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Male Student Suspended From School Over Skirt

Posted on 31 August 2011. Tags: discrimination, education, gay, gender, lgbt, male student suspended over skirt, rights, School, steven bivens

Skirt Disrupted School Environment 17-year-old Steven Bivens was suspended from his high school for ten days. His offense, he wore a women’s skirt during “spirit day” at Coffee County High School. “School is supposed to be a safe place where you can express yourself and not be worried about discrimination or anything like that,” says [...]

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Rev. Jesse Jackson Accused of Sexual Harrasment

Posted on 15 April 2011. Tags: bennet rainbow push, black celebrity news, discrimination, ex employee jesse jackson, homosexuality, jesse jackson, jesse jackson sexual harrasment, rainbow push coalition, sexual harrasment, tommy bennett harrasment, tommy bennett jesse jackson

Ex-Employee Claims He Was Treated Differently Because He’s Gay! The Rev. Jesse Jackson is once again being accused of sexual harassment…this time from a gay man who used to work for him at the Rainbow Push Coalition! Ex-employee Tommy Bennett filed a complaint against Jackson last summer with the City of Chicago Human Relations Commission [...]

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To be or Not to be a Racist: Obama Nation

Posted on 08 June 2010. Tags: ask Dr. O, askdro, Barack Obama, CNN, D.owens, discrimination, Dr. O, forgive, forgiveness, latino, nation, Obama, out of control, president, Racism, relationship, relationships

I have had a significant number of friends, family members and patients who are reporting increased harrassment and inequality on their jobs. Many of them have become depressed and their relationships (marriages, etc.) are in trouble. Several have been overlooked for raises, many have the overall “meets expectations” only on their evaluations and some have [...]

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