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EEOC Files Landmark Sexual Orientation Discrimination Charges
In May, The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed its first suits challenging sexual orientation discrimination as sex discrimination ' one has its origin in Pennsylvania and the other case originates from Maryland. In two separate lawsuits, the agency charges that a gay male employee and a lesbian employee were subjected to hostile work environments because of their sex.
In the two present charges, the agency filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania against Scott Medical Health Center and in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Baltimore Division, against IFCO Systems. In its suit against Scott Medical Health Center, the EEOC charged that a gay male employee was subjected to harassment because of his sexual orientation: The employee's manager repeatedly referred to him using various anti-gay epithets and made other highly offensive comments about his sexuality and sex life. When he complained to the clinic director, the director responded that the manager was “just doing his job” and refused to take any action to stop the harassment, according to the suit. After enduring weeks of such comments by his manager, he quit rather than endure further harassment.
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