June
Gay Walmart Employee Forced To Wear Identifying Clothes
Posted by Admin at 3:21 PM. Placed in National/International category
Las Vegas NV – A temp employee at Walmart was pushed into revealing his sexual orientation by his boss. After revealing that he is gay, he was stripped of all responsibilites and forced to wear a yellow vest to work while facing further harassment from his employers.
Fernando Gallardo faced discrimination from his employer, Walmart
Back in March, 18-year-old Fernando Gallardo got a seasonal job at a Las Vegas Walmart, hoping to make a few extra dollars. But a few weeks into the job, Gallardo says, his immediate supervisor asked him “point-blank” in front of four of his coworkers if he was gay, and from then on alienated him from the 50 other associates at that location.
“I told her yes, and after that she was very rude and short with me,” he tells The Advocate.
Gallardo says that soon after the incident, he was stripped of many of his daily duties and asked to wear a yellow vest and walk around the store. By mid May his supervisor and two other managers stopped talking to him completely.
“I was completely ignored and shunned,” he wrote in a complaint to the Nevada Equal Rights Commission. “I had nothing to do all day but wander around the store wearing a yellow vest no one else had to wear, much like Jews had to wear a yellow star of David in Hitler’s Germany.”
Gallardo says he went to a human resources manager and filed a report, but to no avail. He also accuses the store’s management of attempting to bribe some of his temporary coworkers with permanent positions, in exchange for saying he volunteered the information about his sexual orientation. However, Gallardo says he felt pressured into telling his boss that he is gay, by the pointed way in which she asked.
“It shouldn’t even matter what my personal life is, but what was I supposed to say, other than the truth?” he says. “I didn’t want to lie. This is who I am.”
Tags: discrimination, Fernando Gallardo, Gay, lgbt, walmart
another reason I shall never walk through their doors again. I would never apply for a job there if it was the last employer on earth.
Go to TARGET !!! they are owned by a good family (Dayton) that contributes to communities better then any Walston family… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Corporation
jimmy cruz you are a pig. where is your restaurant so we can boycott you too.
I wonder what Wal-Mart has to say about this. I’m not going to officially boycott Wal-Mart until I hear what kind of action (or inaction) they decide to take on the issue. We should all be aware of the fact that one isolated incident in a business or community should not lead to sweeping generalizations on that business or community. There is not one company out there that is completely free of prejudice. This one just came to light in the news. I mean, Wal-Mart doesn’t need any extra promotional help from me, but I think to boycott all Wal-Mart stores on the basis of this story is a little irresponsible and irrational. This is quite a travesty, though.
Isn’t it bad enough that he took a job at Wal-Mart?
Imagine if he had been an atheist, too!
that is so messed up! isn’t it illegal to ask those questions? yep, it is. can’t ask that, or even why an employee has a doctor’s appointment…. sue that big box mother effer!
Just a thought: why are most of the people who claim to be gay but well treated by wal-mart seem to be lesbians? Could it be that lebianism is socially acceptable (two girls kissing is hot) but being a gay man is not (two guys kissing is “gross”)? This is one of the FEW situations where having a vagina works to your advantage.
Gay MEN are discriminated against more than lesbians. So even if youre a raging dyke, Wal-Mart will treat you better than any butch gay male because you eat pussy. Im sorry, but for the most part, the levels of discrimination arent even close to equal.
Fuck Mall-Wart and everything they stand for.
This is one additional and HIGHLY disgusting piece of revealing information about Wal Mart. This worker has a clear case of human rights discrimination and Wal mart KNOWS this, otherwise, they’d not be freaking OUT and trying to bribe the witnesses into LYING about how the information was acquired : COERCION.
So, not only s Wal Mart pig headed and prejudiced, they are also liars and SADISTS.
And–forget this “it’s no all Wal Marts” attitude. Those people are representatives for The COMPANY at large. The uniforms are all the same as is code of conduct. If Wal mart FAILS to rectify this situation, with OWED public apology, suspension of LOSER MORON who made the man wear the vest and punitive measures against those who shunned the man, then I shall not only NOT shop at this corrupt DUMP again, I will make sure to tell EVERYONE to join me in this boycot. I am front line working in the media and so –rest assured, I have a VOICE–and a BIG audience.
F.U. Wal Mart. In the NECK.
I am against wall mart now how dare they treat the boy like that, I always hated women unfortunately, but this is confirming that I am right women’s are nasty they were always to me whenever I worked anywhere no wall mart forever I hope the poor kids get his right though I will pray for him
What happened is reprehensible. I don’t really care for WalMart but this was clearly the actions of one store manager. i will be interested in reading how corporate headquarters handles this. What i’m also wondering is Where did they get a yellow vest? What was it used for otherwise?
Fernando, i hope your next job treats you better.
This is why Congress needs to pass ENDA
Screw Walmart- I dont give a crap if you have lower prices!! I would rather pay higher prices and know that the store I am shopping in supports GLBT individuals!!
That was wonderful information. You have done a great job communicating your message. Keep up the great job.
@momo Your comment is just as disgusting and harmful to all people as Wal Mart’s homophobia. When one group of people is oppressed, all people are – it’s how the system works.Women’s rights are intertwined with gay rights as both are with civil rights. Hate is the problem here, not the solution.
It is time for the gay community to stand up for ourselves and each other. Maybe in every state and town where there is a walmart all the gay communities should get together and stand outside of the walmart in their hood with yellow vests on and discrimination signs and of course refuse to shop there. We then show we will Not Tolerate this abuse any longer. Remember Martin Luther King and Harvey Milk and all the Civil Rights Hero’s from the past. They did their protest in Peace but got things done. We too need to quit hiding and complaining from the safety of our homes and come out and take a stand. Alone it can be scary,but I bet every town,city, or state has more than 1 gay person. If we stand together in numbers we can make change happen.As for me and my friends we will stand tall and proud and put a little more sparkle on the yellow brick road of our future. Thank you and remember all Love is good!!!
If it were something that I had to live with for the rest of my life, I would much rather be a Faggot than a Biggot.
This is the most ridiculous story I have ever read. don’t believe every thing you read. As a walmart employee it seems that everything goes, at my store. They hire all kinds of queers, and they even allow the hand holding, LOL. Nothing gets done by the people who can’t speak english, and all the work is done by a handfull of employees like me. So this sounds like someone who does not work anyway. If you aint working don’t cry cause your gay you fag.
And besides, the fag needs to go back to Mexico
He needs to file an EEOC complaint, later on he will be given the right to Sue if he files one, or the employer may offer to settle with him