Macy’s fires woman for refusing ‘transgender’ man access to women’s fitting room
SAN ANTONIO, Texas , December 8, 2011 – A woman has been fired from a Macy’s department store for denying a man dressed as a woman access to the women’s fitting room . “I had to either comply with Macy’s or comply with God,” said Natalie Johnson, 27, a former employee at the retail giant’s location in Rivercenter Mall , San Antonio. Natalie Johnson says she was concerned for her female customers, who she thought might be uncomfortable about having a man in their fitting room. According to Johnson, on November 30th she witnessed a young cross-dressing man wearing make-up and girl’s clothing exit the women’s fitting room. She told the man “politely” that the women’s fitting room was for women only, making it clear that he was not to make use of the room again. The customer, along with five companions, argued in response that Macy’s is friendly to the LGBT community . Johnson retorted that Macy’s doesn’t discriminate against religious beliefs, adding that it would go against her religi