Overview

• Gender Justice lodged the formal complaint with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights on August 12, citing unlawful discrimination based on gender identity stereotypes
• Eighteen-year-old Gerika Mudra alleges a server followed her into the women’s restroom, banged on her stall door and declared “the man needs to get out of here”
• Mudra says she felt compelled to unzip her hoodie to show her breasts before the employee finally left, leaving her humiliated and fearful of public bathrooms
• Minnesota law expressly bars discrimination in public accommodations for sexual orientation and gender identity, exposing Inspire Brands to potential liability
• Advocates say the case reflects a broader national trend of restroom policing in the context of heated legislative debates over transgender access to public spaces