Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean says poor job performance — not discrimination — prompted the organization to fire a gay man who is now suing for wrongful termination.
Speaking under oath during a deposition in the case, Dean said he authorized the firing of Donald Hitchcock because the DNC’s gay outreach director did not effectively rally gays to support the Democratic Party.
“I don’t know what Donald was doing,” Dean said. “I know what he wasn’t doing. He wasn’t getting us the support in the gay community.”
Hitchcock became director of the DNC’s Gay & Lesbian Leadership Council in June 2005. He was fired in May 2006, following a series of gay press articles challenging the organization’s handling of gay issues.
Dean claims DNC fired gay man for poor performance
Washington Blade, DC
