Taylor Trice’s issues stemmed from disagreements about how the coffee shop celebrated Pride Month. She expressed her concerns about the adult content, describing various sexual orientations displayed in the shop window. Another issue was a chalkboard that included pronouns like “ze/zim, xe/xem – and even it/its. These are less common but still valid. And you can always mix’n’match!” the chalkboard read.

The management became quite defensive when she tried to talk about her concerns. Miss Trice stated: “I had given them a warning saying like…you guys might want to be careful because this can be taken the wrong way. We have families and children coming in here, and they’ll read that, and it’s just…probably not best for public display to have that written on the glass walls. I take my faith seriously, and I try to be as much like Jesus as I can. According to my faith, you’re not supposed to lie. I’m willing to call you by your name. I’m willing to avoid using the pronouns you don’t want me to use, but it’s against my faith to lie and say… someone is a woman if they’re a man or if someone is a man if they’re a woman.”