Miss Louis takes comfort in using the fitting room for women. All she wanted was to fit the clothes she wanted to buy from Zara.

But she was shooed away from the fitting room and was asked to transfer to the fitting room for men. Because she’s trans. To the attendants of Zara, she’s not a woman.

Transgender woman Louis Marasigan, a municipal councilor of San Juan, Batangas, calls out a branch of international clothing chain Zara in Taguig City for refusing to let her use the female fitting room.

“May lumapit sa’king babae sabi ‘Sir, sa taas po kayo.’ Sabi ko, ‘Bakit po?’ Sabi niya kasi yung fitting room daw ng lalaki dun sa taas,” an emotional Marasigan recalls in a Facebook video.

According to Gabriela Partylist, “Zara should be made accountable as they are responsible for educating their personnel on anti-discrimination policies. This is also why we must push for the passage of SOGIESC Equality Bill to prohibit discrimination towards people with diverse SOGIESC.”

Mila Habijan says, “To Zara Philippines, we need to open the discussion on SOGIESC to all your employees. To Taguig LGU, let’s strictly implement the Anti-Discrimination Ordinance and prevent instances like this from happening again. Let’s make Taguig Inclusive.”

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