Bouncer dismissed for 'being straight' wins compensation

A female bouncer has won more than £6,000 compensation from a gay nightclub that discriminated against her because she is heterosexual.

Sharon Legg, 33, who worked on the door at Dreams nightclub in Bournemouth, said that her manager had repeatedly called her derogatory names such as 'breeder'.

Legg told an Employment Tribunal that she was frequently subjected to abuse because she was not a lesbian, with fellow doorstaff refusing to obey her instructions and constantly making life d... (239 more words)

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