DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF CLOTHING OR CLUB MEMBERSHIP IS ILLEGAL

The Vermont Human Rights Act provides that "an owner or operator of a public place or public accommodation or an agent or employee of such owner or operator shall not, because of the race, creed, color, national origin, marital status, sex or sexual orientation of any person, refuse, withhold from or deny to that person any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of the place of public accommodation." Chapter 139, Title 9 4502(a) V.S.A. "Any person aggrieved by a violation of this chapter may file a charge of discrimination with the human rights commission pursuant to Chapter 141 of this title or may bring an action for injunctive relief and compensatory and punitive damages and any other appropriate relief in the Superior Court for the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred." Title 9 4506(a).