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Delaware Fines Hideout Arcade $15K for Trans Discrimination

8/11/2026

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Delaware Civil Rights Commission fined Hideout Arcade Bar & Grille $15,000 for discriminating against transgender woman Kaitie Sorber.
Employees demanded Sorber show ID, denied restroom access, and barred her after she posted online.
Owner Bryan Derrickson said the policy followed state-ID gender rules.
The commission ordered anti-discrimination training for staff and noted a prior 2023 $2,000 fine, half of which activist Kathy Carpenter Brown received to fund boycott calls.

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Delaware Civil Rights Commission fined Hideout Arcade Bar & Grille $15,000 for discriminating against transgender woman Kaitie Sorber.
Employees demanded Sorber show ID, denied restroom access, and barred her after she posted online.
Owner Bryan Derrickson said the policy followed state-ID gender rules.
The commission ordered anti-discrimination training for staff and noted a prior 2023 $2,000 fine, half of which activist Kathy Carpenter Brown received to fund boycott calls.