Boise settled a gender discrimination lawsuit. Here’s how much city paid the ex-employee
The city of Boise paid a former library employee $150,000 in a settlement after they sued the city for gender discrimination and harassment.
Jax Perez, a former library employee who said they were harassed and discriminated against because they are non-binary and transgender, filed a lawsuit against the city, former library director and other library and city employees in U.S. District Court in Boise last summer.
The city announced Friday that it settled the lawsuit after both parties “evaluated the merits of the case and the resources required for extensive litigation.”
City spokesperson Maria Weeg told the Idaho Statesman in an email that the city paid Perez $150,000.
Perez worked at the Hillcrest Library branch and said in the lawsuit that their boss, then-Library Director Kevin Booe, took action to have them fired after a patron harassed them at a Pride display at the library.
“The city’s policies and practice continue to make the equitable treatment of employees a priority,” the city said in a news release. “This settlement is an affirmation of that commitment.”
