A Colorado tire company has agreed to pay $60,000 and write a letter of apology to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit after a transgender man sued the company for allegedly reneging on its job offer.

The lawsuit said the company illegally discriminated against Woodward because of his sex and for not conforming to gender stereotypes, violating his federal rights “with malice and reckless indifference.”

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the lawsuit in September 2017 in U.S. District Court in Colorado against A&E Tire on behalf of Egan Woodward. Woodward had interviewed for a managerial position the same day he applied on May 16, 2014, and was offered the job, pending some screenings, the lawsuit said.

A&E Tire Inc. has multiple locations in Colorado, and Woodward had applied for a position at one of the company’s two Denver locations at 3855 E. 52nd Ave. Read more via Denver Post