Transgender Worker Sues His City
Transgender Worker Sues His City
LEXINGTON, S.C. (CN) - A South Carolina city discriminated against a transgender public safety employee by making him use a woman's bulletproof vest after he had gender reassignment surgery, he claims in court.
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Green went to work as for the city as a public safety officer trainee in July 2006. During the next five years, while "presenting" as a woman, Green worked in law enforcement, fire suppression, victim's assistance and animal control, he says in the complaint.
In February 2011, he says, he informed his supervisors, including Sgt. David Hoffman, and his fellow officers of his decision to have gender reassignment surgery and to live as a man.
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"When he returned to work, the plaintiff requested a new duty bulletproof vest from the supply sergeant and a new SWAT bulletproof vest from Lt. Mike Gearon. He was assigned vests that were made for a female and no longer fit properly, thus creating a safety concern. Plaintiff's female duty vest would expire in 2011 so he needed a new duty vest regardless of his surgery. The plaintiff was not assigned a new duty or SWAT vest," Green says in the complaint.
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Lt. Tom) Steinbring informed the plaintiff that a male officer who was trying out for SWAT was being fitted for a SWAT bulletproof vest, but not the plaintiff, who needed a new one due to his gender reassignment surgery," Green claims.
He says this was not the only discrimination he has suffered.
http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/05/03/57288.htm