Macy's ,one of the most progressive stores on LGBT people, fired a San Antonio employee for violating the store's transgender policy.
Natalie Johnson, 27, had been watching a transgender woman check out the women's clothing section. When the customer went to enter the women's dressing room, Johnson denied her access saying "You're a man."
The customer's friends went to speak with the manager who informed Johnson of the store's policy & she refused to comply. Johnson got fired & filed a complaint with the Federal Employment Commission claiming that she was fired because her religious beliefs won't recognize transgender people.
Representing her is the Liberty Counsel, one of those conservative right-wing christian groups (ugh), they hold that she was discriminated against, & that it's risky to let transwomen use the women's dressing room. "The LGBT agenda has become the theater of the absurd".
First off, It doesn't matter what Johnson's religious beliefs were, she discriminated against costumer & store policy. If she didn't like the store policy, then that's not the place for her to work at. She actually pushed her beliefs on others. (She also wants Macy's policy changed)
Second, this is something that transgenders have to deal with a lot. Men can't have anything to do with feminine things unless it's sexual. Transwomen must be "perverts". Transmen are "endangering" themselves. Transgenders are not a threat. We can't treat them like they are guilty until proven innocent.
As once said on LGBTQ nation, "the right-wingers are the theater of the absurd".
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