R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, Inc., Petitioner
John J. Bursch, Counsel of Record
R.G & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes is a family-owned business that has operated in Detroit, Michigan, for more than 100 years. In October 2007, Harris hired as a funeral director Aimee Stephens, who at the time presented herself as a man — the gender that had been assigned to her at birth. Stevens, going by the name Anthony Stevens, had been working for Harris for six years when, on July 31, 2013, she informed the owner of the company, Thomas Rost, that she planned to live her professional life as a woman …
