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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- 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 PLAY’S THE THG NEW BOOK ‘GAYS ON BROADWAY
- BULLE WHISKEY ACCED OF FIRG THE FOUNR’S DGHTER BEE SHE’S GAY
BULLE BOURBON HEIRS CLAIMS SHE WAS FIRED BEE SHE’S GAY, BUT PANY SAYS OTHERWISE
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. 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. 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. As expected, many supporters are emergg om wh and outsi the gay muny. 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.
DGHTER OF 'BULLE BOURBON' FOUNR SAYS SHE WAS FIRED FOR BEG GAY
23, 2016, rmg her of her sudn termatn after “tirels[ly]” workg to promote the brand for more than a subsequent posts, she also pots to her “fay’s homophobia” as the reason for her dismissal, cg their reluctance to ve Cher to fay gathergs, and their recent cisn to dis-ve Hollis and Cher om a Christmas gatherg. 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. 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.
THE PLAY’S THE THG NEW BOOK ‘GAYS ON BROADWAY
Worth has also attacked the pany culture at Diageo, the parent pany of Bulle Bourbon and the world’s largt spirs nglomeratn, claimg she was let go due to homophobia and that she is owed fancial pensatn on multiple ntributns she’s ma for the Bulle brand, datg back to s foundg 1987. I worked there the summer between Sophomore and Junr year llege around 1994.
I was a sophomore high school at the time. ” Acrdg to Bulle, he stopped givg his dghter an annual gift 2017, when Worth blocked munitn and acced him and his wife of homophobia. “Black-Balled” Due to Homophobia?
On Worth’s webse she wr that, “I began to go public wh my story June of 2017, by discsg my experience wh homophobia the workplace and om the Bulle fay on my social media; which was removed January of 2018 as per a “rolutn agreement” wh Diageo (the parent pany of Bulle). In those posts, Worth acc Bulle, Betsy, and Diageo of beg homophobic.
BULLE WHISKEY ACCED OF FIRG THE FOUNR’S DGHTER BEE SHE’S GAY
She wr that she was “black-balled and ostracized” om the dtry due to her fay’s homophobia. We spoke wh several of Bulle and Betsy’s close iends and fay, many who are the LBGTQ muny, who say homophobic claims agast Bulle, Betsy and Diageo are false. “They’re really supportive of the gay muny general.
I have young kids that are part of the LGBT gay muny and transgenr muny, and I myself am. I thk for the first allegatn if they were homophobic, I don’t thk they would have e here and worked wh me. Jim Gray, former openly gay mayor of Lexgton and openly gay ndidate for US Senate and Congrs, says, “I’ve known Tom and Betsy Bulle for a very long time, and I never saw them show any behavr even remotely homophobic…I n’t believe they ever would ankly.
However, Worth claims on her webse that even the $1, 000, 000 Spendthrift Tst her parents gifted her 2016 is an example of their homophobia. We have nsulted profsnals the legal muny who see this phrasg as egreg and uld be read as homophobic. Worth’s most recent allegatns, however, are even darker than her claims that her fay is homophobic.