Hillyard Coffee Stand Faces Outcry Over Offensive Sign | Spokane News

A Hillyard coffee stand sparked outrage after posting a hateful sign reading “Trans women are retarded men,” a slur with a long history of targeting people with intellectual disabilities. The offensive message, visible from the street, triggered a flood of negative reviews, causing the business’s rating to plummet and prompting Yelp to disable new reviews while investigating. This isn’t the first time the stand has displayed inflammatory signs—past messages targeted immigration, race, and sexuality—but this one hit especially hard, galvanizing nearly 500 community members to protest Sunday. Local officials say they can’t intervene since it’s a private business, but residents are making it clear: this rhetoric won’t be tolerated. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/79cc08d8a4499d0d