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Fired Georgia Fire Chief Sues City for Anti-Trans Discrimination

   Rachel Mosby
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   The former fire chief of Byron, Ga., says she was dismissed for being
   transgender — and now she’s suing the town for discrimination.

   Rachel Mosby was fire chief in the small central Georgia town from 2008
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   The city of Byron contends she was let go for poor performance. Her
   termination letter does not mention her transgender identity but says
   she let applications for business licenses pile up, attended only a few
   sessions at a fire chiefs’ conference and therefore wasted city funds,
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   apply. In one of the cases, former funeral director Aimee Stephens
   makes a claim similar to Mosby’s — that she was fired after coming out
   as transgender. The court has yet to issue its ruling.

   The Equality Act, currently pending in Congress, would amend the Civil
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   but that the city has contended ever since her EEOC filing that her
   claims of discrimination had no basis in fact.
   Tags: Transgender, Georgia, Law
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