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Wednesday, October 29

Alienation…

"A qualitative survey just released by the Los Angeles based multicultural market research company New American Dimensions shows that African-American and Hispanic gays and lesbians overwhelmingly consider themselves to be members of at least two minority groups: one defined by sexual orientation...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 10-29-2008
Wednesday, October 22

Very Important Date…

"A courtroom showdown between the Democratic National Committee and its former gay outreach director, Donald Hitchcock, is likely to occur next year. Hitchcock was fired from his DNC post in 2006, shortly after his domestic partner, Paul Yandura, wrote an open letter to gay Democrats urging them...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 10-22-2008
Tuesday, October 07

Accusations, Discrimination?

"A Wayne County woman has filed suit against Prestera Center, alleging she was wrongfully fired because she is gay. Stacey Brumfield claims she worked as a counselor at Prestera and was fired after being accused of having a relationship with one of her clients. Brumfield, though, claims she had...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 10-07-2008
Wednesday, September 03

Lived Experience…

"Of political scientists who identified as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered, 13 percent said that they had definitely experienced discrimination as a political scientist because of their identity, 12 percent said that they “probably” had experienced discrimination, 31 percent said that they...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 09-03-2008
Tuesday, September 02

Rundown…

Sarah Palin's not "moderate," as the Log Cabin Republicans would like you to believe. In fact, she's just as right as you'd expect, including on gay issues. [Politico] Permalink | 1 comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg Post tags: Discrimination, Gay, News, Politics...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 09-02-2008
Friday, August 22

Chump Change.

Remember when Donald Hitchcock and the Democratic National Committee failed to work out their differences over Hitchcock's discrimination lawsuit? Well, the DNC offered him $100,000 to drop the suit. He refused, obviously. [POQ] Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 08-22-2008
Thursday, July 31

New Beginning...

Mediation efforts between the Democratic National Committee and former employee Donald Hitchcock failed today, which means Hitchcock’s wrongful termination and discrimination suit will go to trial. Pretrial has been set for October 20 - fifteen days before the presidential election. More details...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 07-31-2008
Friday, July 25

Next Step.

With marriage and other rights settled, Canadian queers have won most of their big battles, said Ontario-based Judge David Corbett. There are, however, still battles to be won: “And there’s a tension between organized religion — and the right to freedom of religion — and the right for people to...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 07-25-2008

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