An Internal Revenue Service employee has filed a lawsuit claiming he was subjected to anti-gay and anti-Hispanic discrimination at the agency’s Hartford office.

The lawsuit alleges Alfredo Plana’s supervisors ridiculed and laughed at him because of his Spanish accent, and treated him differently because he was the only openly gay employee in his 25-person working group. Plana works at the IRS Wage & Investment Field Assistance Office.

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