Australia: Gay author Armistead Maupin's Partner Told 'Men's Room Is for Real Men'
Acclaimed author Armistead Maupin has been left outraged after a restaurant worker told his partner the men's toilet was "reserved for real men". According to the Associated Press, Maupin and husband, Christopher Turner, were in Australia's Bojangles restaurant in Alice Springs, when the incident happened. The openly-gay writer, who penned the classic Tales of the City books, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that his partner asked a bartender where the bathroom was, but was told there wasn't one.
"I knew they had one because I'd been there the day before and I said 'what's that over there?', and he gave me a very pointed look and said 'that's reserved for real men'," Maupin said.
"Neither one of us could quite believe he'd said it. And he actually repeated it. He said 'see the sign on the door. It says 'gents'. It's for real men'."
The restaurant has not issued a comment.
by Peter Lloyd
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