McDonald's manager leaves voicemail for transgendered teen" "we do not hire faggots"

Transgender teen: McDonald's refused to hire me

A spokeswoman for the local restaurant, Allison Garrett, said in a statement the employee who left the voice mail "acted outside the scope of his authority and was not responsible for hiring." He no longer works at the restaurant. The statement did not mention did not mention the other manager.

McDonald's "has a zero tolerance policy prohibiting discrimination or harassment in the restaurant," the statement said.

Bellamy is a male who has been living as a female for about the past six years. She said she completed a job application online, then was called to the store for an interview. When one manager refused to see her, she called later and was granted an interview with another manager.

"He began to laugh at me once he saw me," said Bellamy, who wore a suit to the interview. "He said, 'Oh, I can't interview you today. I'm busy.'"

One of the managers also left her a voice mail saying: "We do not hire faggots."

The New York-based Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, which filed the complaint on Bellamy's behalf, posted a recording of the message on YouTube.

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Dear McDonalds:

Just think for one minute: do you have any idea how many Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Persons there are in the world? Seriously, any idea? How would you like to deal with a world-wide boycott of your crappy-assed, poor excuse for food?

Can you say: McBoycott?

I bet the stockholders would want someone's balls on a platter, eh?

But it's perfectly legal in FL to deny LGBT people employment, or to fire them, simply because they are LGBT . It's something that many people don't realize--we do not have federal employment protection as others do. In fact fewer than half of US states have any non-discrimination policies at all. Of the states that do have policies, many don't protect transgender individuals.

Good grief. I hope we reach the day when these idiots will be so marginalized they'll be too afraid to open their stupid traps.

terrific.

They work hard and are very friendly.

..."was fired".

If it had been Cracker Barrell or Dennys they probably would have promoted the fool to District Manager.

"What, your a bigot?? You'll have a great future with this company, son!"

leave a voice-mail message (aka "evidence") on the person's phone.

:grr: