A Robins Air Force Base employee is suing the Air Force, alleging he was discriminated against after his supervisors found out he was gay, according to court records.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, says Brandon Solomon is seeking $300,000 in damages over the allegations that two of his supervisors discriminated against and harassed him after they found out he was a gay man. He also mentioned in the lawsuit that he’s the only Black man at his office, while his coworkers and supervisors were white.
The lawsuit was filed against Frank Kendall, the secretary of the Department of the Air Force. Others who supervised Solomon were named in the lawsuit but weren’t listed as defendants. A lawsuit only represents one side of an argument, and Kendall’s team hasn’t filed a legal response yet. Robins Air Force Base officials declined to comment on the allegations.
Solomon is an information systems security manager who still works for the Air Force. He never disclosed to his supervisors or colleagues that he was a gay man until April 2019, when one of his supervisors, Scott Buono, approached him after a meeting asking for the contact information of a car detailer who happened to be Solomon’s boyfriend.
After Solomon said he was in a relationship with the car detailer, Buono pressed for more information on his involvement and sexual orientation, which made Solomon uncomfortable, according to the lawsuit.
By this point, Solomon had worked for the Air…
