The Northern Lights Casino is located in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Photo by Northern Lights Casino
A Native woman plans to file a human rights complaint after she was asked about her gender at at First Nations casino in Saskatchewan. Lexus Herman, 26, said she was confronted in a restroom at the Northern Lights Casino by employees last week. She was told to produce her ID -- ostensibly to verify her age -- but was instead subjected to comments about her gender. "She said my boy name and my sex really loud," Herman, who is from the Dene community at La Loche, told CBC News. "She never said my birth date or anything." In a post on Facebook, Herman said this wasn't the first incident at the casino, which is overseen by the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority. She said she was told that couldn't use any bathrooms at the facility. Herman plans to file a complaint with the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, CBC reported. Under the Saskatchewan Human Rights Code, discrimination based on gender identity and gender expression is against the law. "No person should be treated differently while at school, at work, renting an apartment, purchasing a t-shirt at a shop, getting a coffee at a cafe, or buying a house, based on their gender identity," the commission states. Read More on the Story:
Transgender woman asked for ID after using washroom in Prince Albert, Sask. casino (CBC 9/2)
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