discrimination issues

San Diego Police Officer Christine Garcia, the department's first transgender officer, was denied entry to the Transgender Day of Remembrance event (a yearly event remembering the victims of transgender targeted violence) over concerns that her uniform might "upset" other attendees. Officer...

On Tuesday Houston votes on a nondiscrimination ordinance called HERO. Naturally conservatives are being totally rational in talking about it. Ha ha. Of course not. After all, conservatives are incapable of normal things like feeling empathy, so of course they are saying all sorts of batty...

So, is this where America is now headed? http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/05/31/marriage-only-for-christians/

From a now deleted post on tumblr.

http://www.kansas.com/2014/02/06/3271717/house-committee-approves-religious.html Am I the only one that sees a problem with "religious liberty" being interpreted in this fashion? Hell, even if you're against gay marriage this sets a rather horrifying precedent. Let's take away the single issue...

I'm not familiar with either the term or the article source. Two More States Introduce 'Right to Discriminate' Bills and Has anyone heard of this kind of bill? Some of the article's sources seem reputable but I haven't done my homework yet. On the surface, these doesn't seem like it would...

I know that private companies aren't allowed to pick and choose their customers based on, say, sexual orientation, race or religion, but landlords in the UK often advertise property with "no DSS" (department of social security (ie. those on income support)) in the text. Is it correct that an...

Not that Mia... This Mia: http://www.metroweekly.com/news/?ak=7288

As the Tao says, 'Well well well..' The administration has suddenly decided that the Defense of Marriage Act is not defensible... within the Department of Defense. http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/02/17/Holder-US-will-not-defend-DOMA/UPI-68911329524277 My memory comes and goes...

The cheerleader was a boy and it is Texas. Can't say I'm surprised. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44903115/ns/us_news-life/#.TpiCw95E6rs So you can get knocked up, but don't kiss another boy?

I found the set up for this study to be hilarious: Linky. I understand what they were doing, but none of the universities that I've been to or looked into had Socialist organisations :p . I've found a few online, but they are rather spare compared to the LGBTQ groups. But if being actively...

http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/25/us/california-racial-bake-sale/index.html You just can't make those people happy.

First, as a disclaimer, let me say that Ms. Tricky is a tutor. She tutors students for standardized tests. She works for a well-known company which is quite good at helping kids prepare for standardized tests. The tutoring is not cheap at all, though only a tiny fraction actually goes to Ms...

For the past few months I've been attending my local PFLAG chapter, because I wanted to be more involved with the gay community, offer support, and such. So far its been an interesting. In last Wednesday's meeting, we discussed quite a bit about transgender issues. Nebraska is one of the few...

Do women have to register for the draft in the USA like men do?

The Halton Catholic District School Board oversees an area near Toronto. It is largely urban. In the Province of Ontario, a taxpayer can designate their school taxes to support either the public school system, or the separate (Catholic) school system. The board first stirred controversy by...

http://specials.msn.com/A-List/Lifestyle/Gay-only-toilets.aspx?cp-documentid=27203481 Toilets in Rio set aside for gays.

Can any law-talkin' folks tell me if "men's clubs" are still legal? What have the courts had to say about this issue? My mother goes to a gym that is for women only. Well, they market exclusively to women, I don't know what they'd do if a man actually tried to sign up. Can you have a business...

I heard this on the news this morning then looked it up for a link and am quite infuriated. http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/indianapolis_bakery_wont_serve_gay_students This is what bothered me most about the story: For context, the order that the owner considered obscene was of rainbow...

We Australians are quite rightly criticised for the "White Australian Policy", but I have only learnt about the Chinese Exclusion Act, repealed only in 1943. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act Jeez, I don't want to go "E J" and all, but has there been an an apology to...

bE8kmJlJWRs I think Elias should be taken away from his mother, because letting your kid go to school and live in place like that is borderline child abuse IMO.

Well is it? For simplicity's sake, let's define racism as 'valuing people differently based on their ethnicity or race'. As a thought experiment, imagine that i am walking along a river. I stop for a second and hear two people screaming for help. Seeing two people struggling for their lives...

In spirit of the Islamic holiday of Ramadan (which begins today), I thought I'd post a controversial video on the social struggles of modern day American Muslims in the land of the free. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqbQWxHIn4U

Hi all! I'm proud to be a South African and living in our new, reformed society. Unlike the dark days of the previous government, we now have a pretty liberal constitution and our own version of the bill of rights. In this new society it is illegal to discriminate based on race, age, creed...

The Affirmative Action post inspired me to create this one. It has little or nothing to do with Affirmative Action and a great deal to do with the laws regarding discrimination in hiring practices here in the U.S. Suppose I want to open an upscale Mall store called Ebony and Ivory. I seek to...

If someone's religion only allows them to work 3 days a week would it be RD not hiring them?

Abercrombie & Fitch is now facing a discrimination lawsuit because their advertising cultivates "an all-white look" and that that "Abercrombie discriminates against blacks, Hispanics and Asians by enforcing a nationwide corporate policy of preferring white employees for sales positions...