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At my previous job where I was a shareholder and department head, I made it no secret that I was not straight. It startled my boss/the owner of the company, and he ragged on me from time to time about liking women. We were jokey from time to time, so I never read into it. Until he hit on me (not as subtly as he thought) and 4 other women (that I know of; I'm sure he hits on anything with bewbs)...

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thread p 2: I resigned almost immediately, handing in my LoR to ONLY the owners (4 dudes + me). I did not say anything to anyone else about his behavior, but my abrupt leaving shocked a lot of our writers. And considering I was a dept head, that dept fell apart almost immediately. I had friends in the company tell me that, after I left, the goodbye video I posted was immediately taken down (by him) and he hosted emergency meetings to discuss why I left. He said it was because I had EIGHTEEN (18) sexual harrassment allegations against me from the women of the company. I was in utter shock to hear that. It took me far too long to realize that, A.) he said that to cover his own tracks, B.) he said women because he knew I wasn't straight, C.) that suggested he hit on 18 women.
I've never had an experience where my sexuality was thrown in my face like that at a job, but gd he was the worst of the worst.

I understand how you feel. It's like an immediate spotlight is on you. You have not hidden who you are,yet you have a man/men trying establish their interest with their posturing,their joking sexual cackling. They don't even care that it makes you cringe. I had to walk away from a job I spent a good chunk of my life working for. I didn't love all of the people there,but I loved what I did for a living. I had to bounce because it wasn't enough that they knew I am gay. It wasn't enough that they knew I was into their after work activities. They knew I wasn't religious and not even remotely. None of that mattered. Not even the most important thing of me doing my job mattered. All they wanted to do was play with me like I'm a fxcking toy and not this grown a** woman that I am. I'm still in very close proximity and professional circles to my former employer and they're still wrecking my life with that sexually charged bull crap. You can approach the proper agencies and they might help,but you can bet you'll have to ante up a wad of cash for a savage attorney. So you're left feeling like you've lost everything or given up everything with little or no assistance. I hope you get more help than I did. I hope our community steps up to help you and not help the other side of this. Good luck.

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