JPMorgan employee sues bank alleging discrimination over Pride work

His allegedly homophobic boss at JPMorgan gave him panic attacks. So now he’s suing the company.

Brian Larson, a gay senior associate at the financial firm JPMorgan Chase, filed a federal lawsuit in New York City on Wednesday alleging that mistreatment from his homophobic boss violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, a federal law that prohibits anti-LGBTQ+ workplace discrimination. Larson said the mistreatment “derailed” his career and caused him to experience panic attacks, severe depression, and a resurgence of trichotillomania, an ir…

A JPMorgan employee was told to quit or be fired. He says he was let go for being gay

Exclusive details: Brian Larson, who says his treatment at work exacerbated his trichotillomania, told The Independent that he ‘faced retaliation that ultimately derailed my career at the firm’

JPMorgan employee sues bank alleging discrimination over Pride work

Brian Larson filed the lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York yesterday (23 September).