Houston bakery sued after firing gay employees who defended trans coworker
OutSmart Magazine reports.Both employees said they faced blowback from colleagues after they defended the transgender woman against transphobic comments, with Johnson saying he was “bombarded with questions” about which restroom the woman would use.Phillips alleges harassment from her colleagues regarding her sexuality, including homophobic remarks directed at her whenever female customers would enter the store.Johnson promoted Phillips to a shift lead, but one month later she claims she was demoted back to her previous position, and then one month after that was fired after allegedly telling coworkers they would be written up.