Attorney filing complaint over theaters female-only 'Wonder Woman' shows [View all]
AUSTIN -- A local Alamo Drafthouse Cinema plan to host two women-only Wonder Woman screenings next week has drawn nationwide attention from those praising its female empowerment message, responding to the theaters smart-aleck responses to people who complained about it and celebrating Mayor Steve Adler for his witty public response to a man who objected to it.
But grumblings over the screenings are beginning to turn into complaints that the theater may be violating the citys equality laws.
Albany law professor Stephen Clark, a gay lawyer specializing in sexual orientation and employment law, said the women-only showings at the downtown Ritz theater, and the theaters posts about it, rubbed him the wrong way.
Im a specialist in anti-discrimination law, so I was fairly certain that this was not lawful, he said. If they were trying to do a gay-only Brokeback Mountain, I would feel the same way.
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