Saks Fifth Avenue's Hypocrisy: 'Gay-Friendly' Company Claims Transgender People Don't Have Civil Rights

By Barbara Frankel


Here’s a lesson to corporations that claim to be supportive of diversity: Don’t be hypocrites.

Case in point: Saks Fifth Avenue, which is defending itself against a lawsuit brought by a transgender ex-employeeand just had its Corporate Equality Index rating suspended as details are revealed. Saks claims in its legal filing that it is legal to discriminate against a transgender employee.

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