A trans woman has been fired for her job over her transition.
Transgender woman sues Chess Club for discriminationI wish her luck because it is going to be to win her case in today’s climate of hate and Jeff Sessions. The match is going to stuffed against her, she will not get any support from the U.S. Department of Justice and the state offers no protection for her either. And to make it even hard she is representing herself in the case.
It is still legal for Missourians to be fired from their jobs, evicted from their homes and denied basic services if they identify as gay or transgender.
KSDK
By Christina Coleman
November 22, 2017
Transgender woman Elaine Cao filed a lawsuit on Monday against her former employer, the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis.
Cao said a manager fired her after she came to work presenting as a female. Cao started working for the center in June of 2015. She said she was fired about a year later.
Cao says working as an instructor wasn’t just a job for her, it was a passion.
“I was a lifelong chess player, I've been a chess player through all of my formative years and chess was something I really cared about," she said.
Cao says she was homeless for several months after she lost her job.
Local activist Keith Rose says discrimination against transgender people is a problem that needs to be addressed legally.
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