Transgender Woman Sues Chick-fil-A Owner for Discrimination and Abuse
A transgender woman is suing the owner of a Chick-fil-A franchise in Georgia for firing her over her gender identity and ignoring repeated reports of sexual harassment.Several incidents of less-than-holy behavior took place at a location in downtown Decatur, according to the lawsuit.
While Aaron White was training to be that Chick-fil-A location’s director of operations in 2021, a co-worker sexually harassed her by uttering inappropriate and lewd remarks.On the first day of training, fellow trainee Sammy Canady allegedly harassed White by saying in front of others, “I would eat your ass and p***y”, “On God, I will f**k the s**t out of you”, “I’ll buck that horse” and “I’ll ride that horse till it buck.” In the lawsuit, White claims her shift leader told her to speak to the franchise owner, Joe Engert, when she complained about the incident.After White went to Engert and informed him she was transgender, he told her “it should be an honor that with [her] being a transgender woman that someone liked her enough to hit on her,” according to the suit.Following Engert’s exchange with the alleged harasser, people began taunting White with homophobic remarks, and some employees misgendered her, she reports.Engert allegedly terminated White for tardiness and abruptly walking off her shift, according to White, who also alleges false termination by him.
In her claim, White claims that other people of her level were late and were not fired and that her early departure was not an issue because it had been pre-approved.
