WNBA fans face protesters
Lambda Legal is suing Foot Locker for allegedly firing and harassing an employee because he is gay. The case is being levied in South Carolina where the incidents occurred. But on Thursday, Sept. 16, protesters brought the issue to New York City.
About 15 Lambda Legal staff members and volunteers gathered outside of Radio City Music Hall, where New York Liberty was playing a home game. It was the last of six home games the Liberty played at Radio City Music Hall this season. (Liberty moved to the theater when the Republican National Convention occupied Madison Square Garden, their regular home.) [...]
The case against Foot Locker involves Kevin Dunbar, a young man who was an employee at a Foot Locker store in South Carolina. Dunbar alleges that he was harassed by coworkers and customers because he is gay. He alleges that he was ultimately fired because he complained about the harassment. That harassment is against the nondiscrimination policy in the Foot Locker Employee Handbook.
"Once I became a target," Dunbar has said in a statement, "every morning when I woke up and I was scheduled for work, I knew that my supervisors and coworkers would verbally insult and degrade me, probably in front of customers." (source)
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