A gay man lacked evidence HCA Healthcare’s human resources arm harassed and then fired him after he revealed his orientation to rebuff sexual harassment allegations, a federal judge in Nashville ruled.

Montrell Kilpatrick said he lost his job as a recruitment administrator for HCA Human Resources LLC after telling HCA’s vice president of labor relations Thomas Beck he is gay. He made that revelation to defend himself against accusations that he touched female co-workers inappropriately, and Beck then shared the information with others, Kilpatrick said.

Other co-workers soon began to harass him, Kilpatrick said. That included notes containing Bible quotes ...

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