(A) Except as otherwise provided herein, it is an unlawful practice for a person to deny an individual the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a place of public accommodation, resort or amusement as defined in § 92.02, on the ground of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.
(B) It is an unlawful practice for a person, directly or indirectly, to publish, circulate, issue, display, or mail, or cause to be published, circulated, issued, displayed, or mailed, a written, printed, oral or visual communication, notice, or advertisement, which indicates that the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a place of public accommodation, resort or amusement, will be refused, withheld, or denied an individual on account of his race, color, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity, or that patronage of, or presence at, a place of public accommodation, resort or amusement, of an individual, on account of his race, color, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity is objectionable, unwelcome, unacceptable, or undesirable.
(C) It shall be an unlawful practice to deny an individual, because of sex, the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, and accommodations of a restaurant, hotel, motel, or any facility supported directly or indirectly by government funds.
(1) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to:
(a) Restrooms, shower rooms, bath houses and similar facilities which are in their nature distinctly private;
(b) YMCA, YWCA and similar type dormitory lodging facilities;
(c) The exemptions contained in the definitions of “Place of Public Accommodations, Resort or Amusement” set forth in § 92.02;
(d) Hospitals, nursing homes, penal or similar facilities, to require that men and women be in the same room.
(1994 Jeff. Code, § 92.06) (Jeff. Ord. 36-1999, adopted and effective 10-12-1999) (1999 Lou. Code, § 98.05) (Lou. Ord. No. 0088-2001, 2, approved 8-16-2001; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 193-2004, approved 12-10-2004)