When I was first asked to work at the FAA Technical center my partner and I were a little concerned of the transition from San Francisco to the Atlantic City area. After researching we thought New Jersey would not be a state we would have to worry about our human right (gay rights)!
We were correct to an extent! I was privileged to work for Michael Gallagher who accepted people for their knowledge not their sexual preference. However this was not shared by some of the executives and workers at the FAA! I was released from the FAA for being gay! The manager worked for Frannette Bourne and she along with Bill Balleste did nothing to stop it!
What came as a surprise was tat this was allowed by Frannette Bourne even after the fact. She was a champion for woman's rights especially black women. For her to allow one of here managers who eventually was transferred due to bad performance to release someone for being gay, was and still is appalling to me.
As we end "don't ask don't tell", we as individuals, as a country need to make sure we don't allow any st,pering of human rights against any American no matter what!
I remember meeting a coworker at the TC that when confronted as being gay refused to admit who he was due to being refused a jump in pay scale. Of course I thought that was crazy until I was released. Yes there are lots of gay Americans working at the center and in one case a transvestite but bigotry still exists if they are not protected by a manager who accepts them for their minds and not what they do in the bedroom!
Maybe it has changed at the FAA Technical Center, but I doubt it! It's old school religious mentality that run that center and people like Fran should either be educated that everyone has rights or they need to be terminated!
Dr Q
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