Hi y’all!
So this happened a couple of weeks ago almost.
I don’t want to go into too much detail because the job I had was related to a county entity. (I’m from Florida)
Think of it like a specialized school that requires certain academics and hands-on learning.
Also known to be very red in nature.
I was misgendered consistently throughout my time in this program. I was also put into a situation that any cis woman would’ve had a very similar reaction to.
This particular hands-on learning experience required the males and females to be split up, of course this job is red in nature, I was forced to be with the males. Part of this learning required the incapacitation of my hands while I was thoroughly touched all over, breasts included. It was a horribly invasive and traumatizing experience. The next morning I told a classmate that if another male coworker touched my breasts I would freak out. I did not realize that someone in the conversation reported me to professional standards for “making a threat”. I did not realize I was being investigated, I had never been in trouble before. I was called into the conference room with higher ups, I was told by the most senior member that he had an issue with me correcting others on my pronouns (which why was I still being misgendered if I was correcting people?) and that they have no tolerance for me making a threatening statement. I was misgendered during and after the termination meeting. I was never given an opportunity to defend myself or tell my side of things.
I should mention other classmates have gotten in trouble for, in my opinion, worse things and they only received write-ups but I was terminated a week after the “incident”.
Sorry for the vague details, I’m hoping to find an attorney to help with this and I don’t need my former employer to find this. I just really wanted to vent because it sucks and it makes me feel awful.