A video that spread widely online shows a group of women confronting a same sex couple for kissing at a hotel pool in Sacramento, California.
The incident happened on a Sunday over the holiday weekend at the Kimpton Sawyer Hotel. According to CBS 13, Domonique, one of the women who was kissing, said a group asked her and her girlfriend to stop because children were nearby. She said two women from the group approached them more than once and that she felt singled out, noting that straight couples showing similar affection were not approached.
“You are asking me to stop being me,” she told the station. “This is not OK anymore. It’s 2021.”
Hotel security was called. Witnesses recorded the group as other guests chanted “shame” while security escorted the group out of the pool area. A witness told CBS 13 that the group declined requests from security and bystanders to apologize.
The hotel gave two statements. TheGrio reports the first said the incident had to do with conduct near children rather than discrimination. A later statement from general manager Nikki Carlson said the hotel does not condone discrimination or verbal assault of any kind and described the situation as an unfortunate disagreement between guests that had been resolved. The women in the video have not been publicly identified, and no statement from the group was included in early reports.
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