Drunk men using trans law to invade women’s bathrooms, says Alberta bar
An Alberta tavern has come under fire for banning men — whether or not they are presenting or transitioning into “women” — from using the women’s bathroom. But Medicine Hat’s Corona Tavern says it did so because drunken men claiming to be transgendered have been entering the women’s bathroom since Rachel Notley’s NDP government passed its “trans rights” Bill 7. “This has caused some young female patrons to feel unsafe and threatened,” the bar’s management said in a Tuesday press release . The Corona was hit by a maelstrom of criticism after 21-year-old Calgarian River Rising -- a man who presents as a woman -- related on Facebook that while in the small southern Alberta city for a friend’s wedding, he was questioned by the bar’s bouncers and prevented from using the women’s bathroom. In the ensuing social media firestorm, the bar was further attacked for putting up an allegedly “transphobic” sign on the women’s bathroom door that read: “You must use the bathroom of ...