Mommy, Petey's looking at me!

If Petey's gay, that complaint can get him fired. Do we now have to add "don't look" to "don't ask; don't tell"?

Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Gay bank executive in £5m claim over sex case sacking

A gay City executive dismissed for allegedly ogling a male colleague will accuse Britain's biggest bank this week of sacking him because of his sexuality.

Peter Lewis, who was earning £1m a year as a trader, will reignite the debate over discrimination in the City by claiming HSBC fired him unfairly after an incident in the gym at the firm's London headquarters. He wants £5m damages.

HSBC launched an investigation after a colleague complained that Lewis had looked at him while they were in the Fifth Dimension gym in November 2004. The bank decided that the disputed glance constituted sexual harassment and sacked Lewis, the global head of equities trading in HSBC's corporate and investment bank division.

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