WBBH in an interview that he had tried to intervene and explain the situation to security. But they were allegedly unmoved.“This is a woman, a trans woman, and you need to understand what that is.
This is not a drag queen or a cross-dresser. This is a trans girl, and you need to treat her as a lady,” Kelliher said, recounting what he told the bouncers.
Ayers said then the bouncers got rough with her and forcibly escorted her out of the club.“The next thing you know, they grab a hold of me and start shoving me out the front door,” she said.Ayers says the incident left her feeling humiliated.“I just felt worthless.
Like I wasn’t a person, or I didn’t have feelings or emotions. Just no respect,” she told WBBH.While Dixie Roadhouse initially refused to speak or issue a statement to WBBH, it later posted a statement to its Facebook page on Thursday, complaining that the restroom incident had been misrepresented in the media.“Dixie Roadhouse is all-inclusive and has been since Day 1 eleven years ago — hence the sign on our front door,” the statement says, referring to a posted sign that reads: “If you are racist, sexist, homophobic, or just a jerk … don’t come in.”“We have two private restrooms that our transgender guests use often.