Don't ask, don't tell - and certainly don't put it on your shirt. Here's the story of how Lapriss Gilbert was forced to leave a Social Security office because she was wearing a "Lesbian.com" shirt:
As she headed for a line to pick up a Social Security card for her son, Gilbert was stopped by a guard who said her T-shirt, naming an educational and resource Web site for gay women, was offensive.
She said the guard, who works for a private company hired by the Department of Homeland Security, demanded that she leave the building or face arrest.
"As an African-American and a lesbian, I haven't been through one day without facing some sort of discrimination ... but this is just shocking," said Gilbert, 31.
Link - Thanks Tiffany!
(Photo: Hans Gutknecht)
Maybe it's a cultural (USA) thing, but I wonder why she isn't satisfied with the resolution that the security company provided. A lawsuit would indeed be frivolous - did she suffer emotional trauma or financial loss from the guard's actions? It trivializes the real efforts of people like Rosie Parks and events like Stonewall, or the brutal murder of Matthew Shepherd. He was killed for being gay. She lost her place in a line for a few minutes, then got to go to the front of it: boo-hoo.
lol, Jimbo. Did you even read the article?
However, having said that, let me be clear. She should not have lost her job over this unless the company policy has a dress code about such things. Many do, but they should have ask her to go home and change. That is what they do here. The very fact that is made it here means that it hit the media. So she is in fact an Attention Whore, to the core. Do know how many times in my life I have been treated poorly? Plenty, but do I call the news and become a Attention Whore? NO
I was even laid off on December 15th one year so they wouldn't have to pay me my week vacation pay. NOTHING I could do about. This stuff happens and it is always best to just do your job and make a statement somewhere else.
For the record, I would never wear a shirt to work that said something like www.youngpornmovies.com. I would get fired too!
BTW, glad some of you have a little humor
I`m hoping Alex puts it on a t-shirt for me. That way, I can finally stop wearing my "Guess what I learned in prison" shirt.
Hey, Peeved. I don't think "most" people here are disagreeing with me. I think most people are shocked at the guard's actions, but not too surprised that she would milk the situation. A lawsuit for that? Come on... it's frivolous, and it cheapens much more serious problems.
I also didn't say she actively sought out controversy, just that she seems to enjoy finding it. Some people aren't happy unless they're unhappy.