A New York court ruled today that firing an employee based on sexual orientation is against the law – but the legal battle isn’t over yet Is it illegal to fire people because of their sexual orientation? Ask most people this question and you’ll get the same answer from almost 90% of them – of course it is.
LGBT advocates do not speak about Latin America very often. The region is home to 625 million people, and yet it is commonly disregarded in international conferences and reports on sexual orientation and gender identity. I think it has to do with the fact that, to most, Latin America seems to be doing “well enough.”
A U.S. appeals court in Manhattan on Monday ruled that a federal law banning sex bias in the workplace also prohibits discrimination against gay employees, becoming only the second court to do so. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overruled prior decisions and said that a worker’s sex is necessarily a factor in discrimination based on sexual orientation.
Suzan McLaughlin is sharing her experience in a five-year legal battle after the Supreme Court of the United States decided not to review her case regarding parental rights of same sex couples. That decision comes after the Arizona State Supreme Court ruled in favor of a Suzan McLaughlin, who is currently in the process of divorcing her spouse, saying she’s entitled to equal parental rights under the U.S. Constitution.
Greg Clarke, chairman of the U.K.’s Football Association, promises the FA will promote LGBT inclusion with Qatar, home to the 2022 World Cup. Human rights groups and LGBT organizations haven widely criticized having the championships in the Persian Gulf nation, where homosexual conduct between men in the country is punishable by up to five years in prison.
SeniorAdvice.com, one of the nation’s top senior housing referral services, released a list of America’s top cities for gay-friendly retirement today. This is the second annual list of best cities for LGBT seniors by SeniorAdvice.com and compared to the previous list, there were many additions as well as multiple repeats.
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