Walmart fires 6'4" cisgender woman threatened by man who thought she was trans
Walmart fires 6'4" cisgender woman threatened by man who thought she was trans
Dani Davis told a superior at Walmart that a man screamed anti-trans epithets while she was alone in the bathroom. Walmart fired her after she reported what happened.
Summary
Walmart fired Dani Davis, a 6'4" cisgender woman, after a man who mistook her for transgender verbally threatened her in a women’s restroom at a Florida store.
Davis, visibly shaken, reported the March 14 incident to her immediate supervisor but was fired for not informing salaried management, allegedly creating a “security risk.”
Davis called the firing discriminatory. After viral backlash, Walmart offered to reinstate her with back pay.
Davis, a longtime employee, is uncertain about returning, citing fears of a hostile work environment.
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Being a cis woman does not automatically mean someone is straight; gender identity (cisgender) and sexual orientation (straight) are distinct concepts, and a cis woman can be of any sexual orientation. I didn't know exactly what a cis-someone was so I searched the web for that.
Correct. Cis basically just means "not trans". Glad you took the time to educate yourself on that.
in fact they come from the same Latin roots! "trans-" = "on the other side of", "cis-" = "on the same side of." Useful to know as some will use the word "transgender" and take offense to being labeled "cisgender" - if one word is valid, they both are.
Thanks, I was actually looking for that and just couldn't figure it out. Not in the entire 2 minutes I had to make that happen at lunch.