Washington Department of Corrections is being sued for alleged anti-Queer harassment and religious programming

Bryson Butler has filed a lawsuit against the Washington Department of Corrections and its contractor, American Behavioral Health Systems, for alleged homophobic harassment, discriminatory practices, and coercive religious materials he encountered while completing his mandatory WDOC substance use rehabilitation program. Butler, an HIV-positive Gay man and Washington resident, alleges he and other participants in the WDOC/ABHS program were subjected to repeated anti-Gay comments, homophobic slurs, false and