“Sexual harassment” is only part of what they endured. I know our society is overly litigious, but an intentional infliction of emotional distress case would be appropriate here. To deliberately force them under threat of job loss to participate in an event the court basically describes as pornographic in nature — made all the worse by the fact that the crowd KNEW the firefighters did not want to be there and probably amped up the abuse because of that — is humiliating and degrading.
That should be the cause of action against the lesbian chief.
Frankly I'd have quit and waited it out.
I completely agree.