EMEIGH: Skyler Jordan was
shocked when he was suddenly
fired Sunday
from this Butte restaurant. He
claims he was fired for being
transgender.
Jordan: I've never been fired
from a job and I've always
worked in the
restaurant industry and this is
baffling to me.
Emeigh: Jordan, who was born
male but identifies as female,
came to work
Saturday at Sparky's restaurant
wearing a little bit of makeup.
His manager objected.
Jordan: He didn't want me to
wear makeup and that I couldn't
and that my job depend
on it. And that I didn't present
the wholesomeness and family
oriented
atmosphere.
Emeigh: Jordan washed off his
makeup and continued with hi
work day. The next morning, a
pair of LGBTQ representatives
visite
Jordan's manager and told him
that Butte has an
anti-discrimination ordinance.
Th
allege Jordan's manager fired
him on the spo
Samantha Brown: This is not what
we wanted. We met friendly, in
person t
try to help this situation and
it turned into this so fast.
Emeigh: The Rainbow Center group
believes this is discriminatio
Brown: We got ahold the the
Human Rights Network, filed a
report, we're also filing
reports with the Human Rights
Bureau of Montana.
Emeigh: The Rainbow group is
taking on this issue because
they believe it's a civi
rights matter and Styler has the
right to work regardless of his
gender identit
Jordan: Well, I don't want to be
discriminated against and I
don't want
anybody else in the LGBTQ
community or any type of
community even quote unquote
normal people to be
discriminated for any reason.
Emeigh: In Butte John Emeigh MTN
New.
WE LEFT SEVERAL PHONE MESSAGES
AND EMAILS WITH SPARKY’
RESTAURANT. NONE OF THEM WERE
RETURNED.
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