Curse or trap that forces loss of race or ability
 

If a player loses his ability of race or class, does he lose his gear.
Yes

Now I. E to what I want to know.

Player turns over trap on star munchkin. It says player loses ability of race until he gives up his class or discards his whole hand.

Player did not want to do either, which is fine. But he did have equipment equipped that pertained to the races ability. Item can only be equipped by mutant for example.

Does he get to keep that gear? Or does the player lose the gear?

Re: Curse or trap that forces loss of race or ability
 

No.

But she would have to unequip it (unless she was in combat).

Re: Curse or trap that forces loss of race or ability
 

If she was in combat, the bonuses go away, as those Items will only give a bonus to a specific Race, Class, or whatever. Since you can't change what Items are equipped during combat, you can't decide to unequip those Items, which might allow you to use certain cards to play/steal/equip Items when you normally wouldn't be allowed to do so.