Firing someone simply for being gay and opposing marriage equality is “not discrimination”, a candidate for the governor’s job in Virginia has said. Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, who has served as lieutenant governor since 2022, is facing Democratic candidate Abigail Spanberger in this year’s race for the governor’s mansion. Incumbent Glenn Youngkin cannot run again. During a […]

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Actor Rockmond Dunbar is set to go to trial this week after suing 20th Television and parent company Disney for discrimination, claiming he was fired from 9-1-1 for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Dunbar played Michael Grant in the first five seasons of the drama before being written out in November 2021, a month after […]

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Proposed changes to the Code of Practice of the UK body responsible for the promotion and enforcement of equality and non-discrimination laws, have been labelled not just “discriminatory and unworkable” but likely to result in “segregation, harassment and exclusion”. Earlier this year, the UK Supreme Court issued its verdict in the case of For Women […]

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