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Two-thirds of Europe’s LGBT community ‘still afraid to show sexuality’
Two-thirds of Europe’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community are still afraid to show their sexuality in public and a quarter have been victims of physical or verbal attacks, an EU report said Friday, on the International Day Against Homophobia. “Fear, isolation and discrimination are everyday phenomena for the LGBT…
Group: Kentucky ‘religious freedom’ bill would allow discrimination over birth control
“The Religious Freedom Act,” a bill created in response to the Affordable Care Act’s birth control coverage mandate, cleared Kentucky’s Senate Thursday night despite activists’ warning that it could topple years of civil rights progress in the state and “make discrimination legal.” “[The] legislation could be used by an individual…
Jack and Jill Politics blogger on pay fairness: ‘Transparency is power’
In an interview with The Young Turks‘ Cenk Uygur on Wednesday, Cheryl Contee from JackandJillPolitics.com talks about her own experiences discovering pay discrimination and noted, “transparency is power.” Uygur talked about the proposed Paycheck Fairness Act, which failed in the Senate on Tuesday. Uygur said he agreed with the premise,…
Jay-Z: Same sex marriage opposition ‘holding the country back’
Hip hop icon Jay-Z on Monday compared same sex marriage bans to discrimination against black people. “I have always thought of it as something that is still holding the country back,” he told CNN’s Poppy Harlow. “What people do in their own homes is their business and you can choose…
It’s all discrimination
Yesterday, I talked about how the problem of “choice” feminism—trying to assert that because a woman decided between available options, that means that no one should engage in critical analysis of that process—is giving cover to Republicans denying that the wage gap is a problem. Of course, that in no…
Violence, discrimination slow advances by women: UN
Women around the world enjoy more rights than ever before but still face discrimination in the workplace and far too often fall victim to violence at home, a UN report said Wednesday. The document issued by UN Women, the new agency headed by Chile’s former president Michelle Bachelet, hailed the…
New AIDS guidelines target global discrimination of gays
GENEVA — The World Health Organisation published Tuesday new global guidelines for expanding AIDS treatment, focusing for the first time on homosexuals, who face discrimination in many countries. “If we do not pay major attention to the epidemic in key populations, we will not be able to eliminate HIV” —…
Wal-Mart gender discrimination decision could change rules for class action suits
The Supreme Court handed down a decision Monday morning that not only impacts the treatment of women within the Wal-Mart corporation, but could also change the rules of class action lawsuits, and give companies permission to look the other way from unfair practices, the National Women’s Law Center said. “We…
U.N. backs equal rights for gays
GENEVA (Reuters) – The top U.N. human rights body declared Friday there should be no discrimination or violence against people based on their sexual orientation, a vote Western countries called historic but Islamic states firmly rejected. The controversial resolution marked the first time that the Human Rights Council recognized the…
Over 100 Omaha-area pastors call for end to anti-LGBT religious discrimination
More than 100 Omaha Christian ministers fed up with the stereotype that Christians are anti-LGBT have signed a proclamation calling for an end to religious and civil discrimination based on sexual orientation. The proclamation was started by Rev. Eric Elnes, minister at the 1,500 members strong Countryside Community Church. Leaders…
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