Columbia PhD Student: ’I Was Fired For Rejecting Boss’ Grindr Advances’

A PhD student said he was unfairly fired from his job at Columbia University after his boss sexually harassed him on the popular gay hookup app Grindr. 

On March 9, Legunia said, he received a message from Al-
Awqati on the app. According to the lawsuit, his boss allegedly asked him if he "would date an older man."

Legunia didn’t respond because he was uninterested. What came next shocked the student: a photo of Al-Awqati. At first, Legunia thought someone was playing a prank on him; but he soon believed it really was his boss who was sending the inappropriate text.

"I have many guys as beautiful and as young as you," Al-Awqati said on Grindr, according to the lawsuit. "So it is not a joke. You need to have better manners when in New York. Maybe in Argentina or Chile, you are a spoiled Mamma’s boy."  Full story here!