Month: September 2011
Egale Canada, Canada’s national lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) human rights organisation, is extremely disturbed by the National Hockey League’s (NHL) failure to take action against homophobia within the game.
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Egale Calls on NHL to Stand Firmly Against Anti-Gay Discrimination
Egale Canada, Canada’s national lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) human rights organisation, is extremely disturbed by the National Hockey League’s (NHL) failure to take action against homophobia within the game.
The National Hockey League (NHL) has yet to respond to growing calls from the Human Rights Campaign and other advocacy organizations to revisit the incident between Philadelphia Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds and New York Rangers winger Sean Avery in which Simmonds appears to have shouted “f*cking f*ggot” at Avery during an altercation.
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NHL’s Continued Silence on Wayne Simmonds’ Anti-Gay Slur is Unacceptable
The National Hockey League (NHL) has yet to respond to growing calls from the Human Rights Campaign and other advocacy organizations to revisit the incident between Philadelphia Flyers forward Wayne Simmonds and New York Rangers winger Sean Avery in which Simmonds appears to have shouted “f*cking f*ggot” at Avery during an altercation.
Progressive Democrats of America has just announced its first endorsement of the 2012 election season: Norman Solomon for Congress in California's Second Congressional District, which runs from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border. Solomon has served as co-chair of PDA's Healthcare NOT Warfare campaign for the last four years.
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Democrats Endorse Solomon for Woolsey Seat
Progressive Democrats of America has just announced its first endorsement of the 2012 election season: Norman Solomon for Congress in California’s Second Congressional District, which runs from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border. Solomon has served as co-chair of PDA’s Healthcare NOT Warfare campaign for the last four years.
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, recentlyre-launched its online presence with a new website.
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Human Rights Campaign Launches Dynamic New Online Home
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, recentlyre-launched its online presence with a new website.
In a resolution adopted yesterday, the European Parliament has called on the World Health Organization to stop considering transgender people as mentally ill. ‘Gender identity disorder’ is currently classified as a ‘mental and behavioural disorder’ in the WHO’s International Classification of Diseases.
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EP: World Health Organization must stop treating transgender people as mentally ill
In a resolution adopted yesterday, the European Parliament has called on the World Health Organization to stop considering transgender people as mentally ill. ‘Gender identity disorder’ is currently classified as a ‘mental and behavioural disorder’ in the WHO’s International Classification of Diseases.
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the America’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organisation, today called on the National Hockey League (NHL) to take action after Wayne Simmonds of the Philadelphia Flyers was shown on video clearly shouting an anti-gay slur during a pre-season game on Monday night.
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National Hockey League Refuses to Take Action After Player Shouts Anti-Gay Slur
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the America’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy and anti-defamation organisation, today called on the National Hockey League (NHL) to take action after Wayne Simmonds of the Philadelphia Flyers was shown on video clearly shouting an anti-gay slur during a pre-season game on Monday night.