Carrie is a lesbian who worked as a teacher and a part-time administrative coordinator at a public school for 14 years.Loren,a student,discovered that Carrie was a lesbian and informed her mother.Loren's mother raised the issue with the school's principal,after which Carrie was asked to stop teaching,though she was allowed to continue as an administrative coordinator in the same school.In this scenario,Carrie:

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Carrie can file a suit based on the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution because she is a local government employee. In addition to rights that may be provided by state and local legislation, LGBT public employees adversely affected by an employment decision based on sexual orientation may, under appropriate circumstances, use state constitutions or the First, Fifth, or Fourteenth Amendments of the U.S. Constitution as a basis for suit, as well as the constitutional right to privacy. This applies to federal, state, and local employees.

Carrie Is a Lesbian Who Worked as a Teacher and a Part-Time