May Montréal A transsexual, referred […]

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1980-05

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May Montréal A transsexual, referred to as " Miss D," filed a complaint with the Quebec Human Rights Commission shortly after being refused service at the Casse Croute Allemande restaurant, 171, rue Ste-Catherine est, solely because of her sexual identity. The owner of the restaurant had said she did not want men dressed as women, or prostitutes, in her restaurant, which was located in the red-light district. The commission ruled in the fall of 1981 that the restaurant owner was guilty of discrimination based on sex and/or sexual orientation, and filed a lawsuit against the owner asking for $1,000 in damages. In April 1982, Provincial Court Judge Pierre Durand awarded the complainant $500 in "moral damages" plus interest and court costs.

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Montreal

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Pierre Durand Miss D

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Québec Human Rights Commission

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"Transsexual's Rights Upheld," Body Politic, no. 81 (1982), p. 15.Léopold Lizotte, "Une transexuée réclame des dommages moraux de $1,000: Refusée dans un restaurant," La Presse, 10 February 1982, p. A9 René Laurent, "Transsexual Thrown Out of Cafe as 'Undesirable,'" Montreal Gazette, final ed., 17 February 1982, p. A9 René Laurent, "Transsexual Seeks $1,000 from Eatery," Montreal Gazette, final ed., 10 February 1982, p. A6 "Expensive Lesson over Sex Change," Toronto Sun, 30 April 1982, p. 76 Ives Beaudin, "Une transsexuée poursuit le restaurant Allemande," Journal de Montréal, 11 February 1982, p. 7

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