Police are investigating a complaint of an alleged ‘hate incident’ in which a transgender model was denied a job as a female porn star after the photographer discovered the model still had a penis.
Ria Cooper, who became the UK’s youngest transgender person aged 15 before later transitioning back to male age 18, and then to female again later, has accused the photographer of ‘transphobic behaviour’. Cooper said the incident could prevent a future career in the modelling industry.


Well you didn't post a link and although the porn actor is apparently UK based, I have no idea about the actual production or the laws in the UK, although I am sure there is not much of a difference in this regard.
This particular incident could have been a homophic or hate-filled encounter, who knows? There are very few details.
Anyway, the porn industry is allowed to discriminate. How do you think they are able to fetishize so many races? ("BBC" porn, submissive Asian shit, whatever).
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act actually allows for discrimination in the workplace for issues such as these. Employers actually can discriminate, even on the basis of sex or gender and etc, when it is necessary for the purpose of authenticity or genuineness of the occupation. It is particularly important in the entertainment industry, which porn falls under.
This is how Hooters and breastaurants with similar models operate. Of course they were sued, they took care of it, opened up some positions for men like cooks and bus boys, and maintained their image of having hot girls flaunting their boobs. I had to look into this when I was 18 and got hired there, because all my immature 18-20something guy friends were giving me shit for getting hired at a place that was so ridiculously misogynistic and corny that I had to explain to them why they could get away with being discriminatory. I wasn't a very Hooterific chick back then either, jumping up and down in Sketchers and yelling Token Bimbo phrases wasn't my thing so I couldn't take myself seriously working there.
It is called the Bona fide Occupational Qualifications (bfoq) defense. It's why Disneyworld can deny a black guy a job to portray Snow White. He has virtually none of Snow White's characteristics. However, if the same black man was there applying to be, say, a janitor, they could not deny him a job on that basis because the job of a janitor does not meet the level of a bona fide occupational qualification.
Had the trans individual been applying to be the photographer's assistant and gotten the same treatment, it could maybe be discriminate. But the trans individual was not qualified for the job.