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• Log Cabin Republicans say they have GOP sponsors for anti-discrimination bills

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 166
  SALT LAKE CITY -- A gay rights group says it is securing Republican support in the Utah state Legislature for anti-discrimination laws. The Deseret News reports members of the Utah Log Cabin Republicans, a gay and lesbian political group, say two bills granting gays extra rights in Utah will have GOP sponsors when ...
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• Top things NOT to say when you have to fire someone

  
  Lucrative Investing — Authority: 440
  Over the course of the last few months, I have written about ways to get jobs and what to do to maybe have a fighting chance at keeping yours. Well, while trolling the internet looking for something new and interesting to write about for this morning, I came across a BusinessWeek article that talks about the top 10 ...
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• Are you an authentic American?

  
  Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture — Authority: 620
  By Guest Contributor Madhuri, originally published at Restore Fairness “Police officers giving drivers $204 tickets for not speaking English? It sounds like a rejected Monty Python sketch. Except the grim reality is that it has happened at least 39 times in Dallas since January 2007….All but one of the ...
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• Is Organized Religion the Enemy of LGBT Citizens?

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 148
  In an interview with the Los Angeles Times , Sir Ian McKellen makes some statements that resonate with many LGBT individuals around the world - namely, that he feels that organized religion is the enemy. True, there are some denominations and faiths where that observation does not hold true, but for the majority of ...
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• Textual Harassment

  
  Adjunct Law Prof Blog — Authority: 422
  Trouble Investigating Textual Harassment is an interesting Nov. 3, 2009 article from the Texas Lawyer. It is about sexual comments that may arise in text messages and the fact that some of those messages may be written after hours. What...
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• Law & Social Change: The True Significance of the Transgender Day of Remembrance

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 157
  Pauline Park On a solemn occasion such as this, when we remember those we have lost to violence and hate, it is important to understand precisely what legislation and law can and cannot do. Non-discrimination laws – such as the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) and the Dignity for All Students Act ...
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• Porn company ‘wants to release Carrie Prejean sex tape’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 718
  New York, Nov 16 (ANI): A copy of Carrie Prejean’s racy solo sex tape has been acquired by Vivid Entertainment, the world’s largest adult video producer, and the company now wants to release it, according to reports.According to TMZ.com, Vivid claims to have the complete legal rights for the copy it has, but would ...
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• Advantages of a Trade Union

  
  Win My Ex Back — Authority: 458
  One of the most vital decisions you will ever make in regards to your work would be whether or not you should join a trade union. Trade Unions are groups that aim to protect the rights of workers and to ensure that they are not exploited. Its no secret that some employers consider these organizations to be the scourge ...
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• Here Comes GINA

  
  Workplace Prof Blog — Authority: 507
  The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) will become effective next week (Nov. 21), and Stephen Greenhouse at the New York Times has an overview. Among the changes well see soon: The most important new antidiscrimination law in two decades —...
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• New Meaning to Dont Ask, Dont Tell

  
  Michael-In-Norfolk - - Coming Out In Mid Life — Authority: 148
  In the wake of the Ft. Hood tragedy, Muslims in the U.S. Military are the new gays.
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• Iraqi woman fired after refusing sex with her KBR boss

  
  Ms Sparky's Mishaps & Misadventures — Authority: 132
  Iraqi cleaner takes UK to court over alleged sexual harassmentThe TimesNovember 16, 2009Deborah HaynesAn Iraqi cleaner who claims that she was sexually harassed at the British Embassy and at the ambassador’s residence in Baghdad is taking the Government to court over its alleged failure to investigate her ...
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• November 20th – Transgender Remembrance Day

  
  Tasithoughts's Weblog — Authority: 128
  Within the LGBT rights movement is the Transgender community.  This is often the group that probably has the toughest obstacles on the road to equality issues than any demographic in across LGBT peoples. They face both prejudices outside the community and even within the community. Some of those prejudices have ...
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• Reparations Will Not Repair Our Nation

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 562
  Reparations Will Not Repair Our Nation             There was a time in our country’s short history where not all men were created equal.  In the eighteenth and nineteenth century black slaves were used in America as tools for farmers in the south.  Not only were they workers, but they were also the ...
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• ?Mortgage Home Issues: Your Rights

  
  Mortgage-Blog — Authority: 450
  Consumers have rights when it comes to their mortgage home endeavors Federal law assures that every potential homebuyer is protected from discrimination on the basis of sex, race, national origin, age, marital status, color and religion Those who receive public assistance funds, those who are handicapped and people ...
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• Ruling coalition currently not considering NJ human rights laws beyond PR suffrage: Dietmember Aihara

  
  debito.org — Authority: 134
  I had a conversation with Upper House Dietmember Aihara Kumiko (62, from Hokkaido, elected 2007 on Proportional Representation) yesterday. With a labor union background, she has an eye on a number of human rights issues, including the Nikkei Visa and NJ "Trainee" Programs.I took the opportunity to ask about a few ...
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• Prejean Follow up

  
  Queer Visalia — Authority: 127
  Last one, I promise.  (Unless something really wild comes along.) Carrie Prejean Carrie’s latest cross to bear?  Her appearance on Larry King Live didn’t go so well.  Larry asked a rather vague question about her recent court settlement, and the former Miss California USA pageant winner went into a snit, ...
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• Mercy Ministries Handbook and vetting for Homosexuality

  
  Sean the Blogonaut — Authority: 466
  A reader informed me that old links to the Mercy Ministries Handbook appear to be broken.  I have uploaded the Handbook to the new server and have attached it to this post for your reference.  Note that this handbook was handed to Mercy Clients after they had been accepted into the program. You can find it here ...
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• Discrimination isnt always so photogenic

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 158
  Jordan Wimmers £4m claim has made headlines, but it is light years from typical cases Phew – its steamy in the City. Jordan Wimmer, a 29-year-old former executive of Nomos Capital, claims she felt "completely soiled" by her boss Mark Lowe, whom she accuses of sexist piggery on a sliding scale from inappropriate ...
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• Milbridge Journal: Town Once Known as Inclusive Is Riven by Housing Dispute

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 914
  During the blueberry season, workers share small sleeping cabins with a communal kitchen and bathrooms near Milbridge, Me. After the season, the cabins are closed.
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• (Mostly Asian) High School Student Newspaper Runs Supremacist Ad

  
  8Asians.com — Authority: 480
  A bunch of white white supremacists pulled a fast one on the Student Newspaper staff of Lowell High School in San Francisco , pulling a bait-and-switch and redirecting a web address left in an ad to an a “campaign to inform, awaken and radicalize our White American youth.” Except they may want to work a bit ...
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