I was past tears. Fury churned in my chest. I’d worried that something bad might happen, called the ACLU, tried to plan for every possible outcome, but had never thought of anything like this. This was beyond what I ever could have even imagined. I was shocked and disgusted. I felt totally alone. She could do anything she wanted to me, say anything she wanted to me, and there was nothing I could do about it. There were no rules. No boundaries. This was what discrimination felt like.

