That's employment discrimination, not discrimination of who your customers are. The case of Hooters vs. the EEOC is discussed here: http://blogs.findlaw.com/fre

That's employment discrimination, not discrimination of who your customers are. The case of Hooters vs. the EEOC is discussed here: http://blogs.findlaw.com/free_enterprise/2009/04/can-men-be-hooters-girls-when-can-businesses-hire-only-women.html http://blogs.findlaw.com/free_enterprise/2009/04/can-men-be-... Perhaps a better comparison would be to women only gyms. If you google "are women only gyms legal" you'll come up with a slew of articles suggesting women only gyms are probably not legal, up until the various state legislatures pass specific laws making them legal. I am not a lawyer, I have no good idea if hackbright is operating legally or not, but I wouldn't be surprised to find what they are doing is not legal.