Might be getting fired in the morning.

[Teela Renee]

I've been getting alot of harrasment at work as you all know. I havnt contacted the EEOC yet cause im scared.  I was wondering if I posted me Inncident logs on here if you all would look it over and see if its enough to even bring before the eeoc.

[Jamie D]

Couldn't hurt

[Erin Brianne]

Any and all forms of harassment is not tolerated by the eeoc.  If you do do see acceptable results from your management then you should report it to them.  Harassment is a major category in the federal labor laws that all employers must follow and not show any bias when an incident is reported.  Hope everything works out for you.

[mrs izzy]

Transgender harassment is the part of the sex (gender) part of the EEOC. They now have made it clear with atleast 2 cases that have finished up and i bet there are many more that have been filed.

It is time to kick some #ss. I wish they made the ruling years ago it would have saved me and countless others major hardships.

Also i wonder whats the statue of limitations?

Good luck
Izzy

[suzifrommd]

1. Sounds like harassment. I'd take action as soon as possible.

2. Take these down! Before someone quotes them. These posts are freely available to the public. I wouldn't risk someone from your work coming across them. If you have access to the private areas of Susan's, probably OK to post them there, otherwise I would not recommend putting them somewhere your management (and their legal team) could get at them.

[Christine167]

Hoping for the best for you Teela.

[FrancisAnn]

Good luck girl friend is all I can say. Several times in early life I tried to transition at work to match my real life. It never worked out for me & I never found a way to enjoy a normal womans life 24/7 while working for someone else so I started my own business & worked for myself.

It's not fair these days so for yourself & all of us try to find a way to keep your job & do not allow this treatment to good hard working people that do not deserve this treatment just because they need to correct their gender.

[Jamie D]

Teela, your employer has created a "hostile work environment," in violation of the law, and has failed to correct the situation.

The phrase "hostile work environment" seems self-explanatory but in the legal sense, there are some conditions that must be met before the commencement of any litigation that will consider the claims of a complainant as harassment. A definition of hostile work environment here, will thus be in order.

In general, a hostile work environment ensues when there is discriminatory conduct or behavior in the place of work that is unwelcome and offensive to an employee or group of employees based on a protected class status.

What does this mean? In litigation, the complainant must be a member of a protected class under that state's law (women, disabled, and a specific race) and the complaint should pertain directly to perceived discrimination that specifically targets that class. For instance, a boss who yells all the time may cause an intimidating or stressful work environment but as long as he does this in a general manner and refrains from making any discriminatory statements about a particular protected class, then he is not subject to harassment suits. He may be liable for other charges, however, such as intentional infliction of emotional distress.

http://www.hostileworkenvironmentguide.com/definitionofhostileworkenvironment.html

[Ltl89]

Teela,

I read the entire text and believe you have a reason to feel concerned.  I think you can easily report this if you want to because it really does appear to be a hostile work environment.

Why do you think you think you may be getting fired? In any event, I hope that's the case. 

On a side note, there is a special place in hell for people that can't respect other people.  Jesus, you have some interesting coworkers.

P.S.  I think you may want to take down the text in case your employer sees it.  It may be wise to be discreet about the specifics until the issue is dealt with.  They could use this as you bashing the company and could try and claim your firing is over that.  That may sound paranoid, but I'd try to avoid giving them any leeway and try to be as cautious as possible.

[Ms. OBrien CVT]

Teela,

You have given them more than enough time to correct things.  It is time to contact the EEOC and file a complaint.

[Aina]

Is it ok to loose faith in humanity now?

Honestly what is wrong with people!

Teela as everyone above has stated, send in that complaint!

[Eva Marie]

Teela - I think you have a very good case with the EEOC. File it and make them find out what happens when they condone this kind of shameful behavior.

[Jennifer.L]

I can barely belive what they are doing. How can a person be, just so mean?  And for what?  Your not hurting anything or anyone?  And you quote feminine.  You look adorable in that skirt in your picture.    Huggggs

[Cindy]

Hugs Teela,

Hope everything is OK. I cannot understand how people can be so cruel. You are a normal  human being, a person who like all people deserves respect. How can people who are working in aged care or support care areas be so unfeeling? I think it is very troubling and I wonder if they also abuse their clients!

Take them down and clean them out!!

Cindy

[DrBobbi]

Hire a lawyer and follow their advice. You have responsibility to our community, such as it is, and take all appropriate legal action.

[DanicaCarin]

I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but the EEOC is a toothless, overworked, underfunded pipe dream. 

Just for grins, I once pursued an age discrimination suit.  With no lawyer involved, it took close to 6 months just for them to respond, and then it seemed their only intent was to find sufficient grounds to justify dismissing my claim.  My filing was successful in causing the employer to spend significant time and money addressing the claim, and likely got the manager I identified in my complaint fired.

Our legal system is broken.  Justice doesn't exist for anyone who is middle class or lower.  Simply becoming involved with the legal system is an expensive, mind-boggling punishment in it's own right.

+1000

You did a great job documenting the daily nonsense. Depending what state your from, you could have a complaint right out of the gates. Try contacting your local LGBT groups. They may have legal aid "Pro Bono"(SP). Lawyers scare the poop out of companies almost as much as the IRS!

Chances are that the people you work with will, at most, comply with any violations of the harassment policy.  Unless you feel a memo from HQ is gonna straighten this out, work torwards a settlement. Try and get the company to pay you off(Sounds horrible) and move on(Fact of life). If you can get a lawyer to do this, you could end up with money for the interm, solid refference, & compensation for the discrimination.

Most of all, keep documenting everything!

[Teela Renee]

I got terminated. Tons of bogus reasons listed on it my termination paper, and multiple co workers and even a few of my patients are willing to testify to my quality of care I give them and their homes. Im downloading and filling out the eeoc paperwork as we speak.

[mrs izzy]

Lots of luck, nail them .astards to the wall. It is now our time with the new EEOC ruling. No more treating TG differently then others.

It comes down to hate and fears from others who have there own backwards thinking.


Hugs
Izzy

[Ltl89]

I'm really sorry Teela. 

[Teela Renee]

Yeah, at this point im so worried, it took me forever to find this job and now that its gone, I dont know what im going to do.