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Court allows lesbian to sue for sex discrimination

Court allows lesbian to sue for sex discrimination

Court allows lesbian to sue for sex discrimination

Although Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act does not prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, a federal District Court in Iowa has allowed a lesbian former director of human resources to sue her health center employer for sex discrimination and retaliation when she claimed she was subjected to a hostile and pervasive atmosphere of discrimination and harassment “based on [her] sex/sexual orientation.” The employee alleged that she was subjected to unwanted and unwelcomed sexual comments, sexual questions, sexual conversations, sexual emails, sexual texts, and sexual jokes, including a list of 20 incidents in her complaint. She claimed that her bosses knew or should...

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