[XtinaPanicGodney]

Victoria Ramirez, a transgender woman who worked at two California Barnes and Noble stores over six years, is suing the chain for discriminating against her when she came out as trans.

She’s assisted by Transgender Law Center, which earlier this year won a landmark case in which the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission affirmed that anti-trans discrimination violates the federal Title VII.

Here’s Victoria’s upsetting story:

Barnes & Noble, which for the past seven years has touted its “perfect score” on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, subjected Ms. Ramirez to harassment regarding her gender identity and expression. Her manager berated her about her long hair, makeup, and nail polish, saying her appearance was inappropriate for a “family store” and that she should “think of the children.”

When she came out as transgender, managers set impossible conditions for Ms. Ramirez, essentially forbidding her to transition. They told her she was not allowed to wear women’s clothing, discuss her transition with her co-workers, use female pronouns to identify herself, or use the women’s bathroom.

Overwhelmed by the pressure to hide her female gender identity at work, Ms. Ramirez began to experience on-going panic attacks and severe anxiety. When she told her manager she couldn’t hide who she was any longer, she was fired.

http://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/11578

[Goosey]

Depending on where the store was located, his appearance might have been affecting their business. I can see both sides. I won't say any more because the g0rls will call me transphobic (even though that couldn't be further from the truth).

[XtinaPanicGodney]

This is so disgusting.

[Goosey]

Originally posted by XtinaPanicGodney

This is so disgusting.

Why do you reply to your own post?

[XtinaPanicGodney]

Originally posted by Goosey

Depending on where the store was located, his appearance might have been affecting their business. I can see both sides. I won't say any more because the g0rls will call me transphobic (even though that couldn't be further from the truth).

[XtinaPanicGodney]

Originally posted by Goosey

Why do you reply to your own post?

Because it looks messy when I put it in the first post. But that's just me.

[liberalmusiclover]

I hope she wins. They're disgusting for treating her like that.

[XtinaPanicGodney]

Originally posted by liberalmusiclover

I hope she wins. They're disgusting for treating her like that.

Thank you. People should be worried less about the appearance of a store worker than getting a book.

[Bad Influence]

That manager betta get fired.

[Mhs90]

Think of the children?

Riiiight, when you have a display of the 50 Shades of Grey in the front entrance and a section on "Adult Topics" illustrations and books right out there in the open.

[Goosey]

Originally posted by XtinaPanicGodney

Because it looks messy when I put it in the first post. But that's just me.

Pro tip: it also looks messy using the same gif three times in a row.

[XtinaPanicGodney]

Originally posted by Goosey

Pro tip: it also looks messy using the same gif three times in a row.

Nice shade. Tell that to a lot of other members who do that on this site.



No shade with that comment.

[Mhs90]

How about we let people post however they like?

[Bang Up]

B&N better fire those managers. They probably will, tbh.

Originally posted by Goosey

Depending on where the store was located, his appearance might have been affecting their business. I can see both sides. I won't say any more because the g0rls will call me transphobic (even though that couldn't be further from the truth).

Honestly, aren't you tired? You're always trying to pull this **** and it's just so exhausting.

[Repo]

Originally posted by Goosey

Depending on where the store was located, his appearance might have been affecting their business. I can see both sides. I won't say any more because the g0rls will call me transphobic (even though that couldn't be further from the truth).

Her, not his. And if her transgender status really is scaring most of their customers (is she in like some uber-Christian community or something!? I really don't think most people would care at all), there probably are jobs you can assign her to keep her away from side customers if it's really that much of a business loss. What the manager did was completely out of line and would absolutely make her feel unnecessarily stressed and uncomfortable. It also seems that the employers weren't aware of her transgender status until after she told them about it, so I honestly have my doubts that the families would know.

That said, it sounds more like the manager rather than a brand policy. Hopefully B&N fires the manager and she switches the lawsuit target to the deserving party

[XtinaPanicGodney]

Originally posted by Repo

That said, it sounds more like the manager rather than a brand policy. Hopefully B&N fires the manager and she switches the lawsuit target to the deserving party

Yeah, B&N is supportive of transgender rights and The Human Rights Campaign. They released a statement on a post on their wall but I am way too lazy to find it.

[Priyanka Chopra]

Didn't the same thing happen recently at a Forever 21 in New York with a transgender woman? Her supervisor [probably gay male] was harassing her.

Found it

http://fortune.com/2015/04/02/foreve...ation-lawsuit/