Administrators at a Texas high school told two lesbians they couldn’t go to prom together.
Merary Melchor, a senior at John Tyler High School, applied twice for tickets to take Sydney Aparicio, her girlfriend of more than two years and a freshman at another high school, to prom. But school officials denied Melchor’s request both times, even after she obtained permission from an administrator.
Continue reading at: http://www.newnownext.com/lesbian-couple-banned-prom-texas/05/2018/ (source)
A lesbian couple were supposed to pick up their new foster child from Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. On their way home from the hospital, after meeting their new child, they were told a judge changed his mind about the approval.
Continue reading at: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/04/
mississippi-youth-court-judge-denies-lesbian-couple-adoption-new-baby-reason-absurd/ (source)
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Tagged Adoption/Fostering, Ashley Davis, Discrimination, LaNisha Davis, Lesbian Mothers, Lesbians in the U.S.
Kenyan authorities have banned a film that tells the love story of two women and is set to debut at Cannes Film Festival next month, saying it promotes lesbianism.
The film “Rafiki”, a word that means friend in KiSwahili, was this week invited to premiere at the prestigious festival in France — the first Kenyan film to receive to be invited.
Continue reading at: https://www.iol.co.za/news/africa/kenya-bans-lesbian-love-story-film-rafiki-set-to-debut-at-cannes-14676629 (source)
Update: Update: Kenyan court lifts ban on lesbian love film
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Tagged Cannes Film Festival, Discrimination, Lesbians in Film, Lesbians in Kenya, Rafiki
A same-sex couple who had their car tyre punctured and a note left outside their home calling “lesbianism an abhorrent practice” is encouraging anyone else targeted in the same way to speak out and notify police.
Continue reading at: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-24/gay-couple-attacked-sickheads-hateful-note-car-tyre-slashed/9688284 (source)
Authorities in Turin, northern Italy, have refused to register the baby of a lesbian couple.
Chiara Foglietta, a Turin councillor, underwent artificial insemination in Denmark and gave birth last Friday to baby boy Niccolo Pietro.
Italian law sets strict rules for fertility treatment, making it available only to stable heterosexual couples.
Continue reading at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-43823692 (source)
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Tagged Chiara Foglietta, Discrimination, Lesbian Mothers, Lesbians in Italy, Micaela Ghisleni
The principal of the illustrious Etoile School in Douala, Cameroon, has expelled two students for alleged lesbianism.
The principal, Emile Ndongo, has a reputation as a strict disciplinarian. He defended his harsh action in blatantly homophobic terms:
“Homosexuality is an animal baseness. My institution is not a homosexual dump,” he said.
Continue reading at: https://76crimes.com/2018/04/05/
cameroon-school-expels-2-allegedly-lesbian-students/ (source)
A former Hamilton County magistrate was demoted, treated differently and fired without explanation because she’s openly gay and her boss didn’t believe that would reflect well on Republican constituents as he ran for re-election in Hamilton County Juvenile Court in 2014, the woman’s attorney said on the first day of her discrimination trial in Chattanooga.
Continue Reading at: http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/
story/2018/mar/20/attorney-former-magistrate-judge-discriminate/466331/ (Source)
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Tagged Discrimination, Elizabeth Gentzler, Lesbians in the U.S., workplace discrimination
At a time when women around the world are speaking up against abuse and demanding greater gender equality, the Vatican’s actions to silence these women speakers have prompted some Catholics to reflect on whether the church really values women’s voices.
Ssenfuka Joanita Warry, a lesbian Catholic activist from Uganda, was reportedly one of the women whose presence at the conference did not meet the approval of the Vatican.
During the conference, Warry spoke about what life was like for her as a lesbian activist in a country where homosexuality is illegal. She condemned the silence of religious leaders in the face of this discrimination against queer Ugandans.
Continue Reading at: https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/
catholic-women-voices-of-faith-conference-vatican_us_5aa164dee4b002df2c61e586
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Tagged Catholicism, Discrimination, International Women's Day, Lesbians and religion, Ssenfuka Joanita Warry, Vatican
Kristen Nelson was a softball coach for five years at West Catholic High School in Michigan — until she wanted to get married.
When it became known Nelson wanted to marry her partner, a ‘parent concern’ materialized. It resulted in conversations with both the school and Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids. Consequently, Catholic leaders gave Nelson an ultimatum: if she got married to a woman, she wouldn’t have her job anymore.
Continue reading at: https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/
lesbian-coach-resign-married/ (Source)
On Friday, Hawaii’s Intermediate Court of Appeals upheld a previous ruling that found a Hawaii Kai bed and breakfast was discriminatory for refusing the lesbian couple a room because of their sexual orientation.
Continue reading at: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/
37581493/lesbian-couple-wins-discrimination-lawsuit-against-hawaii-kai-bed-and-breakfast-owner (Source)
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Tagged Diane Cervelli, Discrimination, Lambda Legal, Lesbians in the U.S., Taeko Bufford
An Albuquerque woman says her son’s martial arts teacher kicked him out of class after finding out she’s a married lesbian.
“He said, ‘We’re a monastery. We worship God here. That goes against what God teaches.’ And then he looked at my son, addressed him by name and told him, ‘What your mother is doing is wrong,’” she said.
Continue reading at: http://krqe.com/2018/02/23/lesbian-couple-says-martial-arts-teacher-discriminated-against-them-kicked-son-out-of-class/ (Source)
Hong Kong pop star Denise Ho says she has been denied a performance permit in Malaysia over her views on gay rights.
Continue Reading at: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43072223 (Source)
A lesbian couple has sued the Trump administration over a denial of their application to serve as foster parents for refugee children.
Continue reading at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/
lesbian-couple-sues-hhs-catholic-church-over-being-blocked-as-foster-parents/article/2649526 (Source)
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Tagged Bryn Esplin, Discrimination, Fatma Marouf, Lambda Legal, Lesbians in the U.S.
The first-grade teacher, who had taught at the school for nearly seven years, returned to her job Wednesday after marrying her partner in a same-sex wedding ceremony over the weekend. That’s when she learned she was no longer employed.
Continue reading at: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/
national/lesbian-miami-school-teacher-fired-marrying-girlfriend-article-1.3812762 (Source)
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Tagged Catholicism, Discrimination, Jocelyn Morffi, Lesbians in the U.S., Marriage equality, workplace discrimination
Alabama teens Janizia and Raven have been dating since September and talking about prom since December.
To make it memorable for her girlfriend, Janizia decided to stage a “promposal” — the act of inviting someone to prom in an elaborate fashion, often involving props and flash mobs.
Continue reading at: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/02/09/us/
alabama-lesbian-teens-prom/index.html (Source)
After marrying her girlfriend, a lesbian in Cameroon became the target of a manhunt by her new in-laws.
Continue reading at: https://76crimes.com/2018/02/05/
scandalized-cameroon-family-hunts-lesbian-bride/ (Source)
A court will hear arguments in a lesbian’s bid to revive her lawsuit that alleges a Chicago-area senior living facility did nothing to stop residents from harassing her because of her sexual orientation.
Continue reading at: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-02-06/court-hearing-appeal-in-potentially-landmark-lesbian-case (Source)
Police in Zambia have launched a nationwide hunt for a couple who are suspected of being lesbians, based on online photos of them posing. Under Zambian law, people convicted of same-sex intimacy can be imprisoned for 15 years to life. Women convicted of “gross indecency” can be imprisoned for seven to 14 years. But Zambian police are acting as though mere sexual attraction among women, rather than sexual intimacy, is a criminal offence.
Continue reading at: https://76crimes.com/2018/01/31/zambia-police-seek-alleged-lesbian-couple/ (Source)
“I’m happy. So happy,” Angela says, two days after authorities halted her deportation at the last minute.
The 21-year-old lesbian was scheduled to be deported on Jan 18, 2017, after Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board denied her request for asylum here.
Just 24 hours before she was scheduled to be deported, Angela was granted a stay of removal, allowing her to remain in Canada and appeal her case. “When I got the news I was relieved,” she says. “I wasn’t scared anymore of going back home.”
Continue reading at: https://www.dailyxtra.com/lesbian-refugee-says-shes-relieved-to-still-be-in-canada-at-least-for-now-72880 (Source)
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Tagged Deportation, Discrimination, Lesbian refugees, Lesbians in Cameroon, Lesbians in Canada, seeking asylum
A federal appeals court has upheld a “sex-plus” discrimination ruling in the case of a lesbian firefighter who said she suffered horrendous harassment on the job.
Continue reading at: https://www.advocate.com/women/2018/1/26/
lesbian-firefighter-prevails-court-after-having-brain-matter-flung-her (Source)
Update: U.S.: Lesbian firefighter wins second case after ongoing retaliation
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Tagged Discrimination, lawsuit, Lesbians in the U.S., Lori Franchina, workplace discrimination, workplace harrassment
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