me in a real estate deal because he is just a wuirlwind.He was wrong to call them and ask them not to come to his bar. it is called DISCRIMANATION
@Jennifer what is your problem with this group? You are no longer a member of this group so you have no right protesting for us. And to dress like a trashy t-girl just to make a bad scene with our name is just wrong. If I ever see you out I'm going to give you a piece of my mind you can be sure of that. You better not show up at the protest if you know what's good for you. A lot of people in group are mad at what you say about us. This is our protest not any of your business. It is a good idea that our group should protest the P-Club. We should protest Embers too. Remember when we got kicked out of Embers when Cassandra stole that necklace from that drag queen? That was not right. We should get on the news and protest that too!
So what happened to the great P-Club protest the was supposed to take place last Friday??? Nobody except me showed up! I was there wearing a trashy t-girl leather mini-skirt, Rose City T-Girls t-shirt (cropped to show my midriff, of course), garters and stocking tops sticking out below my skirt hem, and six inch heels...you know, typical t-girl attire. Anyway, since I was the only one to show up, I did my best to represent the t-girls. I took over the pool tables and shuffleboard, got loud and drunk and obnoxious, and plugged the toilet in the women's restroom. Hey, you guys are right - the patrons DO miss you! They were all laughing and pointing and taking pictures, so I guess that means that they were approving. Some of them seemed appalled, but those must be the ignorant and bigoted ones that you speak of.
 @Jennifer That's seriously not typical attire for trans women. Maybe you.
@Jennifer
Jennifer I have been reading posts from the Rose City T-Girls Yahoo Group's private message board. I have no less than three different moles who cut, paste and send the posts to me all the time... but like OMG, how paranoid can they get, its like everything is a damage control operation for a major political campaign. Also, everything is rated in percentages and broken down into lists. Fun to read the things they have said about me, you and anyone who disagrees with the core group (like six people). They are calling you "mentally ill" and I got a whole piece written about me by the loud and obnoxious tranny chaser with the over-indulgence disorders as "being filled with hate". You know the same guy who was so loud that when you went into a bathroom stall you could still make out his conversation? Yeah, that one. You read it all and sounds as if they invented crossdressing and control other people's crossdressing. The fact that there is a public comment board out of their control has got to be driving them crazy! Oops, did I say there are moles in the group feeding information to non-group members? Time for a witch hunt...
That's awesome Kristy! Well, it doesn't surprise me at all. That's their modus operandi. If somebody doesn't agree with them, they claim that person is "mentally ill" and/or "filled with hate". Well, I hope that their leader does a really good job of damage control and convinces her sheep...er, I mean "members", that I really am mentally ill and that they should stay the hell away from me. I also think that it's great that they are spending so much time stressing about this. You know, it's ironic that they are always putting forth the statement that "this is the greatest group". Because if it's such a great group, then why is it brought so easily to it's knees by a few comment postings on a news website? That doesn't sound like a great group to me. Also, I have always said that they (and in particular their leader) believe that they invented crossdressing and that all crossressers should be greatful to them for that. I made that observation long ago, and I'm guessing that it's not just coincidental that you've come to the same conclusion. Yep, you nailed it - paranoid and egotistical.
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Ohhhhhhhhh girl, you just signed somebody's death warrant by saying that there are moles in the group! Cassandra will hunt them down and burn them at the stake!!!
@Jennifer
Wow you are really a horrible person, to go to this club dressed as you said and cause a seen just to convince people that all transgender people are trash is despicable and you and the owner have sunk to an all time low. âTrashy t-girl leather mini-skirt, t-shirt (cropped to show my midriff, of course), garters and stocking tops sticking out below my skirt hem, and six inch heels...you know, typical t-girl attire.â If you think this is how all transgender people dress and act you must really hate the transgender community. I donât know how you sleep at night. Your actions here are 10 times worse than the lies you are obviously telling about this group of women/men. I hope the State of Oregon realizes what the owner and you are doing here and levies a fine so big he loses everything, just too bad there is probably nothing they can do to you for your part. The one thing that is clear is that you are making all these lies up about this group to help the owner. You should all be ashamed!
Yeah Jennifer... too bad the State of Oregon can't do anything to you for having an opinion? What the ....?Â
Sara-c, just because this group is made up of crossdressers and transgendered individuals does NOT preclude them from being bad customers. I would like to reiterate two main points here. First of all, you can't act like obnoxious jerks and then hide behind the fact that you dress like girls to give you some kind of immunity from any repercussions to your actions. They were disruptive to business, they were asked not to come back, and now they're crying foul and saying it's because they dress like girls. Give me a break! Secondly, why don't you go and hang out with this crew for a while and see for yourself how they act? The concept that this particular group represents the transgender community as a whole is ridiculous. If you knew this group, you would view that concept as an insult to the transgender community. This group is a party group, plain and simple. I was there in person to witness their behavior. I now first-hand. I suggest that you do the same before you come to any conclusions, as opposed to basing your conclusions on a television interview and some postings on a news website. You continue to assert that I'm making up "lies about this group". What are you basing that assumption on? I was a member of this group for a year, and quit over a year and a half ago. I have e-mail exchanges from the group, and in particular the leader, which discusses the issues that they were having with the owner of the P-Club OVER A YEAR AGO! This has been going on for a long time. The owner did NOT make a snap decision here. He struggled with declining sales and disruptive behavior for over a year (that I know of) before he could finally get them out of there. So I can't see how some johnny-come-lately like yourself can say with any degree of certainty that this group was "wronged".
Sara-c, I'm going to try to answer all of your questions as succinctly as possible. Yes, this group really does have t-shirts. No, they don't wear them when they go out. I bought one from them over two years ago when I first became a member, and I honestly don't know if I still own it or not. No, neither Kristy nor I are friends or employees of the owner of the P-Club. We've never even met him. We're just really big fans of his. That man deserves a metal! No, I am not "involved" with that group in any sense of the word, nor do I spend a lot of time frettng over them. Checking this site and spending less than 20 min. typing up a response to you hardly constitutes much time or energy. Yes, if you wish I will gladly add you to the list of people that I hate. Done. Yes, I do roll my eyes when I see transgendered people who dress trashy. No, I don't think that all transgendered people dress that way. I personally know many who do not dress trashy. But yes, I do reserve the right to make fun of the ones who do dress trashy.
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Yes, I have a very fulfilling career. No, I don't have any family. Yes, I have friends. I even have a girlfriend, but I hate her too because she's not very bright and she's annoying as hell (much like yourself). Yes, this group does know about my posts here, and if you would like to know their side of the story and their response(s), then read this blog http://susanmiller64.wordpress.com which is written by one of their members and makes reference to the posts here. I can only assume that they are not responding here because their attorney probably asked them not to, but that's just an assumption. I can understand how it wouldn't be legally wise to do so. But rest assured that they are NOT above anything. They have contacted a few people that I know and tried to convince them that I'm "mentally ill". They also apparently have been trashing Kristy and I on their private group forum (and probably on the FaceBook too, but I'm not a member of the FaceBook thingy so I wouldn't know for sure). Once again, if you are really interested in their opinion you should probably join their group yourself and go hang out with them and see for yourself how pathetic they are and how much of a control freak leader is. Just don't say that I didn't warn you. Who knows, maybe you'll fit right in with that clan. You seem like the whiney bleeding-heart victim type who is easily led around like a sheep. So that group would probably be a good fit for you.
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Lastly, your Hitler reference CRACKED ME UP because it reminded me that there is an axiom regarding on-line forum posts which states "the longer that an on-line argument persists, the greater the chance that one party will compare the other party to Hitler."Â Thank you for proving that axiom true, and giving me a good laugh!
@Jennifer
First of all I did not know this group had a tee shirt they all wore when they went out but even so most people seeing you out alone dressed like this even wearing their tee shirt which by the way with your hate of this group surprises me you even want one let alone have one. But to go out any place like this, get drunk and obnoxious and cause a seen does reflect on all transgender people even if you in your closed minded world does not want to admit it.
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Further more you yourself posted here that this is typical dress and actions for transgender people, your words not mine. Now that being said if you are a cross-dresser then that would mean this is your typical dress also as well as the rest of the community again your words and that is how people reading this will take it but I think more is that you are just an employee or friends of the owner who is on here with Kristy to attack transgender people to try to help his cause in this complaint.
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All you two have done on here is spread hate, make attacks against this group of ladies/men and in many cases generalizations about transgender people and how they dress and act. This is how you create fear and hate among others. It is what Hitler used in World War II against the Jews, People used it against the African Americans in the 50âs & 60âs and is still used by White Supremacist today so you are not alone in your narrow minded thinking.
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I find it funny that if people challenge what you say you seem to attack them also, as you said I may have half a brain but it is filled with love of people and not hate like yours and for that I am thankful of that as I would hate to go through life as bitter and hateful as you two seem. So feel free to add me to your list of people you hate.
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Last you two seem so involved with this particular group that one has to ask why. To spend this much time and energy on something like this tells me you have nothing worthwhile in your life, do you not have family, jobs or friends other than each other? Do you sit around all day watching you computer for a chance to attack transgender? I donât know are you posting on other stories attacking other people? I also find it funny that with all the hate you have spread about this group they donât seem to reply and maybe they just donât know what you two are up too. It would be interesting to hear their side but it seems they have too much class to get down in the mud with you which speaks volumes for their side as I guess they said it in the video.
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 If you are jobless I would suggest you look into politics because the way you two act you would fit right. Go spread your hate someplace else like Iran as this is not how people in America behave.
Sara-c, give me a freakin' break! First of all, it is OBVIOUS to anyone with half a brain that I was referring to the Rose City T-Girls. Why else would I write that I was "wearing a Rose City T-Girl t-shirt"? Secondly, your repeated attempts to twist my comments into a discretization of the entire transgendered community are pathetic, and your arguments are weak. If you think that this group represents the transgendered comunity, then you know absolutely nothing about this group. Period. Like I said before, why don't you go hang out with this group for a while and see for yourself exactly how much they represent the transgendered community? Thirdly, how delusional do you have to be to assume that my comments will cause the transgendered community to be attacked/murdered/commit suicide? What kind of logical leap is that??? I'm surprised that you didn't also claim that it's a shame that the State of Oregon can't do anything to stop me. Maybe you should write a letter to the governor, as opposed to wasting your time posting here.
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This is not the first bar that this group has been banned from, Sara-c. This has happened to this group a number of times before. This just happenes to be the first time that they made a formal complaint and a big media stink over it. You would be well advised to find out more about them before you go about defending them. You'll find that they're not worth defending.
@Jennifer
I am not talking about the group at this point but you and your post where you said you went to this club dressed as you said a typical transgender person and I quote,
 âI was there wearing a trashy t-girl leather mini-skirt, Rose City T-Girls t-shirt (cropped to show my midriff, of course), garters and stocking tops sticking out below my skirt hem, and six inch heels...you know, typical t-girl attire.â
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You also said you did your best represent the transgender people by causing a seen being drunk and obnoxious. This is you doing the things you are claiming these other girls/men did. This means you are not only as bad as you claim they are but worse as you are doing it deliberate to make people hate transgender people.
Not talking about this group anymore but I can assure you this behavior is not how your typical transgender person acts or dresses. If this is how you view transgender people you are very misinformed or just a really hateful person that hates the transgender community. Your actions here will reflect on all transgender everywhere will make it hard for them to go anyplace. This is why transgender people get attacked, killed, or commit suicide and that is what is wrong with you and anyone who supports you in this is no better then you. So the next time you see a new story about a transgender person who dies from one of these actions just remember you helped make it happen with your hatred and I hope you can live with that.
Hey look as of today I have 11 likes in my KATU profile and Cassandra has 14 with each of us having almost the same amount of posts. Now how in the heck is that possible? Better put out a memo on the RCTG Yahoo message board and step up the damage control!
@Kristy G You sound like this is a competition between you and them. This is not about you and really not about them personally. It is about right and wrong. It is about discrimination. About where one class of people can be banned from a public place just for being who they are. We may not agree on the law and if it is right or wrong but that is why there is a complaint so it can be decided.
@sara-c my opinion this is simply a bar owner requesting a crowd that is hurting the bottom line not to come back. Also, funny how everything turns into something else when the media gets a hold of it. "Bar owner discriminated against Transsexual and Transgender Women" Last I checked discrimination has yet to be proven and the group in question are for the most part are closeted Crossdressers like myself although I am "out". There are a few Transexual, Transgener and people mixed in there but not many. I was at that bar almost every Friday night dressed as a girl (I am a CD) for about a year. From my own formed opinions and experiences are the group usually became loud, obnoxious and dominated a third of the bar, a circus as like to call it. Cassandra biggest offender offender those behaviors. For the most part, I always felt an uneasiness from the regular patrons. I have always thought that and was vocal within the group about it at the time. I regret being involved with the group and the bar. This is not because of "the group" but the CD who ran "the group", Cassandra. That person is a decisive figure/group leader with a whole bag of mixed opinions by many other CD's besides myself. Hey, hate me for my own formed opinions, punctuation and spelling. I'm a big boy (not too shabby of a t-girl too) and can handle it.
Sara-c, have you heard of the term "wolf in sheep's clothing"? That certainly applies to this group, because they use the fact that they dress like girls to try and paint themselves as victims and claim that they are being persecuted. But the truth is that regardless of how you're dressed, when you act like they do your behavior isn't tolerated. I would suggest that you meet up with their group and hang out with them for awhile. I suspect that you'll be singing a different tune after you witness their behavior first-hand. Kristy G and I (and several others) have had similar bad experiences with this group, and in particular the leader. I assure you that Kristy G is not a friend or employee of the bar owner. Nor am I. Look, I know this may be hard for you to swallow, but even dudes who dress like girls can be disruptive customers and make scenes and run business away and get kicked out of bars. The fact that a person is a guy dressed like a girl does not give them carte blanche to act inappropriately.
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That may be and there may be others who share your dislike but you are the only one attacking the group personally here online. The other people making comments here are either in favor or against the group but they are not making personal attacks and that makes you stand out. This group feels they were discriminated against and their attorney and the State of Oregon believes the same. You donât seem to disagree with that but keep trying to justify what the owner did which for someone who is a cross-dresser as you say sounds strange unless you have something against this group. You seem to be on here every day making sure the focus stays against the group.
I guess there is another option, are you a friend or an employee of the bar owner? Maybe this is his way of trying to discredit these ladies by having you post bad things about them. Â Â
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just my opinions, based on personal experiences and doesn't mean or prove I dislike a whole group of people. I had plenty of conversations with others in and out of that group that shared the similar opinions based on their own experiences as well. my opinions, your opinions, their opinions... Discredit mine as you wish but... your opinions can be pieced together thru a few embellished media stories, a pdf complaint, a phone message and an online media message board. Were you there on Friday nights, I don't seem to recall a "Sara"? How many people are there commenting on this message board that were actually there on Friday nights besides the the one or two who are named in bringing complaint? You seem to know a lot about the inner workings and hierarchy structure of that group. So you must be a member?
@Kristy G
Well if (and that is a big if) what you say is correct then the bar owners should have kicked out the ones making the noise and causing the disturbance and not the whole group. Now I listened to the YouTube and he never once mentioned any of the things you have said. Actually the owner himself said for no other reason than money as people thought it was a transgender or gay bar. That is what is wrong here, they were asked not to come back because of who they were and not for how they behaved. I would have to believe the group that was there and what the owner said over someone that has such a low opinion of someone in the group and the group itself that their judgment in the matter may not be based on the facts but rather personal feelings.
For someone who seems to dislike this group and the one member so much you seem very concerned with it and seem to enjoy attacking them. I think there are some other issues going on here as all your statements seem to be personal attacks at them and not about the fact of why the owner asked them to leave.
Sara-c, I believe that Kristy is making the point that raw numbers are more important to them than substance. Based upon her personal experience with this group, she has observed that their sole measure of success is the number of people in attendance at any of their functions. So to point this out, Kristy employed a form of literary license that uses sarcasm, and it's called "satire". Look it up.
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@HarryJuku I don't think they were out looking for attention.Matter of fact all of the trangender people prefer to live their lives away from the public microscope.All this media attention solely lies on the owner of this bar.
 @noneofyourbizzness  @HarryJuku If they don't like attention, then why don't they stay inside their own homes where no one can see them? How do you know what "all of the transgender people prefer" sounds like you are making assumptions if you think you can speak for all of them.
@BarbWire @HarryJuku Perhaps because we live in a free society where people should live their lives how they see fit regardless of what bigots like yourself think they should do or not do.And yes the majority if not all transgender women that I know aren't big on drawing attention to themselves.So why don't you just mind your own dang business.
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Really, these people act as if they speak for all crossdressers out there. Yes, the Rose City T-Girls Yahoo Group that is the topic here is like 90% CD's and most of them are in the closet and want to stay there. Some of these CD's wives don't even know. Why would you jump in front of a camera and act like you are speaking for everyone? Well they sure as heck don't speak for me as an "out of the closet" CD. A bar owner asked them not to return because it they hurt the bottom line. SO WHAT, find another bar. But no, let's engage in controversy? Good luck, these few have dragged an entire group of anonymous CD's into the spotlight. If you think that is smart or safe go read the comments on FOX 12's story of this situation. Good luck and sleep well for those who are in front of the camera. I feel sorry for those who didn't want any part of the spotlight on a very, very private segment of their lives.
No-one has ever answered my question!!!!!!!! How can a request be discrimination? If you are asked not to do something and YOU choose not to did, how then can you later claim your rights were violated. In America we have freedom of choice. Mr, Penner by asking, gave the group a choice to return, they chose not to. so please someone answer the question without referring me to the state for an answer. Cassandra Lynn filed the complaint with state, she must of felt this was discrimination please explain how and why she or anyone else that supports this claim feels this way.
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Lot here about asked not to come back or told not come back. My question is this, if they came to your home and you asked them to leave you are telling me they can refuse and stay at your home? here is your new place to go girls
@sara-c Do you consider your home to be a business open to the public?Your rationale is astounding.
@noneofyourbizzness
Of course not but the same rules apply. If a business open to the pubic notifies you that you are not welcome there, (asking you not to come back) and you choose to violate that then that business can take legal action against you. theses girls/guys showed a lot of smarts and class not causing a seen there. Either way the business would still be wrong as they are a protected class under city, county, state and federal law.
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wonder if Brad Avakian's last case filed against another Penner business has anything to do with this one? It was overturned on appeal... http://www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/Publications/A143894.pdf
@jdgremsjr - No one else that frequents that bar got a call AT HOME NO LESS telling them not to show up because their presence was costing the bar money. HELLOOO, how discrimanatory is that??
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Wow dude, are you 12?
 @Janice Payne I believe as a business owner, he has a right to refuse service to anyone, I am going to make a point of going to  the P Club Bar.
@CRB No BarbWire is a right-wing gay transgender hater.I honestly believe in his/her mind that it's legally justifiable for a owner of a business to refuse service to any minority that he/she deems undesirable.
@noneofyourbizzness @BarbWire I think the point he was trying to make is they didn't REFUSE service to anyone. They weren't denyed service and probably still would have been served had they chosen to go back to the P-Club. They were simply asked (requested) not to come back, not told they couldn't.
 @BarbWire So if a black couple come into a bar and the owner refuses them service because he's afraid his bar will get a reputation is perfectly legal according to you? Even if he didn't give a reason,it would raise suspiscion because thats what happened in a era when I'm sure you would be happy to go back to.Also..the P-club is actually known as agay hangout and some of the staff and maybe even the owner is gay.Knowing your rabid hatred towards gay people,I"m almost certain you would be very uncomfortable being surrounded by people who you hate so much.I suppose you could strike up a conversation with a gay person and give them a piece of your mind.
@BarbWire - "Anyone" is the key phrase here. I agree, as a buisness owner one does have a right not to provide service to any one WITHOUT discrimination.Â
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But it is unethical to SINGLE OUT your customers based on looks and deny them service.
No-one has ever answered my question!!!!!!!! How can a request be discrimination? If you are asked not to do something and YOU choose not to did, how then can you later claim your rights were violated. In America we have freedom of choice. Mr, Penner by asking, gave the group a choice to return, they chose not to. so please someone answer the question without referring me to the state for an answer. Cassandra Lynn filed the complaint with state, she must of felt this was discrimination please explain how and why she or anyone else that supports this claim feels this way.
More facts We had many patrons that loved hanging out with us. As Oregon is a right to hire and fire state with the employment laws as a business has the right to refuse service to anyone are both true providing its not because race, religion, sexual orientation, gender ...etc...etc...Thats when it becomes discrimination. We had crowds ranging from 15-45 so you tell me how that hurts his business when we bought dinners and drinks from 7pm till 1am or 2am. We only went there on Friday nights because for almost 5 years now, Fridays have just been our nights as a group. A few us did Monday Night Football one of the years also. For all us, this is not about fame or money. Can you imagine spending about $8,000-$10,000 of your money into a business and then one day have a voicemail saying you arent allowed back because of who you are?
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PS...I will not attempt to respond to anything derogartory or ignorant in any fashion
 @Cassandra Actually Mr. Penner has stated publicly you and everyone else are still welcome there
 @Cassandra you still haven't replied to my point!!!!!! you were asked not to patronize the bar on friday nights, I listened to the voice mails and nowhere did he say you will not be allowed in my bar on friday nights. Why didn't you and your group show up on the Friday night and do what your normally do? If at that time he denied you service or asked you to leave due to your protected status then you would have a case. But you gave up and gave in, you chose not assert your rights but instead filed a complaint that will be denied because you were never refused service or banned from the bar.
Hey moron (specifically jdgremsjr) - I listened to the vm too. The were told by the owner not to come back at all, their group which consists of mostly transgendered ladies. Your argument is ignorant and uneducated - STFU!
@jdgremsjr ...He never asked us not to "patronize" his bar...that is not even close to fact. He asked us NOT TO COME BACK ON FRIDAY nights... Our group talked about options and felt if we tried to push the issue and go back the next Friday, things could get ugly and that is not what we are about. Like I said above, we had never had an issue and we sure didnt want to start something where we were asked not to come back.
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In terms of having a case, the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, Brad Avakian is the plantiff in this case. He is the one that determined there was discrimination and not me or our group. He is the one filing the suit and if the Commissioner feels that strongly about it, there is not only a case but a extremely strong case.
Or, perhaps the group simply contacted BOLI to find out if this request violated their rights, and BOLI stated they would investigage? Regardless, the bottomline is that BOLI is performing an investigation into the incident, and will then determine an outcome.
 @Cassandra you have never answered my question!!!!!!!! How can a request be discrimination? If you are asked not to do something and YOU choose not to did, how then can you later claim your rights were violated. In America we have freedom of choice. Mr, Penner by asking, gave the group a choice to return, they chose not to. so please someone answer the question without referring me to the state for an answer. You filed the complaint with state, you must of felt this was discrimination, please explain how and why you feel that a request was discrimination.
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 @Cassandra I have read the complaint and still don't see where Mr. Penner denied you service or excluded you from the bar
@jdgremsjr I filed a personal complaint with the voicemails attatched. BOLI files the official complaint against the business. Hopefully you can open this link. At the bottom, you can download the official BOLI complaint against the P Club..Scroll to the bottom where it says read the complaint "here" and click on "here"...
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http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-29008-the_p_club_faces_sta.html
 @Cassandra  @jdgremsjr and you just witnessed Mr. Penner deny service to transgendered customers at the P-club?
 @Cassandra  @jdgremsjr so you aren't a victim of discrimination? just a witness to it?
 @Cassandra  @jdgremsjr hmmm according to KPTV story you are the one that filed the complaint are you not telling the truth or are they?
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@jdgremsjr That you would have to discuss with BOLI...All I am is a witness.
 @Cassandra Okay, patronized it a fancy word for spend time at a business. And you are Correct he only asked you not to come back. He did not tell you, you couldn't
 @Cassandra  @jdgremsjr Actually he determined that there was enough evidence for an investigation. There as been no determination of discrimination as of yet unless Oregon BOLI and its progressive staff member have denied Mr. Penner the right of due process
@Cassandra For what it's worth.I know how to run a very successful bar and you and your friends would always welcome.Being accepting of people's differences is a essential part of a successful business.
@noneofyourbizzness Thanks None!