FloriDuh:University Refuses To Lend Laptop To Gay Student: ‘You Look… Like A Girl’

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Florida Atlantic University senior Abdul Asquith was trying to get some studying done at the campus library this past Wednesday, but when he attempted to check out a laptop, he was told that he could not because of his gender presentation:
ASQUITH: She looked down at the ID, and said, “You sound, look, and act like a girl and in this ID is a man, therefore I’m not giving you a laptop.” [...] It looks just like me. I identify with my ID. I wasn’t there dressed up.

I didn’t have on dress. I wasn’t dressed in character.
Though Asquith admits he sometimes wears feminine clothes, on this particular day he was wearing shorts and a hoodie and had his hair pulled back. He identifies as a gay man, but this would constitute discrimination based on his perceived gender identity, demonstrating how comprehensive nondiscrimination protections are important for all communities.
http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/10/27/2842521/university-library-discriminates-gay-student-feminine-appearance/

[monmouth3]

1. And this is a "Christian" school...Ugh...n/t

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2. I don't think it is...

It's a Florida State University.

[monmouth3]

3. You're right, I was thinking of another school..

[kestrel91316]

4. Time to hire a good attorney and teach FAU a lesson.

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. I am sure his very dark skin and his first name of Abdul

had nothing to do with it.
Poor pricks in Fla. are having such a hard time remembering what they cannot discriminate about anymore.