A transgender woman has filed a lawsuit against a Georgia Chick-fil-A restaurant alleging that she was the victim of sexual harassment and discrimination and was subsequently wrongfully terminated as a result.

29-Year-old Aaron Taylor began working at the Decatur area Chick-fil-A in August 2021. She explains in her lawsuit that she became the subject of harassment on her first day of work. In an interview with NBC, Taylor shares that although she was excited to join the company, her excitement dissipated quickly after a co-worker made “sexual passes” at her and “very vulgar comments.”

Taylor goes on to detail that after her co-workers found out she was transgender, the harassment got even worse. When Taylor shared with a shift manager the details of the harassment she suffered by a specific colleague, her shift manager instructed her to bring her concerns to the franchise owner, Joe Engert. During a meeting with Engert and a kitchen director, Taylor revealed that she was transgender. Engert replied by telling Taylor that she should be “honored” that “someone likes her enough to hit on her.”

The lawsuit also explains that Engert shifted to victim blaming after he told Taylor that if the harassment continued, “they would have to focus more on the person claiming the harassment to see if there is an issue.”

Following the landmark 2020 Supreme Court ruling Bostock v Clayton, it is illegal for individuals to be discriminated against based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. Despite this, Taylor contends that her colleagues began to further mistreat her by misgendering her once they found out she was transgender. She goes on to explain that the employee who began making sexual passes at her on her first day of work escalated the harassment toward her by targeting her with transphobic slurs and threats.

In November 2021, Taylor was terminated from her duties at Chick-fil-A. The restaurant cites Taylor’s failure to show up to a shift as the reason for termination. However, Taylor disputes that in her lawsuit stating that she was given the green light from a supervisor to leave her shift early due to harassment that was brought on by a superior. Taylor also points to at least two other employees who had been tardy for shifts but were not terminated because of their tardiness.

Taylor details in her lawsuit that she also filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. It's not yet clear how much Taylor is seeking in monetary relief in her lawsuit.

The lawsuit comes just years after the popular restaurant chain made national headlines for its anti-LGBTQ+ efforts. After years of donating millions of dollars to anti-LGBTQ+ organizations, the company announced in 2019 that it would stop donating to such causes. Despite this, the chain is still recognized as a conservative company with deep roots in Christian and conservative values.