Transgender taco bell crew member sues, alleges supervisor called her “nacho man”

According to the filing, Doe identified her female gender identity and preferred pronouns to her supervisor and coworkers. The complaint alleges the misgendering began almost immediately and continued daily, often more than once a shift. 

Doe alleges her supervisor and coworkers referred to her as “nacho man,” “the nacho man,” or words to that effect, on multiple occasions, including in August 2024 near the end of her employment. She says she corrected her supervisor on pronouns and preferred name, and also raised her preferred name with a senior employee believed to be the store manager. The filing alleges neither honored the request. 

The complaint says the schedule itself listed Doe under a name that was not her preferred name, every day she came to work. Doe argues the company could have used her preferred name on the schedule and chose not to. 

The filing also describes a pattern of assignment decisions Doe ties to her transgender status. She alleges she was routinely placed in the back of the kitchen out of customer view, helping serve tortilla chips, cinnamon twists and sauces, rather than at the front register, which she says had been discussed during her interview. She alleges cisgender crew members were given register shifts during the same period. She says she was also assigned harder duties, including cleaning floors, picking up garbage inside the store and cleaning the parking lot in hot weather. 

On scheduling, Doe alleges she was made to start at 6:00 am, an hour before her coworkers, and on one occasion at 5:00 am, two hours before everyone else. She says she would be alone in the store with the supervisors.