Denny’s on Walnut closes

By Olivia Franklin orfrankl@iu.edu | @ Livvvvv_5

The Denny’s located at 2160 N. Walnut St. permanently closed Jan. 23.

Denny’s, which is an American diner-style restaurant chain, has been in Bloomington for around 40 years. Server Tory McCraw — who managed the floor at Denny’s for two years off and on — said she was not informed why it closed but said the business was in extreme debt.

“There was a discussion for a few months that we may be getting new owners but didn’t know when, or if we did, what they were going to do,” McCraw said. “We were not getting any business and it just kept slowing down with less and less customers.” hibits transgender women and girls from participating in female K-12 sports, was passed in 2022.

McCraw said she was working Jan. 22 when the general manager came in and said there was a meeting with the new owners on Monday and all employees were required to be there.

“Bills that aim to ban essential medical care for transgender youth are part of a coordinated, hatedriven campaign to push trans people out of public life,” ALCU of Indiana Advocacy Strategist Kit Malone said in an email statement. “This is evidence-based and individualized care that can often be life-saving. Bills such as these violate the rights of parents and families to make decisions about their children’s health. Young people who are trans need support and affirmation, not to be a political target.”

IU senior Sophie Kaelble, a transgender woman, said these bills, if passed, will be harmful for transgender youth and transgender individuals as a whole.

“Trans people are at disproportionately high risk of suicide, but that risk goes down drastically if there is familiar and friends sup- port of them being trans and their transition,” she said. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, transgender individuals are nearly four times as likely to experience depression and suicidal tendencies than cisgender individuals. Kaelble said she thinks these proposed bills and similar bills contribute to the culture of transphobia. Those interested in contacting their legislators regarding the bills can do so through the ALCU’s messaging system. Health Care Here are some of the bills that would affect transgender youth in the health care system.

Indiana House Bill 1220, House Bill 1231 and Senate Bill 480 would prohibit a physician or other practitioner from knowingly performing gender transition procedures for minors. These procedures include changing the gender of a minor or delaying puberty.