Mother wins compensation after headteacher insults gay son
A teacher from Ireland says she was discriminated against by the head at her school because her son is gay. The mother says there was an ongoing issue of homophobia throughout her employment, with repeated comments made by the head “relating to her son …

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Black Missionaries add voice to Lucius anti-gay stance: ‘Mathanyula has no place in Malawi’
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs Samuel Tembenu announced amid pressure from several Western countries—including the United States of America (USA … that Malawi suspended enforcement of anti-gay laws, among them Sections 137(a), 153 …

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Strength and longevity of legal gains may change in 2016 politics and lawsuits
But the judge agreed with Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders … issue corrected birth certificates for two children born to a lesbian couple who married in Canada in 2003. The National Center for Lesbian Rights has one of the more important post …

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Australian Premiere of THE WHALE to Play Old Fitz Theatre
Red Line Productions at the Old Fitz Theatre is pleased to be partnering with the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras again to present the Australian Premiere of The Whale by Samuel D. Hunter. On the outskirts of Mormon Country, Idaho, a six hundred pound …

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West Indies cricketer Gayle fined for 'out of line' TV chat-up
Sydney (AFP) – The Melbourne Renegades fined star opener Chris Gayle US$7,000 on Tuesday after an attempt to flirt with a female presenter on live TV which cricket authorities condemned as “completely out of line”. Ten Network reporter Mel McLaughlin found …

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Republican presidential candidates silent on armed militia takeover of federal building in Oregon
Likewise, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul who met with Bundy’s father, Cliven, for a private chat in July after the elder Bundy led an armed standoff against federal law enforcement officials on his Nevada ranch has refused comment. Commenting on his private …

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CafeX Creates a 'KickStart' for Customer Engagement
For example, the analyst would need to specify which capabilities — voice, video, chat, and co-browsing — should be available to customers when they click on the engagement button. As illustrated in the figure below, the wizard allows the designer to …

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Anti-LGBT ‘Religious Liberty’ Fight Set To Return To Georgia’s Legislature

At least two bills will try to undermine LGBT protections in Georgia this year.

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UN Working Group Highlights Women in U.S. Particularly Vulnerable to Discrimination

At the conclusion of a ten-day visit to the United States, a United Nations Working Group of experts issued a preliminary statement on the issue of discrimination against women in law and practice in the U.S. While praising the Obama administration for its commitment to women’s equality, the group noted that there is a wide diversity in state law and practice regarding women’s health and reproductive rights, maternity leave and other issues. 

The Working Group delegation met with federal, state and local officials, as well as civil society organizations, academics and service providers in Washington, D.C., Alabama, Oregon and Texas. HRC was invited to participate in the consultations in Washington, D.C. and Montgomery, Alabama, which focused on the situation of LBTQ women in the U.S. and the American south.  

HRC Senior Legislative Counsel Robin Maril noted that despite great progress for LGBT people over the past decade in the U.S., there is much more to be done.

“Lesbian, bisexual and transgender women living at the intersection of sexism, homophobia and transphobia continue to face poor health outcomes, violence and economic insecurity fueled by discrimination on a daily basis,“ she said.

Maril addressed health disparities and the challenges of access to culturally competent quality health care, violence against the transgender community that disproportionately impacts transgender women of color and the economic disparity and financial discrimination faced by lesbian couples and transgender women. She noted that in a recent study, 56 percent of LGB people and 70 percent of transgender and gender non-conforming people reported experiencing discrimination by healthcare provider. Maril also noted that the HIV epidemic continues to disproportionately impact transgender women, particularly in communities of color, and the estimate that  transgender women are 4.3 times more at risk of becoming homicide victims than the general population of all women. In 2015, more than 20 transgender women in the U.S. were murdered simply because of who they are. 

In Montgomery, Project One America State Director Patricia Todd discussed the situation of LBTQ women in Alabama, and expressed concern about access to healthcare and job discrimination protections for transgender women, among other concerns.

The UN Working Group on discrimination against women in law and in practice was created by the Human Rights Council in 2011 with a broad mandate to explore and report on “good practices related to the elimination of laws that discriminate against women” in UN member states, and to “develop a dialog” around these issues with them.

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