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Collected Item: “Transphobia”

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Transphobia

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Instagram

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From Drew Arrieta: Dolores "Lola" Gonzalez was an employee at a South Minneapolis Cub Foods for seventeen years. After asking management at the location to act on ongoing transphobic and discriminatory harassment received from co-workers and customers, she was dismissed from her position on February 17th.

Yesterday, community members and customers rallied to show support for her and condemn Cub Foods for upholding transphobia.

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transphobia, protest, Cub Foods, Lola, Social Justice, Dolores "Lola" Gonzalez, Minneapolis, Minnesota, discrimination, LGBTQ+, community

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https://www.instagram.com/p/CL2A1JDlGee/

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Drew Arrieta @itsdrw

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2021-02-28
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