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Thursday, 31 May 2007 18:05
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 Congress Set to Ban
Workplace Bias Against Gays
Expect the Democratic Congress to ban discrimination against gays by employers this year. There's broad support for a bill that makes it illegal to base decisions for hiring, firing or promotions on a person's sexual orientation or gender identity. A similar bill fell one vote short of passage in the Senate in 1996, and never gained any traction in the Republican-led House. Now that Democrats control both chambers of Congress, the proposal has its best chance ever for passage.
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Thursday, 31 May 2007 18:01
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 Fired Transsexual City Manager is Turned Down
Steve Stanton was fired as city manager in Largo two months ago after announcing his plans to become Susan Stanton. On Wednesday, Stanton, wearing a white skirt, pumps and makeup, applied for the top job in this cosmopolitan tourist town, and was turned down.
The Sarasota city commissioners instead picked another one of the five candidates. Stanton was their third choice.
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Thursday, 31 May 2007 17:50
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 Court: Defamation Lawsuit by
Ant-Gay Pastor Was Not Frivolous
An appeals court says a defamation lawsuit against a gay rights group by a conservative pastor is not frivolous.
The decision means the attorney for the Reverend Grant Storms doesn't have to pay $$87,000 in attorneys' fees and court costs to Action Wisconsin.
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Thursday, 31 May 2007 17:45
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 John Amaechi to Lead Gay Parade
John Amaechi still cherishes memories of Salt Lake City despite his struggles on the basketball court.
The first former NBA player to acknowledge he was gay said his affection for the community balanced out his scant playing time and clashes with his Utah Jazz coach. In memoirs published in February, he called Salt Lake City "the hippest, gayest place east of San Francisco."
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Thursday, 31 May 2007 12:40
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IGLHRC has been contacted by members of LGBTI organizations in South Korea to join a cyber demonstration against Mr. Myung-Bak, Lee for his recent homophobic statements in an interview with a leading national newspaper. Mr. Lee, who is leader of the right wing Grand National Party, which holds the majority in the South Korean parliament, stated that he is against homosexuality because it is abnormal and declared that the only “normal” union is between members of the opposite sex. Given that Mr. Lee is a prominent national figure, his statements send a chilling message to LGBTI people whose rights are currently protected under Korean law and upheld by the Korean Government’s Human Rights Commission.
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