Coach Awarded $359,000 in Gender Orientation Case Involving Sexual Orientation

A Minnesota state court judge has awarded $359,000 to a former golf coach at the University of Minnesota, who had alleged that she was discriminated against because of her sexual orientation.   The court found specifically Kayie Brenny was “intentionally subjected to disparate treatment” because she was a lesbian. “This was an overtly adverse employment action intended to cause Brenny to resign or assist him in making a record so he could fire her,” it wrote.   Brenny was a clu