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Chicago City Council relaxing restrictions on topless dancing following trans woman’s lawsuit
Metro Weekly ^ | 8/28/2020 | John Reilly

Posted on 08/28/2020 3:57:30 PM PDT by simpson96

The Chicago City Council is poised to relax restrictions it previously imposed on topless dancing in establishments that sell liquor, following the city’s decision to settle a federal lawsuit from a transgender woman who did not want to be forced to wear “pasties” over her chest.

Under a provision in the city’s current liquor code, women are prohibited from performing topless in any establishment that serves alcohol, and must wear items of clothing, like pasties, that cover part of the breast, including the nipple.

But transgender poet, actress, and performance artist Bea Sullivan-Knoff filed a federal lawsuit in 2016 arguing that the city’s policy was unfair, because male dancers or strippers were allowed to perform topless and had no similar restrictions placed on them.

Specifically, Sullivan-Knoff argued that the provision was discriminatory, unconstitutional, and reinforced “archaic stereotypes” about the “impropriety of women’s breasts” by prohibiting only female entertainers from exposing their breasts in establishments that sell liquor.

Last December, after years of legal wrangling and significant resistance from the Rahm Emanuel administration, Mayor Lori Lightfoot, only seven months into her term, announced that her administration had agreed to settle the lawsuit and remove all references to gender from the liquor code, at least with respect to how much skin entertainers may show when performing in nightclubs.

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


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: chicago; downourthroats; homofascism; homosexualagenda; inourfaces; transgender
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1 posted on 08/28/2020 3:57:30 PM PDT by simpson96
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Homofascists won’t be satisfied until topless joints are REQUIRED to have men dancing as women for straight men.


2 posted on 08/28/2020 4:00:45 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: simpson96

You’re a man. Well..a male at least.

Get tons of psychiatric help.

Maybe there’s still hope for you


3 posted on 08/28/2020 4:00:48 PM PDT by dp0622 (I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE COVID GODFATHER I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!)
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To: simpson96

Is it safe for a chickwithadick to be sliding around on a pole? Chafing is a real possibility.


4 posted on 08/28/2020 4:01:32 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: simpson96

Full frontal pics or it didn’t happen...


5 posted on 08/28/2020 4:02:02 PM PDT by silverleaf (Great Things Never Come from Comfort Zones)
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To: simpson96

I met her in a club down in old Soho
Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola...


6 posted on 08/28/2020 4:02:27 PM PDT by Dagnabitt
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When Houston had a lesbian mayor strippers were pushing “in the closet” and required to wear pasties (a throwback to the 1940s and 50s).

AND she imposed a rape tax on admission prices because well all men are rapists or something. She still didn’t bother to clear the backlog of rape kit testing or focus on prosecuting rapists.


7 posted on 08/28/2020 4:02:43 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: simpson96
Poor soul. He dislikes his manhood SO much. How does that happen?

No matter what hormones he takes or surgery he gets he WILL age like the male he was born...excess nose/ear hair, big belly a la nine months...and I won't even MENTION what happens to his "privates."

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He could use some instruction on the plucking of eyebrows.

8 posted on 08/28/2020 4:03:14 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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He won’t live that long. Overdose, suicide, STDs, or physical violence from a sex partner...

His demographic does not typically live to a ripe old age.


9 posted on 08/28/2020 4:06:05 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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I see many guys wanting their money back......


10 posted on 08/28/2020 4:06:22 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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I’m not a guy & I’ve never been to a strip club, but I assume that men go to see attractive, lithe WOMEN perform. Not this.


11 posted on 08/28/2020 4:10:22 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: Dagnabitt

Always do the Crocodile Dundee test.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6fgPX3NjyA


12 posted on 08/28/2020 4:10:55 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: simpson96

How about the “impropriety of a woman having a dick”?


13 posted on 08/28/2020 4:11:46 PM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1, Today's Special, Half Baked: 50c)
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To: a fool in paradise
He won’t live that long. Overdose, suicide, STDs, or physical violence from a sex partner...
His demographic does not typically live to a ripe old age.>

You're right, of course.

His "old age" will be pretty bleak. He REALLY needs Jesus, doesn't he?

14 posted on 08/28/2020 4:13:32 PM PDT by cloudmountain
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It’s good to know that the City Council has all the rest of Chicago’s issues squared away so it can spend time and effort on issues such as this.


15 posted on 08/28/2020 4:14:19 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
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To: a fool in paradise

Hey ! They’re burnin and lootin

We need Kabuki theatre ! Quick


16 posted on 08/28/2020 4:20:44 PM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guv-mint you get is the Trump winning express ! Yea haw ! Trump pence II!)
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To: simpson96

oh my goodness.

Well, if I were feeling “randy” or other more vile terms to describe things, I don’t think I would want to go see him dance.

What about the possibility that he would scare off the paying customers?


17 posted on 08/28/2020 4:34:51 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: simpson96

Well I guess they flip flopped on that one


18 posted on 08/28/2020 4:35:12 PM PDT by DOC44
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To: dp0622

The one homo I know sees a psychiatrist and is on meds. If we have an office shoot my money is on him.


19 posted on 08/28/2020 4:35:50 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: simpson96

A pole dancer that brings its own pole.


20 posted on 08/28/2020 4:36:07 PM PDT by TigersEye (Wear Your Mask-Stay In Your Home-Do What You're Told-Vote Democrat)
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