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Fri Mar 1, 2019, 05:52 AM Mar 2019

Gay man says Lyft driver ejected him for mentioning his husband

A gay man said he filed a complaint with the Lyft car service after one of its drivers ordered him to leave his car on Feb. 16 when the gay passenger mentioned he has a husband.

“On Friday night/Saturday morning at 2:05 a.m. a Lyft driver said ‘please get out of my car’ after hearing ‘my husband,’” Arlington, Va., resident Tony Rivenbark told the Blade in an email.

“He then reported my ride as a ‘no show,’ which created a $5 charge, despite the pickup occurring in front of my Dupont Circle job (Dupont Italian Kitchen) and with 4 witnesses,” Rivenbark said in his email.

“The drop off location was nearly a mile away in an unfamiliar D.C. residential location…nowhere near my Arlington house/destination,” he said.

Rivenbark provided the Blade with a copy of a statement he received from a representative of Lyft’s Trust and Safety Department in response to his complaint about the incident.

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