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Marlean Ames was an employee who climbed the ranks early in her career at the Ohio Department of Youth Services. She was hired in 2004 as an executive secretary and was eventually promoted to a program director.
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Then, in 2019, Ames interviewed for a newly created management position but was passed over. A different candidate – a lesbian woman – was selected.
A few days after Ames interviewed for the management position, her supervisors removed her from her role as program administrator.
Ames was demoted back to the secretary role she originally held in 2004, along with a significant pay cut.
Then, a gay man was hired to fill the vacant program administrator position that Ames had previously held.
Ames filed a Title VII lawsuit against the Ohio Department of Youth Services,...
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