Employment
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13 October 2012Update: Diversity officer put on leave for signing petition hires lawyer, hopes to be reinstated 35 A senior administrator at a Washington university who was put on paid leave, after she signed a petition to send equal marriage to referendum in Maryland, has hired an attorney to represent her, and will address the media next week. -
13 October 2012US: Petition started to reinstate diversity officer put on leave for signing marriage ballot 2 A petition has been started to reinstate a senior administrator at a Washington-based university who was put on paid leave, after she signed a petition to send equal marriage to referendum in Maryland.
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11 October 2012US: Seattle based department store backs equal marriage referendum in Washington + A large fashion retailer based in the US state of Washington, has joined other large employers in publicly voicing their support for equal marriage, which will be voted on by Washington residents next month. -
11 October 2012US: University diversity officer placed on leave for signing anti-equal marriage petition 51 A university in Washington DC, has placed its Chief Diversity Officer on leave, after she reportedly signed a petition opposing equal marriage law in the state of Maryland.
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10 October 2012Lady Gaga donates peace award to the Elton John AIDS Foundation 4 Lady Gaga has handed the cash she received as part of the LennonOno Grant for Peace award to Sir Elton John's AIDS foundation. -
25 September 2012Tennessee: University says it cannot offer health insurance benefits to unmarried gay couples 7 Administrators at the University of Tennessee have announced that they will not offer health insurance benefits to partners of gay employees. -
22 September 2012Intel ends funding of Boy Scouts troops that discriminate against gay members and leaders 17 Intel, one of the largest corporate donors of the Boy Scouts of America has confirmed that it will drop all funding to troops that apply the organisation’s discriminatory polices towards LGBT children and leaders. -
15 September 2012US: Texas school shuts down entire course, to prevent possibly gay student from joining 75 The principal of a school in Texas has cancelled an entire course, reportedly to prevent a man he thought might be gay, from enrolling. -
12 September 2012Report: The US is less productive because of LGBT discrimination in the workplace 5 Discrimination against LGBT employees in the US government, on all levels, is proving costly to the taxpayer, a new study claims. -
4 September 2012UK: Anti-gay Christians take their case to the European court 96 Two Christians, who claim that they were fired because they wouldn’t work with gay couples, are appealing to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. -
12 August 2012Tammy Smith becomes US’s first openly gay army general 7 Less than a year after the repeal of the United State’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy that banned openly gay and lesbian people in the US armed forces, Tammy Smith has become the first openly gay US army general. -
23 July 2012New search rules for trans police officers and suspects drawn up 26 It is all change for trans police and policing, as increased awareness of trans sensitivities sees new rules for searching suspects – both who can do the searching and how people should be searched – emerging in the last few weeks. -
20 July 2012Employer liable for joke ‘outing’ on Facebook 20 An employment tribunal in south London has found an employer liable for its employees' joke 'outing' of their manager on Facebook. -
20 July 2012Salesman unfairly dismissed after complaint over anti-gay bullying 10 A married father has won £44,000 at an employment tribunal after suffering homophobic bullying at his workplace in Leeds. -
25 June 2012Married banker sues office with ‘culture of homophobic banter’ 28 A married City of London banker has told an employment tribunal he was forced to leave his job after being subjected to homophobic abuse from colleagues.
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22 June 2012France: Cohabiting gay men ‘twice as likely to be unemployed as straight counterparts’ 32 French researches say they have determined that men in co-habiting gay relationships are twice as likely to be unemployed as straight men living with a female partner. -
22 June 2012Study: One in seven UK employees harassed over perceived sexuality in the last year 16 An international study into the experiences of LGBT people living in 21 countries around the world has revealed what it described as "endemic" homophobia in workplaces internationally. -
22 June 2012Stonewall updates gay-friendly university guide 20 Gay rights charity Stonewall has updated its guide to the gay-friendly credentials of the UK's 150 universities. -
20 June 2012Exclusive: LGBT delegates leave Fire Brigades Union conference after voting rights removed 53 LGBT representatives have left the Fire Brigades Union national conference in Blackpool today after guaranteed voting rights for minority representatives across the union were removed by ballot. -
16 June 2012General Mills opposes ban on equal marriage, angers anti-equality groups 17 The international food giant, General Mills, has publicly declared it opposes a proposed constitutional amendment to ban equal marriage in Minnesota, and has consequently angered anti-equality groups in the state.
