A man who was born a woman is hoping to raise awareness of transgender issues after being asked to use a disabled toilet in a bar.
Kay Browning, 24, said the incident left him shocked and embarrassed.
The incident occurred on Saturday, July 12, when Kay was asked to leave the male toilets in the Remedies nightclub on Gold Street in Tiverton.
When he raised the issue with managers, it was suggested he used the disabled toilets instead.
He says he wants to educate other bar workers in the correct way to handle such a situation.
"It's offensive on many levels; it ruined my night so I left without saying goodbye to my friends," he said.
"I am constantly judged because I am transgender. Enough is enough. It's time for people to hear what it is like living in my shoes."
Kay is a creative writing student at St Mark and John University, Plymouth, and has worked part-time in Ali Baba's kebab house.
Kay, who lives in Westexe, is also heavily involved with the Tiverton Town Majorettes who have been cited as a great support network for him throughout his troubles.
The club have been South West League winners for the past three years, as choreographer and drum major; Kay said the club have been "so supportive".
Unfortunately for Kay, not everyone has been as open-minded.
"I am a very religious person yet even when I go to pray in a church I am subjected to scrutiny because of the way I dress," he said.
He said he can't even enjoy a drink with friends without interruptions.
"Whenever I am out I am subjected to intimate interrogations about my personal life and sexual preferences," he said.
"Because I am transgender, people feel they have a right to ask me things that they wouldn't otherwise ask someone."
Lucy Rolfe, a wellbeing manager for the Lesbian & Gay Foundation said Kay's experience was a common one.
"Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community are unfortunately more likely than the rest of the popular to experience discrimination," a spokesman said.
"There is evidence from The Galop 2013 hate crime report that transphobic hate crime is hugely unreported."
Ms Rolfe added: "It is common that organisations and businesses make an issue of the use of toilets but it's important to understand that if you run a business or provide a public service and ban transitioning people from using a gender specific toilet there is a chance you could face legal action."
Kay wants to move forward and hopes more organisations will bear transgender customers in mind.
"If someone walks like a man, and acts like a man then please for their sake, treat them like a man," he said.
"I have suffered so much hate in the past, I would hate for any other trans person to go through what I have done."
No-one from Remedies nightclub was available for comment.
