Sexual Orientation Discrimination

GOP Rep: It Should Be Legal To Fire Employees For Being Gay

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.14.2012

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Freshman Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.) told ThinkProgress in a recent interview that he was against laws designed to protect employees from workplace ...

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Andrea Stone

Gay Troops, Included But Not Equal

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 12.15.2011

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LAS VEGAS -- Amid the joy of meeting in public for the first time and with the novelty of the repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" receding, active-duty ...

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Flying Delta's Discriminatory Skies

Andrew Pessin | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Gay Rights, Gender Discrimination, Reilgious Freedom, Saudi Arabia, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Israel, Racial Discrimination, Religious Tolerance, Delta Airlines, Business News
Andrew Pessin

Delta Air Lines is currently working on adding Saudi Arabian Airlines to its SkyTeam of partnering companies. It will thus put it in the unenviable position of respecting and enforcing islamic laws.

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Former Vanderbilt Fraternity Members Allege Unfair Treatment Based On Sexuality

InsideVandy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sexuality Discrimination, Vanderbilt Hustler, Beta Upsilon Chi, The South, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Vanderbilt, College News

Two former members of Vanderbilt's Beta Upsilon Chi chapter say they were asked to leave the fraternity in recent months due to violations of the orga...

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One Strike And She's Out: Softball Player Says Coaches 'Outed' Her To Parents Then Dropped Her From Team

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: High School, Student Rights, Gay Rights, High School Sports, Gay Issues, Sexual Orientation Discrimination, Sexual Orientation, Skye Wyatt, Education News

For some, it takes three strikes and they're out. For others, the play is already made before stepping up to bat. Two East Texas high school softball...

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Fabulis: Citibank Shuts Down 'Objectionable' Gay Website's Bank Account

Huffington Post | Grace Kiser | Posted 05.25.2011

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Update 5:54 PM ET Jason Goldberg, the CEO of fabulis, says that Citi issued "a good and sincere apology" to the company this afternoon. Here's an exc...

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Politico's Mike Allen Falsely Claims Obama Official Did Not Report Crime

AmericaBlog | John Aravosis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mike Allen Homophobia, Gay Rights Movement, Sexual-Orientation Discrimination, Gay Rights, Kevin Jennings, President Obama, Politico Homophobia, Homophobia, Discrimination Against Gays, Kevin Jennings Accusation, Politics News

I'm not one to attack mainstream media journalists for sport. And I've defended Politico's Mike Allen to my readers, just recently in fact, as a "real...

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On Civil Rights And Gay Rights, McCain Flunks The Test

Susan Kelley-Stamerra | Posted 05.25.2011

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Susan Kelley-Stamerra

McCain voted against expanding the definition of hate crimes to include crimes based on sexual orientation, and voted NO on prohibiting employment discrimination based on sexual orientation.

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