Would Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Create Hostile Work Environments for LGBTQ Teachers? | RPJ Law

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• SGLE ANTI-GAY COMMENT MAY CREATE HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT
• WOULD FLORIDA’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL CREATE HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENTS FOR LGBTQ TEACHERS?

SGLE ANTI-GAY COMMENT MAY CREATE HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT

Tellg racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, or xenophobic jok or stori;. Div., Augt 13, 2008) – Contug the trend of recent s which have exprsed ltle tolerance for bigoted ments the workplace, the Appellate Divisn held that a sgle anti-gay remark by a supervisor – who allegedly lled her subordate a “stupid fag” unr her breath after an argument – may be enough to create a hostile workg environment unr the NJLAD, and sent the se back for a trial. In a March 1, 2016 prs release, the Equal Employment Opportuny Commissn (EEOC) announced two separate lawsus that a gay male employee and lbian employee were subjected to hostile work environments bee of sex.

McCoy for The New York TimHis Sexualy Don’t Defe Him, but It Can Set Him ApartEric Bach is an openly gay broadster for the Frericksburg Natnals. Three years earlier, while he was studyg journalism at Michigan State Universy, he had publicly e out as gay an say he wrote for the time of the say, he braced for a backlash, but nothg materialized. He worked his way up om ternships to full-time broadstg jobs, and while anyone wh an ter nnectn uld learn he was gay, nobody asked, and he did not say so aga publicly.

WOULD FLORIDA’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL CREATE HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENTS FOR LGBTQ TEACHERS?

It was bil and ugly, filled wh “every gay slur you uld thk of, ” Bach said.

It was paful at the time — the worst thg that had happened to him as a gay man, he said — but has reced far enough to his memory that did not e to md an hourlong terview about his experienc as a gay broadster. As far as Bach knows — and as far as many of his unterparts wh other teams are aware — there are no other openly gay broadsters the sport.

McCoy for The New York TimBorn to BroadstLong before he knew he was gay, Bach knew he wanted to be a sports father was a ach, and a love of sports ran through the fay. ”)He began to accept that he was gay durg his sophomore year of high school, but wh that acceptance me worry. As a multisport athlete, Bach was often locker rooms filled wh chos of homophobic slurs and gay jok.

’”By the start of his sophomore year at Michigan State, Bach was ready to tell his parents that he was gay, tchg his father off guard but nfirmg what his mother had prevly assumed. He did each job to the bt of his abily, and his sexualy never me, he has found that there’s a difference between beg a gay man baseball and beg pletely fortable as one. “I was sually like, ‘You know I’m gay, right?

That uncertaty mak him feel self-nsc a way he believ is mon for gay people mostly straight spac.

“I feel like that’s the burn a lot of gay people live wh — tryg to be perfect for straight people, ” he job requir equent teractn wh the players and the achg staff — addn to his duti as play-by-play announcer, Bach also is the ma public relatns ntact for the team — and he said he hadn’t fully relaxed any of them. The environment is not hostile, but Bach never fets that he is the only openly gay person the room.