Starbucks was found to have violated Phillips's federal civil rights and a New Jersey law that forbids discrimination on the basis of color by a federal jury in New Jersey
Starbucks India wrote, "Our name defines who you are - whether it's Arpit or Arpita. At Starbucks, we love and accept you for who you are. Because being yourself means everything to us. #ItStartsWithYourName."
Just a couple of days back, Starbucks, which sells “overpriced and tasteless coffee” (not my words, that of eminent anti-Modi intellectual Sadanand Dhume) wants to educate us on LGBT rights.