Editing Dress code (section)

====''Doe v. Boeing Corporation'' (1993)====

Doe, a [[transgender]] person beginning [[Gender transitioning|gender transition]], found that her supervisors at the engineering company, [[Boeing|Boeing Corporation]], were uncooperative with her desire to wear feminine presenting clothing to work. She was warned against wearing, "obviously feminine clothing such as dresses, skirts, or frilly blouses" and from using the women's bathroom. This was even after her counselor recommended that wearing female presenting clothing would help with her transition. After a few warnings from her supervisors, Doe showed up to work wearing a pink pantsuit and was subsequently fired for violating the dress code. This prompted Doe to legal action. The [[Washington Supreme Court|Washington State Supreme Court]] ultimately upheld the decision made by Boeing and stated that the company had the right to determine what female identity looked like while at work.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="justia-doe-boeing">{{cite court|litigants=Jane Doe v. Boeing Company |vol=121 |reporter=Wn.2d |opinion=8 |court=Supreme Court of Washington, ''en banc'' |date=1993 |url=https://law.justia.com/cases/washington/supreme-court/1993/59117-2-1.html }}</ref>