Homophobic banter not always sexual orientation discrimination

• Author:
• Matthew Ramsey

The Employment Appeal Tribunal ("EAT") in English v Thomas Sanderson Blinds has ruled that homophobic banter targeted at a man who was not gay and who his "tormentors" (to use the EAT's phrase) knew was not gay does not amount to sexual orientation discrimination.

Mr English was targeted for abuse on the basis that he fitted his colleagues' stereotype of a gay man, in that he was educated at boarding school and lived in Brighton. They knew that he was not gay, but used h... (256 more words)

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