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Lesbian soldier Kerry Fletcher wins £187000 harassment claim PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 27 November 2008
 Female SoldierAn employment tribunal ruled on Wednesday that the Ministry of Defense must pay heavy damages to a lesbian soldier harassed by a male colleague.

The tribunal found that Lance Bombardier Kerry Fletcher is entitled to £187,000.

"This is as severe a case of victimization following an allegation of sexual harassment as one could see in an employment tribunal," the ruling said. "The claimant was subjected to a sustained campaign of victimization over a lengthy period. The victimization extended to imposition of disciplinary sanctions, impinging the claimant's mental stability and obstructing her transfer to a more suitable posting."

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TUC calls for end to discrimination against transgender people PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 18 November 2008
TUCThe TUC is calling on employers to stop discriminating against transgender people in the workplace on International Trans Memorial Day today (Thursday).

Violent attacks on people because of their sexuality are well documented – much less well known are the murderous assaults committed against transgender people.

In September 2008 at least 25 transgender people were murdered across the world, for no other reason than the fact that they were different. International Trans Memorial Day will remember trans people across the world who have been the victims of such crimes, and aims to bring them to public attention. In Britain the trans community continues to face violent physical attacks, alongside prejudice and discrimination in communities and at work.
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Obama acknowledges gays in victory speech PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 05 November 2008

ObamaPresident-elect Barack Obama delivered a stirring and emotionally-charged speech at Chicago's Grant Park. To many around the world this was just another open-air, grand venue punctuated by pillars.

It was where, during the Democratic convention in 1968, a demonstration by thousands of anti-Vietnam protesters, gay activists, civil rights leaders and others turned into a globally televised police riot.

Hippies and others were chased down alleys and beaten, mass arrests were made and full-blown, state-sanctioned violence was witnessed by the world in their living rooms. It was one of America's biggest black eyes and something that the then-Mayor Richard Daley remained unapologetic about.

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Gay Hate Preachers to be Banned from UK PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 29 October 2008

Gay Hate Preachers to be Banned from UKBritain will publicly list and ban entry of more than 200 people whose extremist views and "violent messages" are a threat to national security, the home secretary said Tuesday.

The plan announced by Home Secretary Jacqui Smith would group together Muslim extremists, animal rights protesters, anti-abortion activists, neo-Nazis and others she said "encourage or spread extremism and hatred through preaching violent messages." The list would include only people from abroad.

Smith said publishing the names — roughly 230 — amounts to a toughening of existing exclusion orders that already list and ban certain groups from Britain. Authorities expect to publish the list on the Home Office Web site in the coming months.

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Gays need the stick of the law says top Muslim PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 27 October 2008
GMCA top Muslim doctor was facing the sack on Monday over claims he publicly declared society needed 'protecting from the ravages' of gay people.

Dr Muhammad Siddiq, 65, president of the Islamic Medical Association, was said to have written a letter claiming homosexuals needed the 'stick of the law to put them on the right path'.

It is also claimed the GP accused gay people of spreading disease and were the 'root of many' sexually transmitted infections.

His letter to a doctor's magaizine sparked a storm of complaints when it was published, a medical tribunal was told.
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Homosexuality ban 'no reason for asylum' PDF Print E-mail
Saturday, 11 October 2008
CageThe head of the UK Border Agency has enraged human rights groups after stating that gay asylum seekers should not be allowed to stay in Britain simply because their sexual orientation is outlawed in the country they have fled.

Lin Homer, chief executive of the Home Office agency responsible for applying Britain's asylum policies and enforcing border controls, told The Scotsman that a ban on homosexuality in a home country is not in itself a reason not to deport asylum seekers who fear persecution because they are gay.

After speaking at a conference in Glasgow organised by Scottish Refugee Council, Ms Homer said judges consider the "practical consequences" for homosexuals if they are returned, not a country's societal or legal approach to homosexuality.

Last week, The Scotsman revealed how Jojo Yakob, a young Syrian man who claims he was tortured for being gay, fears for his life after a Scottish judge threw out his appeal against a deportation order.
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