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Woman kicked out of Boston hotel bathroom after being accused of being a man sues
Boston Globe ^ | Jan. 17, 2026 | Abby Patkin

Posted on 01/18/2026 7:54:47 AM PST by ConservativeStatement

A Boston woman who was accosted in a women’s bathroom at the Liberty Hotel in May after a security guard mistook her for a man is now suing the hotel, accusing its employees of crafting a defamatory cover story.

Ansley Baker and her partner, Elizabeth Victor, filed the complaint in Suffolk Superior Court Thursday, naming the hotel and several of its employees and executives.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: homosexuals; lesbians; libertyhotel
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To: OldHarbor

Not a bad looking young man. Oh… wait a minute


21 posted on 01/18/2026 8:37:34 AM PST by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Hudson (played by Bill Paxton):
Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?

Vasquez (played by Jenette Goldstein):
No, have you?


22 posted on 01/18/2026 8:38:42 AM PST by scrabblehack
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To: ConservativeStatement

I have to give her credit. She. Used the correct bathroom.


23 posted on 01/18/2026 8:43:46 AM PST by brooklin
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To: OldHarbor

Which one is which? I do like Lenny’s tie though.


24 posted on 01/18/2026 8:46:35 AM PST by kawhill (I'll start...the sweeter wind is finally found)
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To: ConservativeStatement

There is little doubt that a Boston jury is likely to be receptive to the hotel’s account of events, including its now-withdrawn allegation that Ms. Baker and Ms. Victor engaged in lewd conduct within a bathroom stall, and inclined to view favorably the hotel’s asserted justification for implementing a protocol to verify the gender of individuals entering its restroom facilities.


25 posted on 01/18/2026 9:47:15 AM PST by Round Earther
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To: OldHarbor

When a female works that hard to look like a guy I’m not gonna fault anyone for being deceived.


26 posted on 01/18/2026 9:47:27 AM PST by TalBlack (Their god is government. Prepare for a religious war.https://freerepublic.com/perl/post?id=4322961%2)
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To: scrabblehack

Classic movie exchange.


27 posted on 01/18/2026 9:51:43 AM PST by doorgunner69
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To: ConservativeStatement

Again with the lousy MSN links when it’s NOT an MSN story...

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/15/metro/woman-files-lawsuit-liberty-hotel/?p1=BGSearch_Overlay_Results

Stop sending unnecessary traffic to that piece of filth.


28 posted on 01/18/2026 9:57:42 AM PST by Merrick (STOP USING MSN!!!!!)
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To: SpaceBar

“ A total setup.”
***************

ABSOLUTELY!


29 posted on 01/18/2026 10:12:32 AM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: left that other site
No, definitely looks like a dude, for the most part.
30 posted on 01/18/2026 11:01:20 AM PST by Major Matt Mason (Everyone that voted Trump/R in '24 needs to show up in '26.)
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To: shelterguy

She does. And since she is playing the man in the lesbian pair, she clearly dresses and grooms like one. I can totally see her mistaken visually for a man.


31 posted on 01/18/2026 11:29:23 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Scarlett156
There’s more than one reason to just pee behind a dumpster or in some landscaping these days, if you are a gal.

Exercise great caution. That can get you arrested for indecent exposure and urinating in public. A conviction can get you placed on your State's sex-offender list.

It occurs to me that wearing a short skirt could facilitate your suggested field-expedient methods.

32 posted on 01/18/2026 11:34:18 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: shelterguy

Even if she is a woman, this is totally on the hands of the gender bender community and doctors who mutilate people. The psychos ...err therapist who push this madness too.


33 posted on 01/18/2026 11:37:17 AM PST by Glad2bnuts
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To: Blurb2350

Spot on, if you wanna be a man, act like one and protect females from others. Going into womens restrooms shows it doesn’t care one whit, except for itself.

If it is a female, you can fix this by looking the part.


34 posted on 01/18/2026 11:41:50 AM PST by Glad2bnuts
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To: Merrick

The top link provided actually says Boston Globe, the second link porvided looks like the link generated when you check the box that says excerpt. So, the poster may not have typed that link themselves.


35 posted on 01/18/2026 11:54:15 AM PST by Robert DeLong (.)
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To: shelterguy

LOL good point


36 posted on 01/18/2026 12:48:28 PM PST by Vaduz (?.)
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To: TalBlack

I work with a person like that, whom I took to be a tranny. Found out Brandy really was Brandy not Randy in transition. It was just very weird especially since Brandy is a chain smoker and has a deeper voice than most of the guys at work.


37 posted on 01/18/2026 5:10:09 PM PST by Cloverfarm ("...a Government, erected by the Majesty of the People ...")
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