Tag: discrimination

'I can't believe they're still showing this sort of thing' A TV character which had not hit Japanese screens in 28 years was resurrected for a TV special and has caused great controversy. Homoo Homooda was created by the comedy duo Tunnels in the 1980s. The characters name uses the word ‘homo’ – short for homosexual – and is a derogatory word. Tunnels brought back the offensive character in a TV special commemorating their 30 year career. Fuji TV broadcasted the special and...

Hong Kong courts just ruled in favor of same-sex couples. A British woman referred to as QT moved to Hong Kong back in 2011 when he was offered a job with a tech company. When QT moved, she also brought her partner SS who she’d been in a civil partnership. Problem is that Hong Kong’s laws don’t acknowledge same-sex marriages or even civil partnerships, so SS didn't recieve any spousal benefits that straight couples do. To combat this, QT filed a judicial...

Earlier today, the Philippines’s House of Representatives approved a bill that will protect LGBTQ people from discrimination. The vote for House Bill Number 4982 or an Act Prohibiting Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity or Expression, aka SOGIE, was unanimous with a 197 to 0 count at its third and final reading. The now House passed bill, which was co-written by transgender Representative Geraldine Roman last year, hopes to protect LGBTQ people from discrimination by penalizing those...

Take part in our quick five-minute survey and you could win a year's supply of Attitude! When it comes to going on holiday, it’s a sad fact that LGBT people can often face problems that straight folks don’t even consider. From hotels booking you and your partner into a twin room to simply feeling self-conscious when rubbing sun cream into your other half’s back, it’s the little things that often force LGBT people to change their behaviour on holiday – and...

The Texas Supreme Court ruled on Friday that it might not be necessary to provide married same-sex couples with the same benefits as their opposite-sex counterparts. In a unanimous decision, the court reversed a lower court’s ruling in favor of Houston’s decision to extend spousal benefits to the same-sex spouses of city employees, arguing that the “reach and ramifications” of the rights of gay couples have yet to be determined, The Dallas Morning News reports. The case has been sent back...

After backlash, the landlord said: 'It was a mistake' A London landlord shocked potential tenants when he posted a double room for rent but only if you’re not poor or gay. Amanda O’Leary noticed the ad while walking past a Greenwich High Street shop window, in the south east of the UK capital. It read: ‘Please note – Children, Pet, DSS , Gay/Lesbian, Benefit Seeker are strictly prohibited/not allowed.’ ‘I was completely shocked,’ O’Leary told Gay Star News. ‘At first I just laughed...

As any good, competent global leader should. It seems like common sense that national leaders, governmental figureheads, and global influencers should care about all of the people they govern and whose lives their decisions affect. That’s why, during her annual address to Parliament today, Queen Elizabeth II adapted to the times and, for the first time ever, included LGBTQ rights in her outline for the United Kingdom’s policies moving forward. “My government will make further progress to tackle the gender...

Coworkers started a rumour that Pearl and another male employee were engaged in a relationship. A man has won a settlement against his former employer for homophobic discrimination. The best part is, the guy isn’t even gay. James Pearl, 55, used to work as a sanitation worker in Los Angeles. His lawyer alleges that Pearl was subjected to “insults, criticisms, demeaning comments, suggestive remarks, offensive posters, cartoons … concerning his alleged sexual orientation” while he was a City employee. Coworkers also...

A gay couple from Florida say they were discriminated against by a Southwest Airlines gate agent when they were denied access to pre-board with their three young children. The purported incident happened Sunday on a flight from Buffalo, NY to Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Grant Morse and his husband, Sam, along with their three children and Grant’s mother, were in line to pre-board when a Southwest agent allegedly stepped out in front of them and said: “This is for family boarding...

Eight men have been arrested for holding a “gay party” in Indonesia. The two alleged organisers of last night’s event in Surabaya, the second biggest city in Indonesia, could face up to 15 years in prison. Six other attendees have had charges filed against them under the country’s strict anti-pornography law, according to Agence France-Presse. Shinto Silitonga, the local police’s head of detectives, said there were 14 men in two hotel rooms watching gay porn and performing “deviant sexual acts”. “This is the...

A couple that have been together for 45 years were not allowed to see each other after one of them was in hospital after surgery Older LGBTI people living in South Australia still face ongoing discrimination but a historic project might change all of that. The state’s Rainbow Advocacy Alliance will work with South Australia’s Council of the Ageing on the year-long project to help older LGBTI people. The project’s objective is to ‘engage and empower’ older LGBTI people by raising visibility,...

The incident occurred at Goodfellas in Cincinnati. A gay couple was harassed at a Cincinnati pizza shop when a bouncer threatened to throw them out if they didn’t stop kissing and holding hands. Bobby Slavens said the threats were made Saturday night when he and his fiancé Luke Munz stopped by Goodfellas Pizzeria with two of their friends for some food. The two men were holding hands as they approached the bouncer, which is when the trouble started. “We were just holding hands,”...

An executive order from President Donald Trump opening up discrimination against the LGBTQ community on the basis of religious belief is expected sometime this week, possibly as soon as today. Several sources spoke with LGBTQ Nation on the condition of anonymity who have told us that the order will allow for discrimination in a number of areas, including employment, social services, business, and adoption. From what we’ve heard, the executive order could be far-reaching, and could include: making taxpayer funds available...

92.6% of LGBTI survey respondents are against civil celebrants being exempt from performing same-sex marriages due to religious convictions A survey of LGBTI Australians reveals concerns about legal discrimination in refusing to perform same-sex marriages. Funded by PFLAG, the survey showed huge opposition among LGBTI Australians to exemptions targeted exclusively at same-sex couples, reports Buzzfeed. When asked if civil celebrants should be exempt from marrying same-sex couples, an overwhelming 92.6% of respondents disagreed. But when asked if religious ministers should be exempt from...