Queer-Inclusive Restaurant Warns Customers Not To Enter With ‘Symptoms Of Racism, Homophobia Or Transphobia’

A restaurant in Dundee, Scotland, warns customers not to enter with ‘symptoms of racism, homophobia or transphobia’, and has been praised by LGBT+ patrons on social media.

After Wee Mexico shuttered due to COVID-19 earlier this year, the store reopened with a new sign which read: “We’re back! Please do not enter if you have symptoms of COVID-19, racism, homophobia [or] transphobia.”

The general manager of Wee Mexico, Ben Wyatt, said that the sign was in response to LGBT+ patrons being targeted in the past by hateful customers.

“We have quite a diverse group of staff and this is something we stand for, and we figured our customers would agree with it, and as the sign says if not we are not particularly keen to have them in here,” he said.

After Wee Mexico shared its sign on social media, it quickly drew praise online.

One user said on Instagram: “Y’all are the best!! loving that sign!”

“Wee Mexico Dundee, [this is] a sign to be proud of!” another user said on Twitter.

What’s disturbing is that Wee Mexico’s stand against racism and anti-LGBT+ bigotry drew criticism from some quarters.

“Since when has an eatery been so judgemental?” one social media user wrote.

“You gravitate to where you feel comfortable but does it need [to be] proclaimed like that!”

As ‘Yahoo News’ report, other comments included people questioning why the restaurant didn’t include other forms of discrimination, such as misogyny.

Wyatt said that it was upsetting that some people had taken the message in a negative way. “2020 has been a crazy year with lots of debate on all sorts of issues and we wanted to spread the message that anyone is welcome here,” he said. “I am a privileged white male but this does happen, especially in the hospitality industry.”

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