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Washington DC, – Tens of thousands of people have signed onto Liberty Counsel’s open letter asking Macy’s to change its policy that allows men to use the women’s fitting rooms. Liberty Counsel is delivering this letter today. Just last week, it came to light that a mother and her daughter were subjected to trying on clothes in Macy’s a dressing room run by a man presenting as a woman at the Galleria Mall in Dallas, Texas. This employee escorts women to the dressing rooms, entering the dressing rooms to clean out the clothes, and even providing different sized items to women while they are trying on their clothes.

Other reports are coming in from women around the country indicating that at various Macy’s stores men are routinely allowed to simply “hang out” in the women’s dressing rooms. In these situations, the men were identifying as men. One Macy’s employee said that mothers wanting to protect their young children have repeatedly asked store employees to tell the men to leave. In some situations employees refused to do so, claiming fear of a lawsuit.

Liberty Counsel’s open letter states, in part:

As an American who recognizes the crucial importance of cultural boundaries and same gender guidelines to the welfare of any society, I am appalled by your corporate decision to allow men to use whatever changing facilities they choose in Macy’s stores. This policy is both misguided and absurd. It creates an unnecessary threat to the comfort and safety of your customers and helps undermine the stability of our society! I am deeply concerned that pro-homosexual activism has brought your organization to enact such a poorly thought-out policy.

I applaud Natalie Johnson’s resolve to stand up for what she knew to be right and deny a man access to the women’s fitting room!  Macy's policy, which allows men to use the women's fitting room, is fraught with problems. This policy will cause significant issues and will alienate the majority of Macy's customers. I call on Macy’s to do the right thing by reinstating Natalie Johnson and reversing this absurd policy.   

Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel, commented: “Macy’s needs to protect women and change its policy that allows men to use the women’s fitting room. The current policy is a liability waiting to happen.”
 

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