Handpicked Headlines: Report: 1 in 3 Gay Employees Closeted at Work, Man Stuck In Drain, Dollywood, 148-Acre Marijuana Plantation

Report: 1 in 3 Gay Employees Closeted at Work   An alarming percentage of gay individuals face employment harassment and often decide not to
disclose their sexual orientation in the workplace, according to a summary of recent social science data by the Williams Institute. In a review of studies including the 2008General Social Survey, a national probability survey, the Williams Institute reported Monday that 38% of lesbian, gay, and bisexual employees who are out at work reported being harassed because of their sexual orientation. More than one-third of respondents said they were not out to any colleagues at work.

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Dollywood park worker calls out guest over ‘marriage is so gay’ T-shirt A Knoxville same-sex couple are calling on Dollywood
Splash Country to come up with more inclusive policies regarding guests after a park gatekeeper made one of them reverse a T-shirt whose message he found objectionable. On July 9, Olivier Odom and Jennifer Tipton went to the Sevier County water park, which is beside Dollywood, with friends and the friends’ 8- and 5-year-old daughters. Odom wore a T-shirt that said “Marriage is so gay” — intended to be a statement supporting same-sex marriage. “We were walking into the gate area and the man taking the tickets told me he would need me to turn my shirt inside-out before entering the park,” said Odom. “I questioned why and he told me because it was a family park.”

Man Stuck In Drain Said Gang Members Attacked Him In Ceres, Calif. (VIDEO)

A man trapped headfirst in a California storm drain has come out of the dank darkness and is tearing at police for snapping photos of his legs protruding from the sewer instead of giving him proper medical treatment.

LA traffic officer fired for being in porn film LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles traffic officer was fired for appearing in a pornographic film while on duty more than three years ago. John Dancler was dismissed Monday for misconduct on the job and engaging in indecent acts that reflected poorly on the city workforce, according to his notice of discharge obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. The inappropriate acts include “groping the bare breasts, spanking the bare buttocks, and being straddled by an adult video actress in public,” the notice said.