Category: Anti-LGBTQ discrimination

Anti-LGBTQ discrimination Anti-LGBTQ Slur Articles LGBTQ+ News Life Mark Robinson News North Carolina US Politics

North Carolina lawmakers call for lieutenant governor to resign after anti-LGBTQ+ tirade

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North Carolina lieutenant governor Mark Robinson is facing calls to resign after a video of him making anti-LGBTQ+ comments surfaced. According to a report from WRAL, the remarks were made during an appearance at Asbury Baptist Church. In the video, Robinson can be heard using derogatory terms in reference to the transgender community and described LGBTQ+ people as “filth.” “There’s no reason anybody, anywhere in America should be telling any child about transgenderism, homosexuality, or any of that filth,” he said. “And yes, I called it filth. And if you…

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Anti-LGBTQ discrimination Articles health Hospital LGBTQ+ News Life News Spain

Gay woman ‘diagnosed with homosexuality’ by Spanish hospital

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A gynaecologist diagnosed a 19-year-old gay woman with “homosexuality” when she visited over a menstrual condition. The teenager, who remains anonymous at this time, attended the appointment on 4 October at the Reina Sofía hospital in Murcia, Spain. After being checked over, the woman was given a piece of paper that included a line saying: “Current illness: homosexual.” Speaking to newspaper elDiario.es, her mother explained that her daughter had consented to having her sexual orientation included in the report when asked by the gynaecologist, as at the time she thought…

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Anti-LGBTQ discrimination Articles Canada Court Human Rights LGBTQ+ News Life News

Court rules that deliberate misgendering is a human rights violation

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A Canadian court has ruled that deliberately misgendering someone in the workplace is a human rights violation. The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal made the ruling on 29 September after Jessie Nelson complained that their former employer discriminated against them. Nelson, who is non-binary and genderfluid, said the restaurant where they worked, Buono Osteria, deliberately used the wrong pronouns to address them. Gendered nicknames such as “sweetheart,” “sweetie,” and “honey” were allegedly used to refer to Nelson. Devyn Cousineau, a representative of the Tribunal, wrote that pronouns are “a fundamental…

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Anti-LGBTQ discrimination Articles Conversion Therapy Europe France health LGBTQ+ News Life News

France could make conversion therapy illegal as soon as February 2022

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France’s parliament has unanimously backed a ban on conversion therapy in the country, bringing it one step closer to outlawing the practice. Lawmakers in the country voted on Bill 673 on 5 October, which would see medical officials administering conversion therapy imprisoned for two years or fined €30,000. Therapists and other providers offering it to minors will face three years in prison and an even harsher fine of €45,000, as well as doctors being given a potential 10-year ban from practicing. Conversion therapy is described in the legislation as “practices,…

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Anti-LGBTQ discrimination Articles Brazil Erica Malunguinho Law LGBTQ+ representation Life News Trans Trans Representation

Brazil trans lawmaker eyes job quota to curb anti-LGBTQ+ violence

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Having made history as the first trans person in Brazil to be elected as a state representative, Erica Malunguinho is used to criticism and abuse from the public and even other politicians. Yet despite the challenges of working in a country that consistently ranks as one of the world’s deadliest places for LGBTQ+ people, the 39-year-old is undeterred in her push for equality for transgender people – especially in the workplace. For Malunguinho believes that establishing a quota of public jobs for the trans community – following the lead of…

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America Anti-LGBTQ discrimination Articles bullying Education LGBTQ+ ally LGBTQ+ News LGBTQ+ youth Life News protest School Students Walkout

Students walk out of class over school’s “lack of action” in helping bullied gay student

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Students staged a school walkout in support of a gay student who has faced alleged bullying and harassment over his sexuality. The protest took place on 3 October and saw over 100 students exit class early to stand outside the school with signs and LGBTQ+ flags. Parents and students alike told The Kansas City Star that staff at Lee’s Summit High School in Kansas City were not providing enough support to Danny Lillis, a gay senior. This resulted in a petition calling for “LGBTQ+ safety” at the institution garnering almost…

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Anti-LGBTQ discrimination Articles James Webb Life NASA News State of the art telescope

NASA decides not to rename new telescope after alleged anti-LGBTQ+ claims

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NASA announces plans to name their state of the art telescope after the accused anti-LGBTQ+ figure James Webb. The news was announced by NASA administrator Bill Nelson in a statement to NPR. “We have found no evidence at this time that warrants changing the name of the James Webb Space Telescope,” he said. The impressive device, which is set to launch in December, has been described as the most powerful and largest telescope ever created. Viewed as the successor to the historic Hubble, the new telescope will have the ability…

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Anti-LGBTQ discrimination Articles LGBTQ+ News Life News Police Stereotype

Gay senior police officer told to ‘behave like a straight white man’

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A former senior police officer alleges that he was told to behave “like a straight white man” at work. Brian Paddick, a former police chief who became the country’s most senior gay police officer, has shared the discrimination he faced during his time on the force. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on 1 October, the ex-officer says more diversity is needed to combat issues like this in policing. He explains: “We need more women leaders, but more importantly we need police leaders who recognise the problems with prejudice…

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Anti-LGBTQ discrimination Articles Ban LGBTQ+ News Life News Russia

Russia proposes “extremist” label for LGBTQ+ groups

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Russia has proposed that LGBTQ+, radical feminists and child-free groups should be recognised as “extremism”. The ban, which was proposed by the chairman of an influential government commission, would see content from the aforementioned groups banned on social media and the internet more generally. “LGBT ideology, radical feminism and child-free movements should be recognized as extremism — an extremist ideology,” Andrei Tsyganov, chairman of a commission for the protection of children at the Roskomnadzor communications regulator, said on 29 September. Moscow Times reports that he claimed the proposed restrictions would…

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Anti-LGBTQ discrimination Articles Labour Party LGBTQ+ News Life News Trans

Councillor says she was victim of transphobic abuse at Labour conference

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A trans Labour councillor has alleged that she was the victim of transphobic abuse at the party’s annual conference. Councillor Patricia Hannah-Wood said that when she was using the venue’s toilets on 26 September, a colleague subjected her to transphobic hate. During a speech to delegates on 28 September, she said: “On Sunday evening … I was in the loo downstairs with a few of my colleagues from the North West when I was transphobically abused in this conference centre by one of our sisters in this conference hall now.…

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