Transgender Male Lieutenant’s Pronoun Discrimination Case Fails

A transgender male corrections officer who claimed his coworkers constantly and purposely addressed him as a female didn’t provide enough evidence for his hostile work environment and retaliation claims to proceed, a federal court in Georgia ruled.

Tyler M. Copeland worked as a sergeant at Rogers State Prison in Reidsville, Ga. when he began to transition from female to male in 2017, the US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia said. In 2018, he legally changed his name, and notified the prison’s human resources department. The HR director then met will all prison staff and informed them of ...