Woman Files Suit Against Avis for Not Receiving Alleged ‘Gay’ Discount
According to the San Diego News Examiner, a woman in Arizona is filing a federal class-action lawsuit against Avis for being denied discounts that were offered to members of two gay and lesbian associations.
Lynn Evenchik claims that Avis’ San Diego Lindbergh Field location violated the California Unruh Civil Rights Act when it “denied” her a discount that was being offered to members of two gay and lesbian associations: a gay business association and a gay travel group, according to reports from San Diego News Examiner and 10News of San Diego.
Evenchik, the owner of a travel agency in Tucson, is filing a federal class-action lawsuit against Avis and says that the rental car company was giving discounts of up to 20%. A spokesperson of one of the associations says that anyone is free to join the group and that about 25% of its members are not gay.
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