They denounce the transphobic comment of a supermarket cashier in Malaga: she called a trans woman a "gentleman"
The Trans Huellas association has denounced through its Twitter account the “act of transphobia” that occurred in a supermarket in Malaga. According to the testimony of its president Cristina, the manager of Lidl, located in Armengual de la Mota, called her sir several times.
“The manager of Lidl has repeatedly used the word “gentleman”, even though it is obvious from her clothes and a bracelet with the rainbow flag that she was talking to a trans person,” they explain from the association, which has submitted a complaint sheet.. “No aggression without response”, they added.
The manager of @lidlespana has repeatedly used the word “gentleman”, even though it was obvious from her clothes and a bracelet with the rainbow flag that she was talking to a trans person.
We have already filled out the claim form.
No unanswered aggression.
— Trans Footprints (@Asotranshuellas) June 21, 2023
Controversy in networks
The events that occurred on June 21 have generated controversy on social networks and Trans Huellas has responded to the comments on Twitter: “Not even 15 minutes since the news was published and there are already transphobic scum insulting”.
After the commotion created, some network users announced that they were going to meet at the door of Lidl in Malaga in support of the worker. And the association responded emphatically to one of them through its Twitter account: “Well, I went with a couple of friends to talk and you ran away, “brave”. Don't you like being recorded hate speech? 4 people and one of them, I suspect that you, due to age, have tried to disassociate themselves from the act. Wow “hit”. We show our faces, not like others”.
Well, I went with a couple of friends to talk and you ran away, “brave”. Don't you like being recorded hate speech?
4 people and one of them, I suspect that you, because of your age, have tried to disassociate themselves from the act. Wow “hit”.
We show our faces, not like others.— Trans Footprints (@Asotranshuellas) June 22, 2023
Trans Footprints assures that they will go to court to denounce many of the tweets and comments they are receiving these days. At the moment, the supermarket chain has not made an official statement about what happened to one of its employees.