We first discussed this back in December 2009 when the Tribune Review reported on a federal lawsuit filed by a state prison guard in Fayette County. He claimed he was being harassed because he did not conform to gender expectations, including being too effeminate on the radio. (What does that even mean, asks the female former radio host?)
The suit has been settled by mediation. No one is talking about what that actually means, but it doesn't mean a court ruling on the matter.
This man is a state employee who enjoys no state protections from being harassed on his sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation (remember, gay men act like women and acting like a woman is bad). He worked in Fayette County which does not have county protections for sexual orientation.
He was harassed because people thought he was gay. He had to go to the federal courts to get help. We don't know if he is gay.
This could be you. You could be the woman who dresses in trousers and has manly gestures. You could be the man with the effeminate voice. You could be a heterosexual person who is perceived as gay. And you could be fired.
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