A female bouncer has been awarded more than £6,000 compensation after facing discriminated against for being "straight".

Personnel Today reports Sharon Legg told a Southampton employment tribunal she was taunted for being heterosexual while working at a gay nightclub.

The 33-year-old claimed she was called a "breeder" and "straight" by the manager of Bournemouth club Dreams, and was the subject of abuse for not being a lesbian or bisexual.

Personnel Today reports Legg joined the club in May 2005 and was promoted to head of security a year later. Fellow door staff, all of whom were gay, refused to follow orders and made things difficult for her. She was sacked without warning in June 2006.

Legg's barrister Sarah Courtenay used the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulation Act 2003 to win the case, legislation designed to protect gay staff.

Legg, a mother of four, was awarded £3,000 for injured feelings and £3,222 for unfair dismissal.