Articles about Human Rights Commission

5 May 2013
Canada: Dozens protest as bridal shop refuses to allow trans woman to try on wedding dress 14 Dozens have protested at a bridal store in Canada, after a trans woman said she was told she could not try on a wedding dress because the owner said she looked like a man.
6 March 2013
US: Kentucky Senate committee to hear ‘legalised discrimination’ anti-gay bill 9 A bill purporting to uphold religious freedoms has been criticised by human rights groups, who say it amounts to legalising discrimination if it is in the name of religion.
27 February 2013
Canadian male former drug using prostitute criticised for handing out homophobic leaflets 14 The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that William Whatcott broke human rights laws when he decided to hand out flyers calling gay men paedophiles and sodomites.
27 November 2012
US: Human Rights Commission backs pride organisers over t-shirt printing refusal 24 The Human Rights Commission in Lexington, Kentucky has sided with organisers of a gay pride event, who were refused service by a Christian t-shirt printing company, because of its religious beliefs.
29 January 2010
New service for homophobic hate crime victims in Wales 13 A partnership between Victim Support and Stonewall Cymru has launched a new service to help victims of homophobic and transphobic hate crimes.

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