If a bi person asks a manager about coming out and the manager says, “Don ,” is it sexual harassment?
Sexual harassment refers to harassment based on one’s sex, including subjection to a pervasively hostile work environment based on one’s sex. This scenario involves conduct based on sexual orientation, rather than being male or female. Conduct based on sexual orientation (real or perceived) may, however, violate laws and policies prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination. Saying “don’t” is probably not, by itself, harassment (we’ll leave that to the lawyers to decide), but if there is other negative conduct based on coming out, it may constitute harassment and/or discrimination.
