A British trans woman has said she feels ‘violated’ after being kicked out of the women’s bathroom in a nightclub.

Morganna Snow, 24, was banned from using the female loo by the manager of the Gloucester nightclub, Fever, at 1am on Saturday (14 May).

The manager claims 20 clubbers told staff they felt ‘uncomfortable’ with Snow sharing their bathroom.

Speaking to the Gloucester Echo, she 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.

Snow said she had used the women’s toilet an hour earlier, and no one complained or said anything to her.

But when she went to go again, she was led away to the disabled toilets. As she went to put the key in the lock, she claims a man slapped her on her ass.

Once inside, the bathroom would not lock, leaving her terrified someone would attack her.

‘It just made me feel like my human rights had been taken away,’ she said. ‘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?’

A spokesperson for Fever said she should have had a ‘doctor’s note’.

They said: “I am unhappy that the customer has gone to the press about this incident. 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.’

Unlike North Carolina and other states that are attempting to police where trans people pee, the UK Equality Act protects trans people from business discrimination. It is not yet known whether she will take her case to the courts.