A northeastern Pennsylvania woman claims she was fired from her job for wearing a prosthetic penis to work while contemplating gender reassignment.
Pauline Davis filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday against J&J Snack Foods Corp. over her termination from the company's plant in Moosic, near Scranton.
Davis says she wore the prosthetic to work as a line inspector, informing some co-workers who passed on the information along to management. According to the suit Davis was fired even though the device didn't interfere with her work.
Davis' suit claims a male employee undergoing hormone treatments and female clothing was treated more favorably.
The suit was first reported by the Philadelphia Daily News. A phone message left by The Associated Press at New Jersey-based J&J was not immediately returned Friday.
Pa Woman Fired Over Fake Penis
The woman says she was debating gender reassignment when she wore a prosthetic penis to work at a snack factory.
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