Khadijah Farmer, the dyke ejected from the women's room in a Greenwich Village restaurant during Pride, has settled her lawsuit against Caliente Cab Company. In other words, we won folks.

When I wrote about this case last fall, I took it very personally. My boyfriend was having trouble at work due to her very masculine appearance. And the butches in my life, both friends and lovers, have dealt with this kind of discrimination for as long as I can remember. I've spent the last 10 years checking the bathroom to make sure it was safe for women I know to go in. And I've seen that anxious look cross one too many of my friends' faces to not feel involved in this case.

As the story goes, last June Farmer, her girlfriend and a group of friends were eating at Caliente Cab Company on 7th Avenue in Manhattan right after the Pride parade. Farmer was followed to the women's restroom by a male bouncer who mistook her for a man. He insisted she get out even after she offered him her ID. The group of women at her table were then charged for their food and thrown out of the restaurant.

Before filing suit against the restaurant, Farmer's only request was that Caliente Cab Company apologize and offer gender diversity training to its employees. The restaurant refused and instead offered Farmer a free meal. Farmer and the Transgender Legal Defense Fund then filed in State Supreme Court in October of 2007.

The settlement was announced today. Caliente Cab Company will pay $35,000 in damages to Farmer. The restaurant has also agreed to add gender, including gender identity and expression, to its corporate non-discrimination policy. They will change the employee handbook to read, "persons patronizing or employed at Caliente have the right to use the bathroom facilities consistent with their gender identity and expression." They will also add a gender-neutral dress code for employees and provide diversity training as they institute the new policies.