Originally Posted by GraciousVox

Can you give us a specific example of your being fired for being gay? Your opening post merely speculates. Lets have a concrete example. I would be very surprised to hear of a successful insurance salesman being fired for being gay. Why were you laid off in Feb?

As for the background check issue, you just have to suck it up. There are consequences for illegal actions and you are now reaping what you sowed.