Things are getting a bit trickier for Out NYC Hotel owners Ian Reisner and Mati Weiderpass. After their recent dinner date with anti-gay presidential candidate Ted Cruz, and calling gays ‘cheap’ and ‘entitled’, the partners (who also own most of Fire Island’s gay haunts) felt the wrath of a gay boycott, including the hotel, events scheduled to be held at the hotel and in XL Nightclub, and Fire Island spots The Pavilion, Botel Barracks, Low Tea, High Tea and more.
Now the duo of Hell’s Kitchen have been slapped with a lawsuit by four former employees alleging discrimination and withheld pay, on behalf of specific plaintiffs and “all others similarly-situated.” Basically, they are saying that they didn’t get all their tips and overtime pay. Plus, two of the complainants Donald Shorter (Broadway dancer in A Chorus Line/La Cage Aux Folles) and James Stress allege discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The suit goes on to say that Stress and Shorter, who worked as servers at KTCHN in the hotel, were subjected “to a hostile work environment” and “disparate treatment” that led “to their constructive discharge.”
“We were the only two men working at KTCHN who outwardly presented as feminine at work and who did not adhere to masculine stereotypes.”
(Donald Shorter Pictured Above)
Check out the whole story at Advocate.
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