Ken Needs a Job Urgently

From: Bi-Victoria@... On Behalf Of James Dominguez

Heya all

For those who haven't been following Ken Campagnolo's story, he lived
happily as a seasonal firefighter and football trainer in rural Victoria for
years with people thinking he was gay. He was outed as bisexual by a DSE
manager, and then told he would not be re-hired for the seasonal firefighter
work. When he challenged this, the legal proceedings became public
knowledge and he was sacked from his footy training job specifically for
being bisexual - the intimation is that being bisexual he is obviously a
potential paedophile and should not be allowed to work with teenage boys.

He has been fighting these sackings in the courts and through the Equal
Opportunity Commission, but things aren't going as hoped and the bank
foreclosed on his mortgage. Last weekend the sheriff's officers turned up,
threw him out of his home, changed the locks, and told him he would be
traspassing if he returned without permission.

I had a chat with Ken on the phone this morning, and he's struggling,
currently sleeping in a tent beside his ute. He tells me, though, that
things would be a lot better if he could just get some work, refinance his
mortgage, and get back into his home. All he needs is some modest regular
income and he can have his home back.

So, this is a general call-out, especially to rural Victoria around the
Mansfield and Bonnie Doon areas. Do you know of some work going in the
area? Ken is a formally trained sports trainer with sports medicine
training, as well as an experience in firefighting. That said, he tells me
he isn't too proud to put in some manual labour. Obviously a queer-friendly
or at least queer-tolerant environment would be essential.

Please rack your brains and suggest anything at all that might be suitable.
Ken really is desperate, and with winter setting in he needs to get back
into his home.

If you can suggest anything at all, please get in touch.