discrimination

Last week in England the Charity Commission rejected a plea from Catholic Care, a Leeds based adoption group, to restrict adoption to only heterosexual couples. “Catholic Care sought an exclusion from the 2007 sexual orientation regulations and began legal action to change its constitution so it could continue helping married couples only. The commission initially refused to give its consent, but the charity won the right to appeal against its decision.”

Industry veteran Charles Perez was recently fired from his anchor position with Miami's major television news program. He's suing the TV station, claiming they fired him because he is gay, and saying the station pressured him not to get married or have children with his partner.

He shared his story with the Daily Beast.

Two anti-discrimination bills go into effect today providing expanded protections for gay and lesbian youth - with legislation requiring sensitivity training and instruction on the state's anti-harassment laws.

The bills that go into effect today:

AB 3015 requires administrators and licensed foster parents receive training about state laws that call on schools to be free of harassment and violence.

Would you say that being able to send your child to school without fear of his persecution an inalienable right?

Every time I tell this story it just makes me sick. I have done nothing wrong and yet I can not get any justice.

See in 1986 I was sent to live with my father in TN because my mom was an alcoholic and I just didn't handle it well. Not long after moving in with my father we had a terrible disagreement and I found my self in a residential treatment facility.

My father stopped visiting a few months after dropping me off at this facility and not long after that I ran away in an attempt to get back to my mom and brother in Indiana.

Gay and lesbian employees of U.S. companies have found little protection from discrimination in the workplace. Employers are slowly beginning to update policies to protect us.