Allison

INTRODUCTION

Rich Allison brought an action under Civil Code section 51, 1 the Unruh Civil Rights Act (Unruh Act or the Act), and section 51.5, after an adult store

Unspecified statutory references are to the Civil Code. denied him entry into its four-hour “Ladies Night” event because the event, which involved educating women about intimate sexual products, was restricted to women. The trial court sustained the adult store’s demurrer and dismissed the complaint. We conclude the trial court properly determined, based on the facts contained in the complaint and the materials attached to the complaint, that the adult store’s decision to limit attendance of the Ladies Night event to women did not violate the Unruh Act.

BACKGROUND

I.

Factual Background2 At all relevant times, Love Boutique-Vista, LLC d/b/a Déjà Vu Love Boutique (Love Boutique) was the owner and operator of an adult store in Vista, California. In the ordinary course of its business, Love Boutique “welcomed adults of all sexes” and “displayed, demonstrated, and sold sex toys, BDSM (Bondage, Discipline, Sadism, and Masochism) devices, pornographic videos, condoms, and lingerie to all adults no matter their…