OUT News Zara reaches settlement with transgender shopper over alleged discrimination The shopper, a 33-year-old writer and student, told NBC News they hope to raise awareness about transgender discrimination in public spaces. People walk past a Zara store in Barcelona A Zara store.Albert Gea / Reuters file -- The international clothing retailer Zara reached a $30,000 settlement with a nonbinary transgender customer who reported experiencing discrimination in its New York City stores on multiple occasions. -- speak out publicly to raise awareness around the issue. Medina said they initially decided to pursue action against Zara after speaking with trans and nonbinary friends and co-workers who had faced similar issues at other retailers. Friends told Medina that being refused access to gender-segregated public space happens to trans and nonbinary people “all the time.” A 2015 study from the National Center for Transgender Equality found that nearly 1 in 10 trans people had been prevented from using a public restroom or changing area that matched their gender identity in the previous year, and 12 percent had been verbally harassed while using -- know they can use sex-separated facilities that most closely align with their gender identity,” and it is working with the New York LGBT Center to create “an employment opportunity program for trans, gender nonconforming and nonbinary people.” -- NBC OUT NBC OUTClass action suit aims to free all transgender ICE detainees In a statement, a spokesperson for Zara said the company is “pleased” that it was “able to collaborate with the Commission and find ways to improve the shopping experience for our customers in the transgender, nonbinary and gender nonconforming community.” -- According to the NYC Commission on Human Rights, the department has also recently worked with two fitness centers in New York to revise their policies to better accommodate trans and nonbinary people. Medina said they are “overjoyed” at the outcome of their case, had