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Thursday, May 15

Keep Your Friends Close, and Your Enemies Closer...

As activists it is important that we are united in our efforts, know who we can count on and what we can feasibly achieve. Likewise it is also good to have a basic understanding of who your opponents are and what they are looking to achieve. So I am posting today about some of the LGBT communities biggest...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queers United on 05-15-2008
Wednesday, May 14

Lesbian Wins Gender Discrimination Suit Against NY Restaurant

You may remember this incident from earlier news roundups. Khadijah Farmer, a lesbian who was ejected along with her friends from the Caliente Cab Company restaurant in New York's west village, won a settlement in a gender discrimination lawsuit filed...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog - Gay news daily: Towleroad.com - "Hot blog"--Newsweek on 05-14-2008
Wednesday, May 14

Butch Lesbian Wins Disc. Suit

Khadijah Farmer definitely has something to celebrate! The New York resident won a settlement in her discrimination case against a West Village restaurant, Caliente Cab Company. The brouhaha boiled over last year after the popular West Village Mexican restaurant booted Farmer for being in the ladies...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 05-14-2008
Tuesday, May 13

NYC Restaurant settles suit by lesbian kicked out because she looked like a man

Source: New York Daily News , New York Times blog , Village Voice A lesbian who was booted from the ladies' room at a Greenwich Village restaurant because she looked too much like a man, settled her suit today for $35,000. Under the terms of the settlement, the restaurant will also have its employees...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 05-13-2008
Tuesday, May 13

Principal Prefers Confederacy To Gay Pride

Floridian principal David Davis had some explaining to do yesterday - and he didn’t do it very well. The improbably named educator took the stand in day one of a discrimination suit filed by 17-year old Heather Gillman, who accuses Davis and Ponce de Leon High School of violating her and others’...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 05-13-2008
Monday, May 12

Cops in Malaysia detain 14 men and 1800 condoms at 'front for gay activities'

Source: The Star PENANG, Malaysia -- In their third raid on a fitness and sauna center since November, police detained 14 men Saturday at what they called "a front for gay activities." George Town OCPD Asst Comm Azam Abd Hamid said six men, all naked, were caught in three toilets while the...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 05-12-2008
Monday, May 12

Safety, Lives of LGBT Moldovans Under Immediate Threat; Action Needed Now!

According to Queer Activism: "The government refused police protection for this weekend's LGBT Pride March in Moldova's capital city of Chisinau, where members of the International Lesbian and Gay Association of Europe and Romania's human rights organization, ACCEPT, are also gathered...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queers United on 05-12-2008
Saturday, May 10

Arizona club, once subject of bias complaint, now an LGBT hot spot

Source: Arizona Republic , East Valley Tribune Scottsdale, Ariz. -- A dance club here that was once the subject of a high-profile discrimination complaint by a trans woman who was kicked out has now become what Arizona Republic calls "the Valley's premier club for the gay, lesbian, bisexual...

Posted to Qnews (Weblog) by NewsEditor on 05-10-2008
Saturday, May 10

"Voices Against 377" - Human Rights for Singapore!

‘Voices Against 377 is a coalition of Non Governmental Organisations (NGO) and progressive groups based in Delhi. It is a point of intersection and dialogue between various social movements that these groups represent, where a united voice is being articulated against Section 377 of the Indian Penal...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queers United on 05-10-2008
Friday, May 09

Open Forum: That's So Straight!?

Well all grew up hearing the famous phrase " sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me ". It probably didn't take long to realize that this line is the furthest thing from the truth. "75.4% of students heard derogatory remarks such as "faggot" or...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queers United on 05-09-2008

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