A transgender woman in China, going by the name Guagua, is suing her previous employer for a second time after being fired for refusing to wear clothes of a gender she does not identify as.
Her dismissal happened in December of 2021, leading her to appeal to the local labor dispute arbitration committee, which ruled in her favor, ordering the employer to not only continue her employment until her contract’s expiration, but to also compensate her $2,000 for illegal dismissal.
Guagua, however, felt that the company did not face enough repercussions for discrimination and that courts failed to recognize her status as a transgender person in the ruling, which she argues was central to her dispute.
