Washington Sexual Orientation Discrimination Attorneys

Teller & Associates is an accomplished employment law firm located in Seattle, with experienced employment law attorneys and employment discrimination lawyers representing clients throughout Washington. If you have been harassed or discriminated against at your place of work due to your sexual orientation, contact a Washington sexual orientation discrimination attorney at Teller & Associates to discuss your case. Our Seattle sexual orientation discrimination lawyers will use our expertise of employment discrimination and civil rights laws to recover for you the monetary compensation that you deserve.

Perceived sexual orientation discrimination and sexual orientation discrimination are each types of gender discrimination and are illegal in many places of work. Some local ordinances make sexual orientation discrimination illegal (e.g., in unincorporated King County, or Seattle city limits). Other times sexual orientation harassment or discrimination because of sexual orientation looks like sex role stereotyping, and can be the basis of a suit under federal or Washington State gender discrimination laws. If you have suffered from a hostile work environment or have been harassed because of your sexual orientation (or perceived orientation, whether or not you are homosexual), contact a Seattle gay discrimination lawyer at Teller & Associates immediately.

Many people who are victims of sexual orientation discrimination or harassment because of sexual orientation in the workplace are also discriminated against in other ways, including sexual harassment and gender discrimination. Listed below are a few examples of sexual orientation discrimination situations that may occur in the workplace, depending on the circumstances, these actions may or may not be illegal:

• Assuming that an employee is a homosexual because of their behavior and characteristics (e.g., an effeminate man or masculine woman) and therefore harassing that person because of the assumption is discrimination and violates the employee's civil rights.
• Firing an employee because the employer believes that the employee is a homosexual. This illegal practice is also a form of wrongful termination.

If you have been harassed or discriminated against in the workplace because of your sexual orientation, whether you are homosexual or heterosexual, call a Seattle Washington sexual orientation discrimination attorney and consider filing a sexual orientation discrimination charge or lawsuit against your employer. You may be able to recover monetary compensation for emotional distress, loss of wages, and other sexual orientation discrimination related costs.

If you or a loved one has been the victim of gay or lesbian discrimination in Washington, please contact a sexual orientation discrimination attorney at Teller & Associates to discuss your case. The initial call is free.