Country Club Fined for Discrimination
December 28, 2004 | 
News Reports
The Druid Hills Country Club, located in Atlanta, has been fined for discriminating against a lesbian member. Like many country clubs, they offer spouses the opportunity to become members - but they wouldn’t let Lee Kyser’s partner join. The mayor of Atlanta, Shirley Franklin, fined the club $500 per day - up to $90,000 - until they change their policy. The city has an ordinance that allows fines and/or business or liquor license removal for businesses who discriminate, even private entities like a country club. What shocked me most, though, was that Kyser is one of two gay members of the club, which has more than 1,000 members. Surely there must be other members who are still in the closet!
Being that it is in Atlanta (and, actually, located fairly close to my old stomping grounds), I would almost guarantee that there are quite a few LGBT members who are still in the closet - at least to the rest of the club. What would be even more interesting to me is how many of those club members also happen to frequent the dungeons…. hmmmm….
January 11th, 2005 at 5:43 am