Philly Lesbian Couple Says Virginia Hotel Refused Them a Room
Meredith Murray and Chivonn Anderson think their sexuality or their race prompted the incident at a Red Roof Inn. A hotel employee insists he didn’t discriminate against anyone, and Red Roof’s corporate office says this may be “an unfortunate misunderstanding.”
Meredith Murray and Chivonn Anderson just hours before the incident at the Virginia Red Roof Inn.
On Sunday night, South Philadelphia residents Meredith Murray and Chivonn Andersonpacked up the car, ready to begin the long journey to visit Murray’s sister just outside of Charleston, South Carolina. Murray works two jobs — at DiBruno Bros. and Cantina Los Caballitos on Passyunk Avenue — and Anderson is co-owner of Viva Empanadas, so the couple had been looking forward to a relaxing trip away from their busy lives in Pennsport, where they live together. But thanks to an incident at the Red Roof Inn in Emporia, Virginia, it has started out as anything but. Read more »
