Day: December 11, 2014
New Stonewall Star Performers ‘take workplace equality to the next level’
Stonewall today launches a new programme to bring together top-performing organisations who have consistently demonstrated exemplary practice to support their lesbian, gay and bisexual staff. The new Stonewall Star Performers – named as Accenture, Barclays, EY, Gentoo, Goldman Sachs, Home Office, IBM and Simmons & Simmons – will lead the development of best practice in Britain and around the world.
EU report reveals alarming reality trans people
Tuesday, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) presented the largest comparative study on the experiences of trans people in all 28 EU Member States. The FRA calls the results “alarming”, but highlights that legal frameworks and good policies have a positive impact on trans people’s lives.
New York State Issues Guidance Requiring Health Insurance Companies to Cover Transgender Health Care
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) today praised the New York State Department of Financial Services for issuing guidance requiring health insurance companies to cover transgender health care on the same terms as other care.
If homosexuality isn’t illegal, why is there a gay crackdown in Egypt ?
A bath house raid instigated by complicit media looks like a bid to distract attention from bigger economic and political issues
Catholic University Training: Report Criticism of Gay Marriage as Harassment
An anti-harassment training at a Catholic university in Wisconsin encouraged employees to report anyone they hear criticizing gay marriage to the school’s human-resources department.