Discrimination
Court challenges gay judge's decision
A retired judge and his sexual orientation will be the subject of a court hearing June 13, 2011 in San Francisco. The suit does not have any earlier legal precedent. Backers of the case call it simply a conflict of interest, while opponents fear the precedent could be an unsafe one. Post resource - Legal hearing to determine if gay judge had conflict of interest by Newsytype.com.
Proposition 8 ruled unconstitutional
March 21, 2011 |
During Canada’s pre-recession economic boom, racialized Canadians were more willing to work, but experienced higher levels of unemployment and earned less income than non-racialized Canadians.
Not Rex: Criminalizing people with HIV doesn't protect public health
This week on Not Rex, Shawn Syms argues: Sexually active people with HIV are not intrinsically devious and dangerous. No more so than all redheads are. Or any other definable group.
Has a person with HIV ever deliberately deceived someone about their status and intentionally, maliciously passed on the virus? Yes. But in Canada, the law casts the net far, far wider than that, locking up people with HIV who've never harmed anyone.
June 3, 2010 |
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal resumed hearings yesterday into the federal government's underfunding of children's services in First Nations reserves.