Allegations Mount Against Lesbian Fire Chief

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Bonnie Bleskachek knows what discrimination feels like.

After she joined the Minneapolis Fire Department years ago, male firefighters would leave the room whenever she walked in, a union official hurled an anti-gay slur at her because she is a lesbian, and a male comrade hit her in the head with a soda can, according to her lawyer.

Bleskachek endured, becoming Minneapolis' first female fire chief and the only openly gay fire chief of a major U.S. city.

But now, two years after ascending to the top job, Bleskachek is the one who stands accused of harassing women.