“I’m supposed to go into battle knowing that I’m a second class citizen, only because I’m gay. That I’m good enough to die for this country, but not good enough to be an equal-rights citizen.”
Gilbert Johnson and Katherine Phillips claim in lawsuit they were fired illegally and subject to harassment after Johnson hired a transgender employee.
“I’ll never forget when an assistant manager found out I was gay in the break room, marched out onto the floor, came right up to my face and said ‘wait, is it true you’re a f**?’” Buttigieg recalled.
Court rejects final appeal from her employers who had fired her unfairly, but she still lives in fear after her personal information is revealed in the media.
