IRELAND: Transgender Child Care Worker Fired After Offering To "Kiss" Child As A "Prize"

IRELAND: Transgender Child Care Worker Fired After Offering To "Kiss" Child As A "Prize"

A trans-identified male has lost an employment discrimination case after alleging that he had been wrongfully fired from his job at a childcare center in Letterkenny. The Workplace Relations Commission found that Aleena Starshine had been terminated not due to his gender identity, but as a result of repeat parental complaints and concerns about child safeguarding. According to the Commission’s report, Starshine was first hired to the Craoibhin C…

Transgender childcare worker sacked for offering child 'a free kiss' as a prize

A transgender childcare worker who was sacked from her role after offering an 11-year-old child “a free kiss” as a prize during a game has had her gender discrimination claim dismissed by the Labour Court, writes Darragh McDonagh. At the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), adjudication officer Niamh O’Carroll ruled that Aleena Starshine had failed to establish a prima facie case of discrimination. She concluded that her employment had been ter…