Heterosexual Hanover Foods Worker to Get Sex Stereotyping Trial

A jury must decide whether Hanover Foods Corp. harassed, fired, and retaliated against a heterosexual employee because of his perceived failure to conform to male stereotypes, the Middle District of Pennsylvania ruled.

Tyler Bonson’s lawsuit alleged the discrimination was based on his “gender identity,” but his allegations that the bias stemmed from the way he dressed, smelled, and “kept himself” really asserts claims for illegal sex stereotyping, the court said Thursday.

That’s a form of sex discrimination recognized by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and Bonson may be able to hold Hanover and former supervisor Page ...