Gay friendly Greenwich Village is considered the gay pride mecca. But maybe the rainbow flags hanging outside 90% of the gay aren’t as redundant and superfluous as we think. When Khadijah Farmer, a lesbian, went to a restaurant in the village after attending a pride parade, she probably didn’t expect to get kicked out. Last year, Farmer and her friends ate at the Caliente Cab Company, a Mexican restaurant in the heart of the West Village. When she went to the lady’s room, a bouncer followed her in and told her she had to leave. After Farmer showed him her ID, the bouncer, who must have a hard time apologizing, made Farmer and her party leave the restaurant. But there’s a happy ending!

Farmer just won a gender discrimination lawsuit against the restaurant, which will now have to pay her $35,000 (plus $15,000 in legal fees) and has agreed to add gender identity and expression to its corporate nondiscrimination policy; adopt a gender-neutral dress code for its employees; and amend its employee handbook to state “persons patronizing or employed at Caliente have the right to use the bathroom facilities consistent with their gender identity and expression.” Now that’s the West Village we know and love.

Inspired by Farmer? Then and watch this video of Farmer on The Today show. Then by learning more about The Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund: Working for Transgender Equal Rights, (TLDEF), which represented Farmer.