CHICAGO, IL – OCTOBER 01: Illinois gubernatorial candidate J.B. Pritzker speaks during a round table discussion with high school students at a creative workspace for women on October 1, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Pritzker was joined by his Illinois gubernatorial Lieutenant Governor candidate Juliana Stratton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as they spoke […]

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CHICAGO — A transgender woman is suing governor J.B. Pritzker’s campaign for sexual discrimination.

Emma Todd worked for the campaign and says she received positive feedback.

However, she was assigned to a new supervisor last February.

Todd says the supervisor told her she was the reason people don’t like transgender people.

The lawsuit claims that Todd was fired last March based on discrimination.

A spokesman for the governor’s campaign said she was fired for a number of disciplinary issues, and the people who fired her did not know she was transgender.