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gay cop told to "tone down his gayness" (update)
buschmaster
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what was he doing if he was told to "tone down his gayness"? 
lolomg this is the stuff comedies are made of...
https://fox2now.com/2019/10/23/st-louis-county-police-sergeant-testifies-he-was-told-to-tone-down-gayness/
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lolomg this is the stuff comedies are made of...CLAYTON, Mo. ? A St. Louis County police sergeant has testified that he was told to ?tone down his gayness? to secure a promotion to lieutenant.
Keith Wildhaber testified at trial Tuesday that former St. Louis County Police Board of Commissioners member John Saracino issued the guidance in 2014.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Wildhaber says the remark made him feel like he had ?been punched in the gut.? He testified that he thought he would be evaluated for the position based on his body of work, ?not the fact that I was gay.?
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https://fox2now.com/2019/10/23/st-louis-county-police-sergeant-testifies-he-was-told-to-tone-down-gayness/
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Unfortunately that is probably true.
And that is a sad statement on our society.
I liked it better when they were in the closet.
The whole problem with the loud portion of the alphabet community is that they seem to think everyone has to celebrate their personal sexuality choices.
I don't think they should be harassed but I think they should be as private about their sexuality as most heterosexual couples are.
Well said
That's pretty much my sentiments as well. On another note, I have never understood the 'need' to act that way. I mean, there have been a lot of well known gays that it wasn't known for many, many years. Rock Hudson comes to mind.
Agreed, however from their perspective i imagine they'd likely argue that heterosexual men on the job demonstrate their straightness just as provocatively. Having worked in this field for 23 years it's a macho dominated straight culture that is likely a harder environment for a gay man to succeed, so any sign of homosexuality is likely to be rebuffed as being provocative. I see it in the females I work around, whether lesbians or straight you can see they feel the need to "man up" and hide their femininity. I don't know what, if anything this guy did, but you're right...get out the checkbook and start adding zeros.
https://fox2now.com/2019/10/25/jurors-award-19-million-to-st-louis-county-police-sergeant-in-discrimination-case/
$19,000,000
19 million :shock:
That will buy a lot of panty hose
Sure, why should the jury care? most of them are probably on entitlements anyways so here's a chance to stick it to the man.
+1
They don't understand it not coming out of the Police budget or from the cops. Its like Corporate taxes you pay them not the company.