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US Army: Superiors are said to have demanded longer hair from a lesbian soldier

2022-01-24T18:33:09.269Z


Soldiers usually get in trouble when their hair is too long. With Kristin M. Kingrey it was the other way around: she is said to have been told that she could only have a career with longer hair and a more "feminine" appearance.


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Better long hair and make-up: A supervisor is said to have advised Kristin M. Kingery to look more feminine.

On the other hand, she has now gone before a US court

Photo: Kristin M Kingrey

Kristin M. Kingrey has been a technical sergeant with the US National Guard »West Virginia Air National Guard« for 14 years.

Now the 37-year-old is suing the US Army and Air Force for, among other things, discrimination and harassment: she is said to have been advised to let her hair grow out and wear makeup "to look more feminine," as she told the news site " The Daily Beast” announced.

Otherwise, she would have to reckon with negative professional consequences.

Kingrey is from Charleston, West Virginia and is a lesbian.

She is suing both the Army and the Air Force because Kingrey works at a joint forces base.

She wears her hair short – much to the displeasure of her superiors.

One of the chiefs told a female lieutenant colonel to encourage Kingrey to "let her hair grow out and wear makeup." Failure to do so would damage her career in the West Virginia Air National Guard.

It's not the first time bosses have made inappropriate comments, Kingrey said: "From 2016 to 2018, I was constantly summoned to bosses' offices to be told my hair was against the rules."

That's why she carried a copy of the legal regulations that deal with women's hair length: "I didn't break any rules."

She told The Daily Beast that she couldn't understand why her hair length bothered her bosses so much: "My hair length has nothing to do with my work ethic or job performance.

I should be judged on my merits.” Despite this, her superiors “clearly believe” that women should not have short hair.

The indictment also describes two other incidents with her employer: a position for which she had already been successfully selected was withdrawn - almost 18 months after the original promise.

In addition, her employer refused to hire her for any other job for which she was qualified, "despite her satisfactory record as a federal employee," according to the lawsuit.

She is now going to court for "being subjected to constant harassment, discrimination and retaliation" because of her gender and sexual orientation.

She hopes that her case "will bring about a positive change and prevent another person from having to go down this path."

One of the defendants, who advised her to appear more feminine, remains her superior for the time being – albeit not her immediate one.

It is "a very heavy burden" that puts a lot of mental strain on her.

'It's uncomfortable at work, although the case wasn't mentioned.

We can all save the talks for the courtroom.”

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Source: spiegel

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