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Transgender Man in Texas Files Discrimination Lawsuit After Being Harrassed and Fired from Hospital

A transgender man says he was harassed, discriminated against and eventually fired at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth because of his gender identity, according to a lawsuit filed in Tarrant County on July 19.

The man worked at JPS from 2013 to July 2021, according to the civil suit, and medically transitioned from a woman to a man about five years ago. About a year before his medical transition began, he told his supervisor about the transition so she could educate and prepare his coworkers if needed. But the supervisor did not talk to the team, the suit says, and the man’s coworkers started to harass him and be hostile toward him.

In response to the suit, a JPS spokesman said JPS “believes in equality in its employment practices and has a firm commitment to diversity and inclusion consistent with our Equal Employment Opportunity policy. JPS does not discriminate based on sex or gender identification.” 

The spokesman said the hospital will not comment publicly about “any employment action taken with respect to any particular individual,” but noted that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigated the allegations, and issued a dismissal of the charge and a right to sue letter to the former employee.

Read the source article at star-telegram.com

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