Would you hire a transgender if you were the boss of a store?

[fireburn95]

ReimTime said:

fireburn95 said:

ReimTime said:

Ironically I would say refusing to hire a transgender based on those points is kind of lumping you into the same group in a way. Choosing to not give them a chance shows that you don't...... believe in them? Maybe it shows the community member that you share their views? It's very arguable either way but to refuse hire of somebody based upon gender just seems like a kick in the teeth every time.It definitely does not put you on the same level of the discriminators but I would argue that it is still mild discrimination.

But managers can still have a personal preference on who they hire (at least in the UK, dunno but doubt it is different in USA)

Someone I used to work for didn't hire overweight people, and while it was a big chain and they adhered to equality laws, he still chose to not consider an overweight person after the interview.

It can't really be discrimination if you think the physical nature of someone (be it transgender or fat) could have the slight possibility of affecting your business/customer service.

Welllllllllllllll yes it's still discrimination (exclusion based on personal preference) because that is the definition:

"Discrimination is treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit."

In relation to how I said I would hire based solely on capability etc, being a customer when I go into a store/restaraunt etc I judge based on service, not race/gender etc.

Discrimination against nature vs discrimination against factors you can change however. 

You shouldn't discriminate over someone being born brown, but you can essentially do it over someone with fake red hair color because that was a choice which can be changed, and you might have personal preferences in that case.

I get the ethics behind transgender is that is not a choice, but it is a choice to change gender, not sex, so it wouldnt really apply if someone discriminated on the grounds of appearance of the individual.