The dghter of Bulle Whiskey’s founr says the distillery’s supposedly gay-iendly parent Diageo released her after she brought her lbian partner to a fay Thanksgivg. But lleagu are puzzled at the claim; they say she outed herself -- personally and profsnally -- years ago.
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- DGHTER OF 'BULLE BOURBON' FOUNR SAYS SHE WAS FIRED FOR BEG GAY
- BULLE BOURBON HEIRS CLAIMS SHE WAS FIRED BEE SHE’S GAY, BUT PANY SAYS OTHERWISE
DGHTER OF 'BULLE BOURBON' FOUNR SAYS SHE WAS FIRED FOR BEG GAY
The dghter of the man who found Bulle Bourbon says she was phed out of the pany for beg openly gay, spe the distillery's parent pany's rerd for beg the Human Rights Campaign's Bt Place to Work for LGBT Equaly for ne nsecutive Bulle, 43, alleged a seri of Facebook posts last week that she was fired om her posn as a brand ambassador for Bulle Bourbon—one she'd held for 25 years— December after she brought her longtime partner to Thanksgivg dner.
For the past , I have held the secrets … I should never have been put a posn to hi my fay’s homophobia or my pany’s placency orr to keep my job. So this anti-gay bias is strange, pecially to the liquor world.
While Bulle don’t directly acce the top levels of Diageo of actively engagg homophobic behavr, she nsirs s executiv and managers plic wh her relativ and wonrs why the human relatns partment never tervened wh s ual diversy trag or safeguards. As expected, many supporters are emergg om wh and outsi the gay muny.
BULLE BOURBON HEIRS CLAIMS SHE WAS FIRED BEE SHE’S GAY, BUT PANY SAYS OTHERWISE
Facebook menters the hundreds are announcg their tentns to boytt the popular whiskey brand and more than one bar worker echo siar sentiments to the San Francis gay bar employee-owner who lls herself “Dottie Lux” and shared one of Bulle’s posts wh the ment, “While I don't have the power to immediately stop sellg this my bar, I will te everyone who orrs a bulliet (sic) drk. But after a ntract dispute, Worth alleged the pany and Bulle were homophobic 2017 and edged her out bee of her sexual orientatn.
But Worth said that the summer of her sophomore year llege, she refed to live at home and Bulle paid for her to live an apartment so that she uld have a "safe space. In the s, fay troubl are facto workplace troubl, and fay homophobia uld amount to employee discrimatn based on sexual orientatn. Worth broke wh her fay and acced her father, Bulle founr Tom Bulle, of s of homophobic and abive behavr.
In a seri of Facebook posts, Hollis claimed she had been let go due to homophobia. On Augt 13th, she released a more tailed summary of her fay history, accg her father directly of sexual abe, homophobia, pedophilia and beg forced to pose for naked photos as a young child. She acced her father and his wife, Betsy Bulle, first of homophobia and of g her reer while whholdg royalty payments she believ are owed to her.