lawsuit he filed June 30 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.His treatment was “a direct affront” to the Supreme Court’s June 15 decision in Bostock v.
Clayton County, the suit says. The high court ruled that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity constitutes illegal sex discrimination under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
His employer also violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and the Tennessee Human Rights Act, the complaint states.The nursing home hired Brashier as a certified nursing assistant in April.
The discriminatory treatment began early in June, with him “being called a ‘faggot’ on several occasions and having a soiled rag thrown in his face,” the suit says.