Commission to take up case of harassment based on sexual orientation

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Commission to take up case of harassment based on sexual orientation
By Judith Meyer, Managing Editor/days
Published Jan 06, 2011 12:00 am

http://www.sunjournal.com/franklin/story/966522

LEWISTON — Late this month, the Maine Human Rights Commission is scheduled to take action on a complaint filed by Roger McIntire of Phillips against his former landlord, Scott Pinkham, also of Phillips.

McIntire, who is transgender, has alleged that Pinkham evicted him last March because of McIntire's sexual orientation.

An investigation into McIntire's complaint did not find that Pinkham had unlawfully evicted McIntire because of his gender identity, but a Maine Human Rights Commission investigator did conclude there are reasonable grounds to believe that Pinkham "subjected Roger McIntire to a hostile housing environment by harassing him on the basis of sexual orientation."