Trans woman fired from KFC for being well... trans
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A transgender woman from Virginia says she was hired by a Richmond KFC franchise, only to be let go an hour later after the store manager realized she's transgender. Georgia Carter, 27, says her driver's license still identifies her as male.
"He was like, 'You have got the job. I am going to start you out at $7.50 an hour. It's yours. We are going to start you training on the computer tomorrow.' It was like 11 to 4," Carter told Richmond TV station WRIC.
When Carter returned home after the interview, she says she told her boyfriend how excited she was to have a job again. But within minutes, the store manager called back to rescind the offer.
"He was like, 'My supervisor and I have a problem because on your license it says 'male,' but you're...' and I was like, 'I'm transgender,'" Carter says. "'Oh, we can't hire you because we don't know which bathroom you can use.'."
