I moved to Florida from Georgia when I was 19, and a few months later started working as a CNA at a nursing home. I learned lot of life lessons at that nursing home. One of the most important lessons: Florida is a right-to-work state.
Which means that an employee can be terminated at will. Being young and naive, I didn't know that the term "at will" meant I could be fired for my sexual orientation.
This article appears in Nov 4-10, 2010.