San Diego Museum of Art sued for sexual harassment, racial discrimination

Earlier this year, when Zelina Gaytan quit her job at the San Diego Museum of Art, she accused managers there of allowing drunk guests to grope the female staff.

Her social media post describing the experience went viral. Her letter on the online platform Change.org demanding an apology and changes at the museum generated more than 700 signatures in a matter of days.

Now Gaytan has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit alleging that officials at the Balboa Park landmark fostered a workplace culture that singled out women, and especially women of color, for harassment and discrimination.

Gaytan said in her lawsuit that she and several colleagues were “subjected to race discrimination and racist comments by both docents and guests” of the Museum of Art but that her complaints were ignored.

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