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  • 10 May 2013
    Boli closing statement went as follows...Substitute any other race or minority name for "Tranny" and they were obviously shaken.
    1839 Posted by jan jefferies
  • 11 Oct 2012
    It took some time,but I have some new information. BOLI has determined that said club owner has violated several Oregon State statutes in regards to discrimination laws. He is appealing the decision,but there is substantial evidence against him. Have to see what happens next. Following is a copy of BOLI press release   BOLI: Substantial Evidence of Discrimination at P ClubCivil rights investigators find evidence of discrimination against transgendered OregoniansPORTLAND – The Civil Rights Division of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) hasconcluded its investigation into allegations of unlawful discrimination by Portland’s Twilight RoomAnnex, formerly known as the P Club, finding substantial evidence that the bar, through owner ChrisPenner, sought to keep a group of transgender patrons out of the establishment based on their genderidentity.“No place of public accommodations in Oregon is going to be allowed to discriminate based ongender identity,” Oregon Labor and Industries Commissioner Brad Avakian said. “Enforcing civilrights laws is important to all Oregonians, especially the fundamental right to patronize businesses ofyour choice without being summarily barred based on a group affiliation.”Pursuing a complaint filed by Avakian, state investigators found evidence confirming that Penner leftphone messages asking a group of transgendered patrons to stop visiting the P Club because theywere allegedly harming business by creating a perception that it is a “tranny bar.” Investigatorsfound that Penner’s contention that the group, known as the Rose City T-Girls, was disruptive andgenerated complaints from other patrons was unsupported by interviews with P Club employees andother patrons, and the agency’s letter of determination concludes that no concerns were ever raised tothe T-Girls—even in the phone messages from Penner himself.“The P Club never notified the T-Girls of any complaints about their behavior and never took anysteps to remove allegedly troublesome individuals,” Avakian added. “Blocking the entire group fromvisiting the P Club in reaction to rumors that the establishment ‘is a tranny bar’ is an overreaction, isunfair, and is on its face unlawful discrimination.”With the Civil Rights Division’s investigation complete, absent settlement of the case, the next stepin the process will be the issuance of formal charges and a notice of hearing by BOLI’sAdministrative Prosecution Unit.
    1659 Posted by jan jefferies
  • 17 Aug 2012
    Group lawyer has advised us(RCTG) to stay as far from P-club as possible. Besides,We don't want to give him any ammunition to use against us.(or money ,for that matter.) I left message on facebook with person who wanted to do this,telling him this. we'll see if he listens. Other places want us to come to their businesses,so why go where we're not wanted?
    1596 Posted by jan jefferies
  • 31 Jul 2012
    To the entire Rose City T-Girl group,   You are all important and since we have such a supportive group, we want you to know about this before it becomes public information.    Sometimes in life we have to make tough decisions that might not be popular with an entire group of people like ours.  Our community, in particular, has many different opinions about many topics as we see that all the time within our own group.  We hope you can understand the decision that six of us made in regards to the P Club situation.   Cass, Chris, Victoria, Cristine, Peggy and Susan agreed that what happened with the P Club was not only un-fair treatment but discriminatory.  Cass sent a link of her Youtube video of Chris Penner (the owner of the P Club) telling us not to return to the P Club to the Attorney General's office and to Beth Allen (a lawyer here in Portland who has fought for our rights for years). A week later, Cass had a phone conversation with Beth Allen and decided to proceed further with the case.  Next, BOLI (Bureau of Labor and Industries - they handle civil rights and discrimination cases) called  Cass.  Since she had talked to Beth prior to their call, they stated they needed to work through Beth  . Beth requested to meet with some of us on July 25th to discuss the case with her and representatives from BOLI.  Cass, Chris, Victoria, Cristine, Peggy, and Susan met with Beth and 4 BOLI investigators for about 2 1/2 hours on the 25th.  It was very educational for all us.  We all felt Beth and BOLI were on our side and that what took place at the P Club was for sure unlawful discrimination.  They also explained to us that Brad Avakian, Commissioner of BOLI, wanted to move forward with this case as a Commissioner’s Complaint.   This means that the commissioner would be the named plaintiff and we would be witnesses.  They explained the process and our options as well as what takes place in a case like this.  Here is a list of what is or may be happening at this point.   The case went straight to the top...with the Commissioner of Labor and Industries who will be the Plaintiff in the case   BOLI can assess fines and / or monetary damages which both Beth and BOLI are optimistic about both a possible fine and monetary damages; however, we didn't discuss anything about amounts so let’s not even get into it nor do we want to discuss it amongst ourselves. It is NOT our primary motivation! We will simply follow the advice of Beth Allen.   Beth Allen will represent the 6 of us that have volunteered as a group (The Rose City T-Girls are not a legal entity) and everything will go through her.   Beth is taking the case on a contingency basis.   The media has a very good chance of getting involved since this could be a ground breaking case and it will be a Commissioner’s Complaint; which is a rarity.   No one in our group will be required to be involved.  It will be on a voluntary basis but if you want to become involved you would need to sign a letter of engagement with Beth. This is a situation where we either need to function together or Beth can only represent one of us.   Both Beth and BOLI feel the video is very strong evidence.   We are not out to hurt the employees that treated us so well but sometimes we can't control what happens.  We have also learned that this is not Mr. Penner’s first rodeo with BOLI.   9.  We all want to make sure this doesn't continue to happen     to our group. This is the second time this has happened including the Candlelight.   Again everyone...A lot of us support our rights being upheld but there are those that will not agree with our decision to move forward with this, however, Cass, Chris, Susan, Peggy, Cristine and Victoria all agree that we want to move forward with the case. We have the full support of Beth Allen and the State of Oregon. This will be a great thing for our transgender community in the State of Oregon.   If you have any questions that any of us can answer, we certainly will.  And we will keep you posted on what happens in the future.   Thanks…   Cass, Chris, Victoria, Cristine, Susan and Peggy  
    1560 Posted by jan jefferies
911 views Jan 29, 2016
P-Club Discrimination

Good evening.Just heard from our Lawyer.

BOLI's decision is Finally Final.

Mr Penner is out of appeals.

Now to see what happens next.

 



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