Employment
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27 April 2009Analysis: New bill aims to entrench gay rights in all aspects of public life 11 The much-anticipated Equality Bill was unveiled today. -
27 April 2009Christian teacher suspended for complaining over gay rights presentation 39 A Christian teacher was suspended from his post after complaining that a training day was being used to "promote" gay rights. -
27 April 2009Equality Bill published today 14 The government's long-awaited Equality Bill was published today by Minister for Equality Harriet Harman. -
24 April 2009Linguists fired under military gay ban ‘could have alerted US over 9/11′ 9 A leading campaigner in the fight to repeal the US military gay ban has said that a lack of skilled linguists, who were fired for being gay, may have undermined the government's potential to prevent the September 11th bombings. -
21 April 2009Survey to explore what barriers gay lawyers face 1 A major study into how being gay can affect the careers of lawyers is being carried out. -
17 April 2009US defence secretary: Repeal of military gay ban could take years 9 US defence secretary Robert Gates has suggested that repealing the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military could take years - and implied it might not happen at all.
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17 April 2009‘Second mothers’ to get mandatory ‘paternity’ leave 7 MEPs are to vote next month on pioneering legislation that will secure mandatory paternity leave for heterosexual fathers and the partners of gay mothers for the first time. -
17 April 2009Olympics winner: ‘Being gay cost me sponsorships’ 18 Matthew Mitcham, the Australian diver who won the ten-metre platform gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, has said he believes he lost sponsorship deals due to being openly gay. -
16 April 2009Military gay ban supporter warns of mass resignations 21 A retired army general who is leading the campaign against allowing gays to serve openly in the US military has warned of "mass resignations" if Section 654 of US Code Title 10 is repealed. -
15 April 2009Airline ‘refused to hire male air stewards in case they were gay’ 8 An employment tribunal has heard that an airline refused to hire male stewards because it would be assumed they were gay. -
14 April 2009PC jailed for having sex with teenager 10 A 38-year-old Metropolitan police officer has been found guilty of four counts of having underage sex with a 15-year old boy. -
14 April 2009Christian charity worker suspended for being opposed to same-sex marriage 37 A charity worker who revealed to a colleague that he did not believe in gay marriage or the ordination of gay clergy has been suspended from his job. -
9 April 2009Scottish LGBT organisation faces uncertain future 3 Staff at the Dumfries and Galloway Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender organisation may be facing redundancies after council bosses cut back on their funding. -
9 April 2009Gays amongst those hardest hit by recession 12 A report out today suggests that those in minority or vulnerable groups have been hit hardest by the recession. -
8 April 2009Lesbian couple win sex discrimination claim 5 A lesbian couple who were harassed by colleagues over their sexuality have won their claim for sexual discrimination.
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2 April 2009Microsoft ‘homophobia’ tribunal ends in settlement 2 A gay games developer who sued Microsoft over alleged homophobic abuse has reached a settlement with the company. -
1 April 2009Policeman jailed over underage gay sex 22 A former PC who was a lesbian and gay liasion officer has been jailed for two and a half years for sexual activity with a 15-year-old boy.
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1 April 2009Conservatives attempt to derail plans to lift US military gay ban 11 A conservative group has said that allowing gays to serve openly in the US military could threaten national security. -
31 March 2009LGBT discrimination ‘widespread’ throughout EU 13 Discrimination, harassment and violence against LGBT people is 'widespread' across the European Union, an EU report has claimed. -
30 March 2009Gay firefighter ‘killed himself after 15 years of bullying at work’ 6 A man is seeking damages from a fire service after his civil partner killed himself after allegedly suffering 15 years of homophobic bullying and harassment at work.
