Doctors Bar in Edinburgh mobbed by transphobes
As promised, back to our usual programming;
Doctors bar in Edinburgh and specifically their manager have come under fire from a torrent of abuse from transphobes on social media who have even been review-bombing the bar on Facebook etc. This after a group of transphobes went to the bar wearing transphobic campaigning t-shirts and armed with leaflets which they attempted to litter around the place. They were politely asked to leave, refused and were escorted out by police.
I’ll say this first and foremost, this shouldn’t be a news story. Pubs kick people out all the time, for far less, and it never raises an eyebrow. The law has always been pretty clear on this, if a pub owner or staff member with the authority to do so asks you to leave? You leave. If you don’t the police will come and remove you. If you believe that you were asked to leave or removed due to unlawful discrimination via a protected characteristic as defined in the Equality Act 2010, contact a solicitor.
In fact, the last time I remember a news story about someone getting kicked out of a pub was much the same situation. Rebekah Wershbale was barred from Macclesfield’s Five Clouds Tap and Bottle after she showed up wearing a t-shirt created by Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull. Yes the same Kellie-Jay who recently made a video calling for armed men to police…
