A former staffer for the Democratic National Committee has filed a lawsuit against the organization, claiming he was the victim of discrimination because he is gay. Donald Hitchcock, who was a gay outreach adviser for the committee, filed suit in Washington against the DNC, Chairman Howard Dean and two party officials, charging that discrimination was behind his firing on May 2, 2006. According to the suit, "Mr. Hitchcock had to lobby for months to be included in regularly scheduled political department meetings. When he attended these meetings on his own volition, uninvited by the DNC . . . other staff...