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GIBSONS, British Columbia (LifeSiteNews) – A “nonbinary” former restaurant server has won $30,000 after the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT) ruled that the Gibsons restaurant Buono Osteria unfairly fired Jessie Nelson, and that superiors violated her human rights by referring to her with biologically-accurate female pronouns.
The Washington Examiner reported that Nelson is “biologically female but identifies as nonbinary,” and prefers to be referred to by “they” and “them.” She filed a human rights complaint over her experience working for restauranteurs Michael Buono and Ryan Kingsberry, describing a hostile working environment from them as well as bar manager Brian Gobelle.
As summarized by CBC News, Nelson worked for Buono Osteria in 2019, during which Gobelle allegedly refused to honor Nelson’s pronoun requests, and instead called her feminine nicknames like “sweetheart,” “honey,” and “pinky.” While “some colleagues respected Nelson’s pronouns,” others “were unhappy when [she] raised issues about inclusion.”
Four days after a verbal confrontation between Nelson and Gobelle, Kingsberry fired Nelson over the phone on the grounds
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