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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Justin Rohrlich

Fired Starbucks manager claims he faced ‘egregious’ discrimination for being heterosexual

Starbucks is being sued by a heterosexual man who claims his sexual preference led to overwhelming harassment - (AP)

A longtime Starbucks manager is suing the coffeehouse chain for discrimination, retaliation, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, accusing his bosses of ignoring the “extreme and outrageous” harassment he claims he suffered on the job because he is straight.

Christopher Thevanesan, a “heterosexual, gender typical man” in Rochester, New York, claims supervisors at his location treated him “in a materially different manner” than employees who were “not heterosexual and/or gender typical men,” according to a lawsuit filed under New York State’s Human Rights Law and obtained by The Independent.

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