Have said before that after my landlord/tenant matter was exposed many years ago, I found out some of my friends and acquaintances in my church were gay.... They'd kept it a secret earlier.... So, it was good to know the truth and let them be themselves--more or less--instead of living a lie.... Is it harsh to say that? No, I believe they wanted to come out rather than staying closeted, judging by the reactions I got....
Also, if I'd folded my case at the beginning--on account of the adjudicator and his flirting--I might've still had some questions and some anxiety about what happened...? It might've haunted me for some time, although I'd have tried to move on...? But I learned about the laws, and what was acceptable and what wasn't.... [I'd had a problem just recently with a male landlord and sexual harassment...and I got some counselling at that time, but didn't know about the legal aspect of it....]
If the final authorities had told me I didn't have a case for sexual harassment, I'd have accepted it.... But the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal was a new agency, at the time, and they allowed for human rights in housing cases.... None of us just knew how the laws applied, at the time....
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