City of Yakima v. Esqueda

—Defendant Esqueda is an avowed transsexual. He feels he is a woman trapped in a man's body. This is diagnosed as gender dysphoria. His hope is for a surgical procedure to change sex. In preparation for this reformation, he was advised by the doctors who would possibly operate that he should live at least 1 year as a female, in woman's attire and activity. In harmony with that, he obtained a job as a "cocktail waitress" at the Corral, a local bar. He dressed and passed as a woman.

While working, defendant would sit and talk with customers encouraging them to buy drinks, because the waitresses…