The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating an incident recorded on video and widely shared on social media that shows security staff forcefully removing transgender patrons from a downtown bar
on Friday.
A group of eight employees from Bienestar Human Services, which focuses on health issues in Latino and LGBTQ communities, were celebrating at Las Perlas bar after the first day of a local LGBTQ festival when a couple began directing"transphobic slurs" at their table, Khloe Rios told CNN. An image from the video taken during the incidentRios is the manager of Transgeneros Unidas, the Bienestar team focused on advocacy for transgender and non-binary people.
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