Byron Fire Department truck – Photo: Facebook. The former fire chief of the city of Byron, Ga., has filed a lawsuit against the city, claiming she was fired because she is transgender.
Rachel Mosby led the Byron Fire Department as chief for more than a decade, from 2008 to 2018. At the start of 2017, she began transitioning.
Although she says people initially seemed accepting, she began experiencing difficulties in January 2018, when she came out publicly and began wearing a skirt instead of suits and ties.
Mosby claims city officials ordered her to start wearing a uniform instead of female clothes, and would often refer to her using male pronouns.
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