Comcast Executive Sues Company For Anti-Gay Discrimination

A senior executive at Comcast Corp. has sued the company after claims of being routinely discriminated against because of his sexual orientation.

Clayton Fennel, the company’s senior vice president of government affairs said he was denied equal pay and was passed over for promotions because of his sexuality, according to ‘NBC News’.

"Fennell is one of the highest-ranking out, gay employee in Defendants’ organization and is routinely perceived as not conforming to traditional sex and/or gender based-stereotypes,” the suit states. “As a result, despite his strong performance on Defendants’ behalf, he has, throughout his employment been subjected to discriminatory conduct, resulting in a hostile work environment. Defendants have also consistent paid Plaintiff substantially less than his heterosexual, male peers…”

Fennell, who has worked for Comcast since 2001, claims that his employer presented him as “an example of their non-discriminatory or ‘inclusive’ environment in an effort to bolster their public image and further their business as a media company.” Yet, Fennell suggests that his role as a LGBT+ liaison and the way he was valued within the company are contradictive. As an example, the suit states that when Fennell was recognized as a “Top LGBT Leader in Business” by the Philadelphia Business Journal in 2015, Comcast “did not sponsor the recognition or communicate the recognition to other employees.”

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