I Need a Man or a Date T-Shirt Banned at Gym

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February 21, 2008

David Cano had his trial membership at an Elk Grove California Family Fitness Gym revoked. David was asked to stop wearing a t-shirt with the phrase “I Need a Man or a Date, Serious Inquiries Only” with his PHONE NUMBER (including area code) but he refused. According to the gym members complained about the t-shirt. As a result his membership was revoked due to “disorderly conduct”. Davis is not working with a lawyer because he believes he was discriminated against because he is gay. “There had to be some straight guys who had a problem with my shirt…If it was a straight woman who wore that shirt – straight guys wouldn’t have a problem with it. I think the gym has a problem – they’re very bigoted and discriminatory. They don’t like openly gay men.” Cano said. The gym responded with that statement that they are a family facility and not a dating service. Cano’s response was that he was going to wear it anyway and we’d have to drag him out”. The dress code states that members must wear “appropriate attire but it is not defined. The ACLU noted that calling California Family Fitness a ‘family center’ doesn’t give them a license to discriminate.

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