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Seattle nail tech: ‘I came out as transgender to a colleague – I was fired the next day’

By Lilly Delmage | 13 November 2024

At his first salon job, Seattle-based tech, Sidney Simpson, came out as transgender and was fired the following day. Having worked just a week at his first salon job, the nail tech shared that he was transgender with a colleague – and just one day later, was fired. He says:…

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