Articles about Anti-discrimination

10 May 2013
Albania: Deputy Defence Minister accused of homophobic discrimination 3 The Albanian Deputy Defence Minister Ekrem Spahia, and a Socialist Party official Artan Lame, have both come under heavy criticism for publicly using discriminatory language against the LGBT community.
9 May 2013
US: Philadelphia Mayor to sign landmark LGBT protection bill into law 2 The Mayor of the US city of Philadelphia is to sign a city-wide ordinance offering protections, and benefits for LGBT citizens into law, in a ceremony on Thursday.
27 April 2013
US: Bill prohibiting anti-LGBT discrimination to be introduced in South Carolina 12 The US State of South Carolina is looking to make discrimination against LGBT people in the workplace illegal.
23 March 2013
US: Kentucky Governor vetoes bill protecting right to act based on religious belief following lobbies by LGBT rights groups 34 The Governor of Kentucky has vetoed a bill proposing legal protection be given to people acting on religious motivations, which activists warned was "a clear and present danger to the gay and lesbian community".
21 March 2013
Canada: Bill criminalising anti-transgender discrimination passes in House of Commons 3 A bill protecting transgender people from discrimination narrowly passed in Canada's House of Commons on Wednesday.
16 March 2013
Video: Doctor claims promiscuity is a legitimate reason to discriminate against LGBT people 49 A committee considering anti-discrimination laws in America have heard evidence that employers should be able to choose straight people over LGBT people because gay men are promiscuous and make "inappropriate models" for children.
15 March 2013
US: Maryland gender identity bill fails to pass Senate committee 3 A bill which aimed to tackle discrimination in employment, credit, housing and public accommodations, based on gender identity or expression, failed to pass the committee stage of Maryland's Senate.
1 March 2013
Moldova: Second largest city overturns local ban on ‘gay propaganda’ 2 A court in the second largest city in Moldova has struck down a local ban on what authorities had referred to as "homosexual propaganda".
15 January 2013
UK: Defeat for anti-gay Christians at European Court of Human Rights 86 Two Christians, who claim that they were fired because they wouldn’t work with gay couples, have lost their anti-discrimination case at the European Court of Human Rights.
14 January 2013
South African arts academy claims it can ‘cure’ students of being gay 15 A Christian arts academy in the South African city of Bloemfontein claims it can “cure” gay students of their sexuality and has likened its approach to a drug rehabilitation programme.
6 January 2013
Chile: Marriage equality becomes a key issue in presidential debates 6 The issue of marriage equality became majorly divisive during the first televised debate between two potential presidential nominees for the Chilean Christian Democrat party.
28 December 2012
Moldova: Anti discrimination law passes second stage of parliament 5 An anti-discrimination law, which could mean that crimes against LGBT people would be punishable by fines, or prison, has passed the second stage of parliament in the Republic of Moldova.
21 December 2012
US: Gay teenager appointed to the board of Florida city council after he spoke out against discrimination 3 The council of the South Florida city of Boca Raton has unanimously appointed a 17-year-old openly gay boy to its community relations board after he spoke out against the city's lack of anti-LGBT discrimination policies.
8 December 2012
Chile: Motel fined for discriminating against lesbian couple 4 In the first ruling under a new anti-discrimination law, a Chilean judge has fined a motel for refusing entry to a same-sex couple, and ordered that it can't refuse entry in future.
1 May 2012
New York Assembly passes trans discrimination bill for fifth time 10 The Assembly at the New York state legislature has passed an anti-discrimination bill to protect transgender citizens for the fifth time, but the senate may yet stall progress.
4 April 2012
Voters appear to reject gay and trans protections in Anchorage 8 Proposition 5, which would expand the anti-discrimination laws in Anchorage, Alaska, to include sexual orientation and gender identity appears to have failed to gather enough votes to pass.
30 March 2012
Chile ponders hate crime legislation as thousands attend gay man’s funeral 14 In the wake of a gay man’s torture and death at the hands of four neo-Nazis, Chile is under pressure to pass a hate crime legislation, as thousands attend his funeral in Santiago.

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