Justice Department Rehires Attorney Fired for Being Gay »
Posted By bruhaha 9 months, 3 weeks ago in NewsLeslie Hagen has returned to her job as an attorney for the Justice Department, 10 months after she was sacked for being gay.
In 2006, Hagen was the liaison between the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorneys' committee on Native American affairs. She routinely received outstanding marks from supervisors, but as National Public Radio reported last year, she was removed from her job after a top aide to former attorney general Alberto Gonzales passed on a rumor to senior counsel that Hagen is a lesbian.
Despite sexual-orientation discrimination protections within the Justice Department, Hagen lost her job. Monica Goodling, senior counsel to Gonzales, was responsible for removing Hagen from her position, and after an investigation by the inspector general it was discovered that Goodling had also been instrumental in preventing Hagen from seeking a new position within the Justice Department.
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