Steve Horner is America's crusader against ladies' night.

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Steve Horner sues to stop ladies' night

Steve Horner thought he had finally won in Minnesota.

This summer, when the state's Department of Human Rights affirmed his complaint that bars hosting ladies' night specials discriminated against men, Horner thought people were finally starting to listen after his nearly two decades of squawking.

At his home in St. George, Utah, Horner fumed at the thought that every Wednesday, from 10 p.m. to midnight, college girls in Minneapolis were violating his civil rights.

"I've had my crosses in life too, gals!" proclaims Horner. "For you to preach equality to me for 35 frickin' feminist years, but yet want free drinks when it's tits up at the bar time, I'm saying foul. You've got to take the salt with the sugar, sweetie. You're not going to deny me of my equal rights."

Steve Horner is America's crusader against ladies' night.

Horner has been on a quest to criminalize ladies' night for nearly 20 years. His unfiltered rhetoric and relentless opposition to an issue the vast majority of the planet could not care less about has made him the butt of plenty of jokes. But Horner isn't joking. And he is certain his crusade will be justified in the history books.

Horner's fight began in 1992 in the Mall of America. With just $10 in his pocket, Horner wandered into the since-closed Gators Bar. Horner was appalled to learn that, while women were admitted for free, men had to pay a $5 cover: It was ladies' night at Gator's.

Horner filed a complaint with the Human Rights Department accusing Gators of discriminating against men.

On June 1, 1993, Horner received a response. The department ruled that there was probable cause to back up Horner's charge that Gators had violated his rights by offering drink specials that appeared to be gender biased.

For his troubles, Horner was awarded $100 from Gators, he says.

Horner brought his crusade to a national audience. He has filed more than 30 complaints against bars all over America, he says, and has won nearly $10,000 in settlements. He also began writing a book on the subject, titled Can't Understand Normal Thinking—or C.U.N.T.

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