Lawyers for Starbucks are trying to convince the courts that the constant and deliberate misgendering a former employee faced from a supervisor shouldn't be considered harassment.

Her name is Maddie Wade and for 9 years she had a great job at Starbucks. But that all changed when she came out as a transgender woman.

Despite her clear requests to be referred to with female pronouns, her supervisor constantly called her "he," "dude," and "bro" in front of customers. He started cutting her hours and kept sharing extremely transphobic posts on social media. Maddie sought support from corporate, but nothing changed.

It became so demoralizing and devastating to have her identity disrespected day after day, she had to quit.

Maddie filed a lawsuit against Starbucks, but their lawyers refuse to admit that she was harassed. Her court hearing is on June 11. Let’s show Starbucks that thousands of people stand beside her in saying that intentional misgendering is harassment and that it's unacceptable!

Please sign the petition! We only have a few days until the hearing.

Published: 7 June 2019