A Starbucks employee filmed ranting furiously at a customer after allegedly being “misgendered” has been sacked, the coffee giant has confirmed.
In a statement to The Epoch Times, Starbucks said the transgender employee’s contract had been “terminated” following an investigation into the incident, which went viral on social media.
Footage of the altercation, which took place at Starbucks’s 23.5 Degrees-run store in Town Quay, Southampton, showed the employee demanding that the woman leave the coffee shop after accusing her of being transphobic.
The barista, who is standing next to the woman as she waits for her order, said the customer called the barista “a man.”…