Looks like the Tastee Diner messed with the wrong lesbians when they booted Aiyi’nah Ford and her partner Torian Brown from their restaurant at 2 a.m. on August 12th for embracing at the counter while waiting to give their waitress her tip. The Washington Blade reports, Ford and Brown were asked to “please take that outside,” by the diner’s manager. Ford then questioned whether the manager, identified as Paul, was serious in his request for them to leave. Paul said that he was serious, even as Ford pointed out a straight couple blatantly kissing in a nearby booth and wasn’t asked to leave the establishment. According to Ford, Paul “proceeded to say that this was a family establishment and that people are trying to eat, as though our embrace would make someone sick.”
Ford and Brown’s waitress then followed them outside to apologize and informed the couple incidents like this have happened before. Ford and Brown decided to take action and planned a “kiss-in” type protest to take place on Wednesday, August 19th. Ford, who is also a blog radio host, announced the protest details on her show. The protest consisted of the group eating, paying for their meals, and then engaging in an embrace by the counter. Twenty-five (25) supporters and local media showed up for the protest. Ford told the Blade, “when we arrived, they asked us to sit in the back. [The discrimination] is blatant, and they don’t even know what they’re doing. It’s tragic and sad.”
The protest went off without incident. Ford vows to continue to pursue her complaint with the Maryland Commission on Human Relations. As a result of this incident, Ford says, “we’ll be visible. That’s what’s gonna come from this at this point. That’s what we feel is best.”
Who else is pumping their fist for these ladies taking a stand? We know we are.
Tastee’s manager Laura Wilkes , spoke to media on camera and stated, “Tastee Diner is a family restaurant. And it doesn’t matter if you’re straight or if you’re gay. If you start going beyond the point of kissing and things start getting x-rated, we’re going to ask you to stop.”
X-rated? Hmmm. From the footage we saw, the encounter between Ford and Brown was hardly x-rated. But, we’ll allow you to be the judge.
In response to all this media attention, surveillance video from Tastee Diner was posted online to show the Ford and Brown embrace that took place on August 12th. ___________________________________________________
*This was found at BLACKGAYGOSSIP.COM I am still working on my feeds so I have to do this manually to make sure I'm crediting my peers correctly.*
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I'm so sick of this type of bullsh*t I don't know what to do...
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