Former drag queen awarded £30,000 in unfair dismissal case
By Adam Lake • December 22, 2009 - 10:10
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2009/12/22/former-drag-queen-awarded-30000-in-unfair-dismissal-case/Former drag queen ,Dean Awford, has been awarded £30,000 for unfair dismissal from a high end furniture store.
Employment Judge David Kearsley found that Mr Awford had been unfairly dismissed by store manager David Gray.
Mr Awford, known on the club circuit as, 'Dean the Queen,' was awarded £30,000 compensation, as well as £118 in unauthorised deductions and £67 holiday pay.
However, claims that Mr Awford suffered sexual orientation discrimination and sexual harassment were dismissed.
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Former drag queen dubbed '->-bleeped-<-got' by boss awarded £30,000 for unfair dismissal
A former drag queen, Dean Awford, who was known as "Dean The Queen" has been awarded £30,000 for unfair dismissal.
By Andrew Hough, Andrew Hough
Published: 7:30AM GMT 22 Dec 2009
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6860378/Former-drag-queen-dubbed-->-bleeped-<-got-by-boss-awarded-30000-for-unfair-dismissal.htmlBut claims that Dean Awford, 42, suffered sexual discrimination and sexual harassment were dismissed despite being called "a ->-bleeped-<-got" and a "poof" by his boss.
Mr Awford, who used to appear in clubs in Birmingham and Manchester as Scarlett Eclipse, claimed his boss abused him about his sexuality and even told a customer he had "knickers to match" his leather shoes.
He sued David Gray, of the upmarket furniture store Grays At Northwick in Worcester, for unfair dismissal and sexual orientation discrimination.
