Zikerria Bellamy McDonald's Voicemail Message, July 28, 2009

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A Florida teenager who changed her gender from male to female six years ago is taking legal action against McDonald's for alleged discrimination.

Zikerria Bellamy, 17, alleges managers at the Orlando branch twice refused to hire her because she is transgender.

She also claims an obscene message stating she would never be hired by the company was left on her voicemail.

The branch concerned has said it has a zero tolerance policy towards any form of discrimination.

'Gay slur'

The complaint, filed by the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) before the Florida Commission on Human Relations, alleges that Zikerria Bellamy applied for a job at a McDonald's restaurant in Orlando.

It is alleged that two managers at the branch refused to give Miss Bellamy an interview and an one occasion a manager saw the teenager, who arrived wearing a suit, and laughed at her.

She alleges the message, on 28 July, was left by a McDonald's manager.

In the voicemail message, which has been published on YouTube by her lawyers, an unidentified man uses a gay slur to describe why the fast-food chain restaurant would not hire her.

In a statement, a spokeswoman for the restaurant said the employee who had left the message "acted outside the scope of his authority", the Associated Press news agency reported.

Allison Garret said he was not responsible for hiring people and no longer worked there.

The New York-based TLDEF says that nearly 50% of transgender people in the US have been fired or not given a job because of their transgender status.

Most US states do not have laws that specifically protect transgender people in the workplace.

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[TheDaddyDank]

You know what Blove5000, it doesnt matter if you don't want "some tranny" serving your big mac. She is a person just like you. How would you like it if somebody said I dont want "some nigger" servin my fries! Equal rights are for everybody, not just the people you happen to like. Transgendered people have a long history of bigotry, prejudice and abuse against them, and your hateful ass just proves their case. Grow the fuck up and stop disrespectin other people.

[soniclovesmilkshakes]

everyone has rights

[brutalsheldon]

Mac Donalds 

[likylik24]

stfu

[AshillaBeige]

I kinda have the notion that if a private person doesn't want to hire someone for their race, religion or sexual orientation, THAT'S their business (literally). But this man harassed her and was incredibly rude. Things like this shouldn't just get turned into law suits. People need to be like Amy Alkon and take bad behaviour and squash it through legislation-free public shaming. THAT'S the only way rude, stupid people learn.

[lovley7000]

@mofotv1 ???????? Was that a genuine attempt at logic? If so then it stands to reason that parent would conversely be thrilled!!!! to hear their daughter sucked off the basketball team and gang banged in the boys gym ....I mean following you convoluted logic....You ignorant DONKEY!

[poolsclosedduetofail]

I lol'd so hard. Last time I checked paying a doctor to turn my penis inside out into a scar-ridden pseudo-vag was a CHOICE. I sure as hell can criticize you for your decisions.

[JAVONFRIQB]

Its ashame how i look at some of these comment and see how people are against the trans community.....its a shame that Trans people have to hide and not express there self because of how evil people are in this world....some people dont realize that sayin go to hell is worse than sayin anything else.....wtf

[XboxLiveSpartan001]

a chick with a dick n33ds to di3! ITS 3VIL!

i would3nt want that "thing" working around my food 3ith3r..

[zangetsue5150]

i seen the devils picture he/she is trassexual so i see why gay people hate god-black people are isrealites so its natural that we hate devils statnig the facts

[lovley7000]

It's so amazing to me how easily black people are so quick to be discriminatory to another group of people. "IT ,AND THING" It's disgraceful! I really wasn't that long ago that white people called us IT AND THINGS AND DENIED US , our right to work anywhere. And justified it by saying we were not human , that we were something more akin to a MONKEY!!!! And here we are justifying the discrimination of an other human being !!! RIDICULOUS !!! We have to wake up ! PEACE AND LOVE folks!!!

[forsomereasonIhateu]

Hey hussy maybe you make $50 a month but there is good money to be made, just cuz you cant make no loot doesnt mean someone else cant. But you can forget about McDonalds they aint gonna hire no trannies since they started that hiphop attitude. BTW in the SW most McDonalds are run by hispanics and they dont "speak a any engwish anyway". There are a million other fast food place I dont see what all the whining is about, take it like agh whatever you are.