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- A transgender woman says she was repeatedly misgendered while returning a video game at a GameStop store in Albuquerque, New Mexico, KOB 4 reports.
- Tiffany Moore says that a store employee repeatedly called her "sir," even after she corrected him and said she should be addressed as "ma'am."
- A video of the exchange between Moore and the employee has circulated online after another customer posted it to YouTube.
- Moore says she does not regret how she acted in the video because at that point she had been misgendered several times and was very upset.
- "My actions were justified," she said. "I mean, it was blatant and malicious hate. It was blatant and malicious misgendering."
A transgender woman says she was repeatedly misgendered while returning a video game at a GameStop store in Albuquerque, New Mexico, KOB 4 reports.
This month, Tiffany Moore went to the video game store to return a game she had bought for her son, and while she was there an employee repeatedly called her by a pronoun that she does not identify with, according to the outlet. Moore said that the employee repeatedly called her "sir," even after she corrected him and said she should be addressed as "ma'am."
A video of the exchange between Moore and the employee has circulated online after another customer who was in the store at the time posted it to YouTube.
"I was so angry at that point because, literally, five or six times he had called me 'sir.' He got me so fuming angry and I was cussing," Moore told KOB 4.
Although she was upset when the video was taken, she said she doesn't regret her actions.
"Yeah, I could have reacted a whole lot better,” she said. "But you know what, I look back at it and if I could, I wouldn't change a single thing. I would do it 100,000 times again. I would kick over that display 100,000 times again. Because my actions were justified. I mean, it was blatant and malicious hate. It was blatant and malicious misgendering."
In a statement to KOB 4, a spokesperson for GameStop called the incident between Moore and the employee "unfortunate."
"We believe our associate acted professionally after mis-speaking by apologizing and remaining calm to de-escalate the situation," the statement said. "Like other corporations committed to inclusiveness, we are continually learning. This incident reminds us to continue pursuing efforts to ensure GameStop remains a diverse, inclusive culture that celebrates every person’s unique value."
Moore said she hopes that this incident will bring visibility and help people to understand her experience as a transgender woman.
"We're humans just like you,” Moore said. "We're people just like you. We have kids. We have parents. We have brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, we're just trying to live."
A representative for GameStop didn't immediately return INSIDER's request for comment.
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