Transgender man wins case for unfair dismissal in China

A court in China has ruled in favour of a transgender man identified as Mr. C who was born a woman but identifies and dresses as a man.

The transgender man was working at a health centre in Guiyang last year when he was fired with a news report at the time quoting the manager of the centre as saying that his appearance “really didn’t fit our standards”.

The court said he had been illegally dismissed, but said there was not enough evidence to rule he had been fired due to discrimination against transgender people.

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Mr C had only worked at the Ciming Health Check-up Centre for a week when he was told to leave. He says it was because he wore men’s clothing.

The transgender man said he had received a lot of support from China’s LGBT community. But he said trying to find a job as a transgender person was hard.

“Within the LGBT community, many people have experienced this after they revealed their sexual orientation,” he said. “So you either hide it, and wear their uniforms, or you get rejected.”

 

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