Transgender woman settles out of court after being refused service in a pub

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Sonia Kolasinska was told to leave Madigan’s bar on O’Connell Street

“I told my friends and they asked why. They started arguing with the guy. I heard the bouncer talking to them and I just overheard ‘trans’ and ‘this trans person’.

“I had been having a nice night and then suddenly this person comes and makes me sad, telling me I cannot be with my friends. I was stopping myself crying. It was so humiliating and it was like my whole world broke. I realised this is what it feels like to be discriminated against.”Contacting solicitors

In the end she and her friends were able to stay. They had one drink “to make our point” but went then to a different bar where she knew she would be welcome. She wanted to do something about what happened however and approached a number of solicitors who, she says, would not take her case. “I don’t know why. One said the costs would be more than any compensation. I asked a friend to recommend a lawyer and he told me about

 

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She ignored the door staff and and went in anyway. Sounds like a stunt to be honest.

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