Last night we took our usual trip to RocKabaret in West London, me and two of my friends. I was presenting as Kim, and dressed up as appropriately as possible for RocKabaret - (the theme: Angels and Daemons -- I was blatently a Daemon!)
Anyway, I was just walking into the Ladies toilets when I here this security guard behind me say, "The Gents is on the other side." I ignored him at first, but he said it again and soon I got in a rather heated discussion with him. Basically, he didn't have much but the power to throw me out, and I wasn't sure how the law covered me -- it was a private club, although the RocKabaret night does have some crossdressing clientèle other than myself.
So, basically I had to use the Mens' toilet; possibly the most degrading thing I've done. Not only that, I had to stand there waiting for a cubicle, to comments of, "Are you a boy or a girl?" Not confrontational - but just behind my back, just so I could hear it.
After, I spoke to both the only other crossdresser there and the organiser of the night. Mel, the other trans woman there knew the head of security so went to speak to him. It was all cleared up - I was apologised to and from then on allowed to use the ladies'. But, was I angry!!
Does anyone know, (for the UK), whether they could have actually done anything about me entering the ladies'? Could he have actually stopped me and thrown me out, or would the law have been on my side for some kind of sex/trans discrimination?