Transgender Bank Teller Sues Wells Fargo for Discrimination

A transgender bank teller claims her bosses at a Wells Fargo branch “blackballed” her due to her sexual identity and laughed while customers mocked her by saying that “she’d never be a real woman because she could never have kids,” a lawsuit claims.

Alexis Edwards, who according to court papers identifies an African American, transgender woman and thus “is a member of several protected classes,” filed a discrimination lawsuit against the $176 billion banking giant in New Jersey federal court.

Edwards transitioned from a man to a woman in 2018 — two years after she was hired by the bank, according to court papers.

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