A $225,000 settlement wh gay SFPD officer Brendan Mannix was approved by the Board of Supervisors today, more than three years after he filed a lawsu
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- GAY SF P GETS $225K SETTLEMENT OF DISCRIMATN SE
- SF SETTL WH GAY POLICE OFFICER DISCRIMATN LAWSU
- GAY P WS $225K SETTLEMENT AFTER SUFFERG SO MUCH HARASSMENT THAT HE ULDN’T SLEEP
- SFPD GAY CAPTA DEL GAND MAK HISTORY
- GAY S.F. OFFICER SU CY SEXUAL HARASSMENT, DISCRIMATN LAWSU
- AN SF POLICE OFFICER IS SUG THE CY, ALLEGG HARASSMENT FOR BEG GAY
- ONLY ON ABC7 NEWS: FIRST OPENLY GAY PERSON TO HEAD SAN FRANCIS'S POA SPEAKS ON ISSU FACG PARTMENT
- GAY SAN FRANCIS P VOLVED TEXTG SNDAL RIGNS
GAY SF P GETS $225K SETTLEMENT OF DISCRIMATN SE
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Three years and seven months after a gay San Francis p filed a lawsu agast the Cy of San Francis allegg workplace harassment and discrimatn, his se has fally been settled.
When Mannix did somethg that the sergeants nsired stereotypilly gay, the su claimed they said, "Ugh, you gays, " or "God, you gays.
The harassment "was so severe, wispread, and/or persistent that a reasonable gay man Platiff�s circumstanc would have nsired the work environment to be hostile or abive, " acrdg to statements the origal filg.
SF SETTL WH GAY POLICE OFFICER DISCRIMATN LAWSU
A high-rankg police official the San Francis Police Department was nomated Monday to serve as the next police chief Lln, Nebraska, makg her the cy's first female chief and the first who is openly gay. * gay san francisco police officer *
A $225, 000 settlement wh gay SFPD officer Brendan Mannix was approved by the Board of Supervisors today, more than three years after he filed a lawsu allegg that he was harassed and discrimated agast bee of his sexual orientatn.
The San Francis Board of Supervisors has agreed to pay a settlement of $225, 000 to SF Police Officer Brendan Mannix, 31, rponse to his lawsu that alleged anti-gay workplace discrimatn and harassment.
GAY P WS $225K SETTLEMENT AFTER SUFFERG SO MUCH HARASSMENT THAT HE ULDN’T SLEEP
Chief William Stt apologized on Monday for the way the partment historilly treated lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people. * gay san francisco police officer *
The ments clud sayg, “Ugh you gays” or “God, you gays” whenever he did somethg his workers thought was stereotypilly gay. The ments were “so severe, wispread, and/or persistent that a reasonable gay man Platiff’s circumstanc would have nsired the work environment to be hostile or abive.
SFPD GAY CAPTA DEL GAND MAK HISTORY
Gay lawmaker snaps as NYC mayor says he’ll hire “kill the gays” pastor for “fah-based” posn. Capta Christopher Del Gand has ma history as the first out gay man to make that rank wh the San Francis Police Department.
At the moment the hight-rankg LGBTQ person the partment is Matt Dorsey, a gay civilian who is director of strategic munitns and part of SFPD Chief William Stt's mand staff. "There may have been some gay men before me possibly who ma but didn't feel fortable beg out and proud, so I may not be the first, " he noted. "But to be openly gay om the start, wh the work I put and reprentg the muny and also workg very hard at my job to get here, feels like a tone for sure.
GAY S.F. OFFICER SU CY SEXUAL HARASSMENT, DISCRIMATN LAWSU
"It is the hight rank any gay man has been promoted to the history of SFPD.
Buckley, a gay man who has been wh SFPD almost 16 years and is print of s Pri Alliance for LGBTQ officers, worked wh Del Gand a ago when they were both assigned to Missn Statn. Gay District 8 Supervisor Rafael Manlman, who has fought to fund police amy class orr to replenish the partment's ranks, told the B.
He was surprised to learn that Del Gand is the first known gay officer to bee a pta wh the SFPD. Gay state Senator Stt Wiener (D-San Francis) has long known Del Gand, llg him "awome" and "jt a lovely person" an terview.
AN SF POLICE OFFICER IS SUG THE CY, ALLEGG HARASSMENT FOR BEG GAY
Lbians outnumber gay men, though exact numbers are not known at the moment. Frazer noted that the partment "lost a huge group of" gay men the early years of the AIDS epimic. Dpe SFPD's efforts to rec new officers wh the LGBTQ muny over the years, om advertisg LGBTQ publitns to havg booths at muny events, fewer gay men have joed the ranks than that of female-intified officers.
"But our gay men never ught up bee of the AIDS crisis. Gay men seem to gravate to other profsns and reer choic, said Del Gand.
ONLY ON ABC7 NEWS: FIRST OPENLY GAY PERSON TO HEAD SAN FRANCIS'S POA SPEAKS ON ISSU FACG PARTMENT
Some applints may not pass the required dg ttg, he add, due to past recreatnal age at a gay dance event or other gatherg where such activy is accepted. In his youth he doubted he uld be an openly gay man and a police officer, said Del Gand, leadg him to thk about pursug a different reer. "I jt cid I was gog to do — be an openly gay man and reprent my muny and also do the job that I love, " said Del Gand, who for a year has been wh his boyiend, Billy Hackenson, who works tech.
(Beth LaBerge/KQED)For example, May 1979, the gay muny was enraged by a light prison sentence given to former Supervisor Dan Whe, a iend of the police and fire partments, who murred Mayor Gee Mosne and gay Supervisor Harvey Milk.
SFPD rpond wh force at a gay bar the Castro.
GAY SAN FRANCIS P VOLVED TEXTG SNDAL RIGNS
That ia of openly gay ps and other law enforcement members marchg the Pri para brgs back memori for Danilo Qutanilla.
One suggted Mannix was a sexual relatnship wh the other gay officer at the statn, and when Mannix did or said somethg the sergeant believed was stereotypilly gay, he would say “ugh, you gays! ” or “God, you gays! Ined, Pri march began rponse to a 1969 police raid on Stonewall Inn, a gay bar New York Cy, that sparked multiple days of protts.