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Litigation

Feb. 25, 2009

Transgender Employee Sues Retailer for Discrmination

In one of the first discrimination lawsuits brought under a 2004 state law amendment protecting transgender workers, a former Burlington Coat Factory employee sued the retailer Tuesday, saying she endured years of groping and other harassment from coworkers and customers after her transition from a man to a woman in 2001.

By Dhyana Levey
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO-In one of the first discrimination lawsuits brought under a 2004 state law amendment protecting transgender workers, a former Burlington Coat Factory employee sued the retailer Tuesday, saying she endured years of groping and other harassment from coworkers and customers after her transition from a man to a woman in 2001.

Maya Perez, 42, filed the lawsuit against the company in San Francisco...

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