NY1 exclive: Gay firefighter su FDNY for discrimatn

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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

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. Boyks said he faced discrimatn for beg gay and was subjected to slurs om his very first day at the FDNY.

FIREMAN CLAIMS HE WAS REMOVED OM ELE UN AFTER LLEAGU BRAND HIM ‘GAY,’ HARASSED HIM

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.

FDNY TO HOST GAY PRI MONTH PARTY AND HONOR NYC LGBT HERO, CLUDG S CHIEF OF EMS TRAG

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.

FIRE DEPARTMENT OF NEW YORK SWEARS FIRST FEMALE, GAY CHAPLA

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.

“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? Related Topics SOCIETY NEW YORK CITY NYC PRIDE MARCH ENGAGEMENT GAYWatch LiveON NOWTop StoriWng numbers drawn for $1.

ANTI-GAY TNTS, RACIST SLURS: EX-FIREFIGHTER FIL BIAS SE AGAST FDNY

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.

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