emiliep Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 the new york post has an article on page 5 about it. Sophia LaMar and Amanda Lepore said they suffered "emotional distress, humiliation...and damage to reputation and career". they filed a $100K discrimination lawsuit against Twilo. ouch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammy Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 Ouch? They'll just up the admission to $60 every night of the week till their debt is paid off!-Jamms "dontbelievethehype"------------------Wo ist die Partei? AIM: ynicholas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emiliep Posted March 22 Author Report Share Posted March 22 leave it to the little people to pay for the big wig mistakes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjsc Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Yo...thats the girl that works in patricia fields... she's also on the cover of christopher sams book "over the counter" and in it quite a few times..... looks like a live walking vintage barbie.....like twilo would descriminate hiring someone over THAT?... JESUS..they have a 7 feet tall bald black queeny machine named kevin do a number for them on saturdays...hehehehehjsc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueangel Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Here's the full story!! Thought it was kinda entertaining. --------------------------Two transsexuals say they were given walking papers from their go-go dancing jobs at a trendy Chelsea club because the nightspot decided they wanted to hire "real girls." "What, are we supposed to have a baby while go-go dancing or something? I mean, come on," said Amanda Lepore, one of the two post-operative transsexuals who say they were fired from Twilo because they used to be men. Now she and Sophia LaMar - who gave their ages as "ageless" - have filed a $100,000 discrimination lawsuit against the West 27th Street club, charging they were wrongfully terminated and suffered "emotional distress, humiliation . . . and damage to reputation and career." "They're world-class entertainers, and they had never been reprimanded by the club in any way," said their lawyer, Tom Shanahan. "This was just a case of out-and-out discrimination." Lepore started working at the club in 1995, and LaMar started in 1997. As part of their duties, they would dance above the crowd on pedestals a few times a night while dressed in flashy and revealing outfits. "We have a lot of followers," LaMar said. But on Feb. 2 of last year, LaMar got a call from club manager Mike Bindra telling her she and Lepore were being fired because they wanted "real girls" or "biological girls." "Then he said, ‘No hard feelings . . . Would you call Amanda and tell her too?'" recalled LaMar, who, like Lepore, underwent a complete sex-change operation over a decade ago and is now an anatomical woman. "It was very hurtful," LaMar said of the firing, adding she and Lepore got raises just three weeks before they were fired. "It made me feel like a dog that's been given a lot of love to - and then gets given back to the shelter," she said. Lepore said the drag for her was feeling discrimination from the generally tranny-friendly club industry. "If you can't get acceptance in nightclub . . . it's not like we worked for a conservative department store or anything," she said. Twilo's lawyer, Peter Sullivan, called the suit "unfortunate" and said, "We're the good guys here." He said he wasn't sure why the pair were fired, but he was "absolutely certain" it wasn't the result of any tranny-trashing. "It's like having a gay person suing a gay bath house for discrimination," he said. "This is the place that's probably the most sensitive to the transsexual community in New York. This is not an establishment that discriminates against gays or transsexuals." Lepore and LaMar, who've both worked as fashion models and are famed on the club circuit for their racy burlesque act, said their careers have bounced back since the firing. They now have regular gigs at Spa, Centro-Fly and Cheetah. But "we need to protect other transsexuals," Lepore said. "If you let people walk all over you, they'll just keep doing it." ---------------------------------BlueAngel------------------"It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not." — Andre Gide Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emiliep Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 LOL, soooooo true saintjsc. i thought it was kinda contradictory myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exit2heaven Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 damn...say word!------------------Mine comes in a form of a pill and powder.What's your...... ? ? ? ? ? ?AIM: XxFUEL1xX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melichacha Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 lol... "ageless"? How diva... This is truly an exercise in irony... - Cuban B - ------------------ "This is not political - it's just that I demand attention when I walk into the room..." -- Nelly FurtadoAIM: MeliChaCha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bxbomb Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Twilo boss will have to make room in THE CLOSET for two more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emiliep Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 with all the plastic and manmade parts, they probably are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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