Bisexual men sue gay group, claim bias

[The Straight Story]

Bisexual men sue gay group, claim bias


Three bisexual men are suing a national gay-athletic organization, saying they were discriminated against during the Gay Softball World Series held in the Seattle area two years ago.

The three Bay Area men say the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance in essence deemed them not gay enough to participate in the series.

The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle accuses the alliance of violating Washington state laws barring discrimination. The alliance organizes the annual Gay Softball World Series.

Beth Allen, the alliance's attorney, said the lawsuit is unwarranted and that the three plaintiffs "were not discriminated against in any unlawful manner."

In any case, Allen said, the alliance is a private organization and, as such, can determine its membership based on its goals.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2011657770_lawsuit21m.html?prmid=related_stories_section

[howard112211]

1. Could be interesting. In any case, AFAIK that "private group" argument seldom works.

[The Straight Story]

4. Well,for private orgs (boy scouts, etc) it works (nt)

[closeupready]

12. It only works if a group is sexist.

Because women are worth 2/3 of a man. :sarcasm:

[ixion]

2. lol... the irony

I guess 'bi' isn't 'gay' enough.

[xchrom]

3. Good. Hopefully this will put an end to this nonsense. Nt

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[Initech]

6. This really makes me wonder what qualifies as "gay enough".

Anyone care to guess? :shrug:

[Bluebear]

7. I don't get the joke?

[Initech]

8. No joke, I really do wonder...

I updated the smilie so as not to confuse people.

[marshall]

14. I'd call it ironic rather than a joke

In practice many organizations, while progressive, set up a either/or dichotomy that mirrors traditional culture. Theoretically the idea is to follow the rainbow symbol of a continuum with many variations (or the Vulcan IDIC if you're a Trek fan) but that doesn't convert into practice in many cases.

[The Straight Story]

10. Not sure. But obviously these guys were not it

:)

[closeupready]

11. Isn't this analogous to the Augusta golf club?

??

[tomm2thumbs]

13. aren't Boy Scouts & Girl Scouts doing the same thing?

hmmm...

these groups call themselves 'private' - maybe one issue will determine the other

of course, then there's the US military which is anything but a private organization