The Fire Department of New York has sworn Rev. Ann Kansfield, their first female and first openly gay chapla.
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- NY1 EXCLIVE: GAY FIREFIGHTER SU FDNY, ALLEGG DISCRIMATN BASED ON HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN
- FIREMAN CLAIMS HE WAS REMOVED OM ELE UN AFTER LLEAGU BRAND HIM ‘GAY,’ HARASSED HIM
- FDNY TO HOST GAY PRI MONTH PARTY AND HONOR NYC LGBT HERO, CLUDG S CHIEF OF EMS TRAG
- FIRE DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK SWEARS FIRST FEMALE, GAY CHAPLA
- ANTI-GAY TNTS, RACIST SLURS: EX-FIREFIGHTER FIL BIAS SE AGAST FDNY
NY1 EXCLIVE: GAY FIREFIGHTER SU FDNY, ALLEGG DISCRIMATN BASED ON HIS SEXUAL ORIENTATN
The FDNY will hold s first ever gay pri month celebratn Monday at the New York Cy Fire Mm, officials said. * fdny lgbt *
A gay firefighter has filed a lawsu agast the cy, the FDNY and the litenant who served as the chief diversy officer, allegg harassment and hostily.
FIREMAN CLAIMS HE WAS REMOVED OM ELE UN AFTER LLEAGU BRAND HIM ‘GAY,’ HARASSED HIM
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Boyks said he faced discrimatn for beg gay and was subjected to slurs om his very first day at the FDNY. The firefighter tailed a Brooklyn Supreme Court plat how he sought help om the partment’s then-chief diversy and cln officer, but was stead told that he should sleep wh both men and women and that others had been “cured” of their homosexualy. “Immediately, the first thg was: I don’t belong the firehoe and … basilly beg gay was a choice, havg sex is about procreatn, ” Boyks alleged, addg that the nversatn also clud “hand diagrams” monstratg heterosexual terurse.
Boyks said he tolerated certa unseemly firehoe dynamics, but crossed a le when anti-gay slurs were hurled at him directly. The Project's missn is to munite to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and qutng youth around the world that life gets better, and to create and spire the chang need to improve qualy of life for them.
A firefighter claims his dreams of beg on an ele FDNY rcue squad were cshed when his -workers began spectg he is gay. Jason Johnson, 40, a former Natnal Guardsman, says his Manhattan feral lawsu filed Monday that he ma to a Special Operatns Command un 2016, only to be kicked off the team several months later followg a bizarre crotch-grabbg cint while ridg a firetck, which rulted Johnson beg brand as “gay.
FDNY TO HOST GAY PRI MONTH PARTY AND HONOR NYC LGBT HERO, CLUDG S CHIEF OF EMS TRAG
“For the remar of the ri, Ribisi and another firefighter ma repeated disparagg remarks about Johnson’s perceived homosexual orientatn, sayg excedly, ‘You’re gay, you’re gay, we have nfirmatn! After Johnson posted a vio on Facebook of himself standg on a street “which happened to have a rabow flag the background, ” he was subjected to discrimatory ments cludg, “Now we have official nfirmatn he is gay, ” and “’s your birthday and you’re a homo.
When Johnson ate salads, his -workers would say, “only gay guys would orr salad. When he arrived at work sweaty om joggg or bikg to work, his Squad 18 firefighters would make snarky ments, such as “Did you n through wt village to say hi to your gay iends?
FIRE DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK SWEARS FIRST FEMALE, GAY CHAPLA
Related Topics SOCIETY NEW YORK CITY NYC PRIDE MARCH ENGAGEMENT GAYWatch LiveON NOWTop StoriWng numbers drawn for $1. The FDNY will hold s first ever gay pri month celebratn Monday at the New York Cy Fire Mm, officials partment will honor Lillian Bonsignore, Deputy Assistant Chief & Chief of EMS Trag; Tanya Koifman, a clil social worker at Harvey Milk High School the East Village; and Marble Collegiate Church Kips Bay.
The stunng Calyn Jenner was spotted celebratg her first Gay Pri para New York Cy at PH-D Rooftop Lounge at the Dream Hotel on Sunday, June 28, 2015. SOCIETYNEW YORK -- Fire Department of New York Commissner Daniel Nigro on Tuday appoted Pastor Ann Kansfield of the Greenpot Reformed Church Brooklyn as the first-ever female and openly gay FDNY chapla. "Through this vio, they liver an important msage to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and qutng youth around the world – absolutely do get better.
ANTI-GAY TNTS, RACIST SLURS: EX-FIREFIGHTER FIL BIAS SE AGAST FDNY
“Platiff [Michael] Troa was sgled out time and time aga on acunt of his race and natnal orig as a Hispanic Amerin male as well as perceived homosexualy, " the lawsu, filed Monday feral urt, stat.
Courty of Michael TroaThe su claims Troa was subjected to discrimatn om the time he started his job at Manhattan’s Firehoe Enge 7-Ladr 1 November 2015 until his “unlawful termatn” December the long list of claims, the su alleg Troa was ridiculed, threatened and repeatedly lled homophobic and racist slurs by senr members of his firehoe.
In one of the more disturbg allegatns, the su claims “fendants would regularly harass Platiff by enuragg him to have sex wh a stripper” and would tnt him wh anti-gay slurs when he refed to jo them at strip rmg superrs about the persistent harassment, Troa was allegedly “termated whout any due procs retaliatn for makg protected plats.