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A transgender woman was kicked out of the female toilets at a nightclub - and told to use the DISABLED ones instead.

Morganna Snow, 24, was banned from using the women's loo after up to 20 clubbers reportedly said they were 'uncomfortable' sharing the facilities with her.

After checking the company's policy handbook on which toilets trans people should use, a member of staff escorted the leggy brunette out.

Morganna said she feels 'violated' after the incident at popular Gloucester nightclub, Fever, at around 1am on Saturday.

She said she's not been a transgender woman for long - less than one year - and has not had much experience of nightclubs since the change.

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Morganna, from Stroud, said: "It was a horrible feeling being told that. I was made to feel so small and felt violated.

"It made me feel like what I was doing was wrong, but to me using the men's toilets can be quite frightening.

"At the end of the day I think wherever you feel most comfortable should be where you are allowed to go.

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"I might not look like a woman on the outside but up here I am a woman.

"And for somebody to take that away from me - I didn't feel like a woman."

Morganna said she had already used the women's toilet an hour earlier and had not received any complaints.

But later on in the night, she was led away to the disabled toilets.

As she bent down to put the key in the lock she claims a man slapped her on the bum and she was felt desperate to get away.

Once inside the toilets the door wouldn't lock, leaving her terrified someone would burst in and humiliate her.

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Morganna, who is an actress, said: "I was like,'What do I do? Do I sit down? Do I stand up? What if someone walks in?'

"It just made me feel like my human rights had been taken away."

She added: "I was made to feel like I had a disability, but being transgender isn't a disability.

"What if a disabled person wanted to use the toilet?

"Things could change by allowing transgender people to use women's toilets.

"Obviously, if there is a guy there disguised as a woman leering down women's tops and things like that there will be complaints and a bouncer will come and kick him out.

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"But I wasn't doing that, I just wanted to use the toilet."

Morganna added she wanted transgender issues to gain a bigger profile in the UK as they have recently in the US with publicity surrounding Caitlyn Jenner.

"She's doing really well and she's making a stand," said Morganna.

"Why can't I use the female toilets dressed as a female? What do they want me to do, walk into the gents?

"I'm a woman and it doesn't matter whether I have breasts, whether I have male or female genitals. It does not matter. We are all equals."

A spokesman for Fever nightclub said Morganna would have been allowed to use the women's toilets if she had provided a doctor's note.

He stood by the decision made by nightclub staff and said it was taken to protect both Morganna and other customers.

He said: "I am unhappy that the customer has gone to the press about this incident.

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"I feel sorry for her but at the same time I had up to 20 female customers coming to me with complaints that there was a man in the women's toilets and they felt uncomfortable.

"If she was in possession of a doctor's note that explained she was going through transition then of course, we would allow her to use the toilets as we have done for other customers in the past that are going through the transition.

"And, with the doctor's note, I could then easily turn around to the other customers who were complaining and explain the situation and explain why it was allowed.

"I was trying to protect her as much as the others."