Men of steel must change
Our constitution is unequivocal: prejudice will not be tolerated, writes Pierre de Vos
Jul 18, 2010 11:38 PM | By Pierre de Vos
http://www.timeslive.co.za/opinion/article557225.ece/Men-of-steel-must-changeThe Big Read: Multinational steel retailer Bohler Uddeholm Africa is probably going to regret that it employed Chris(tine) Ehlers. Hopefully the company will also begin to regret that its management is filled with people who act like bigots. Christine Ehlers, a sales assistant who was fired after her employers discovered that she had begun a series of sex change procedures in 2008, is taking her case to the Labour Court.
Christine is a transgendered person because she was born into the body of a man but realised that she was really a woman and is now altering her body to bring itin line with her deeply held view of her sexual status. She claims in court papers that she was fired "on the grounds of her sexual status".
