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18 Apr 2008- London, England- A gay airport security guard is in line for compensation after a female colleague was found by a tribunal to have sexually harassed him by thrusting her breasts against him...more

Gay senior policeman is denied promotion 'after revealing graphic details of personal life on Facebook

29 Feb 2008- England- A senior police officer has been denied promotion to chief inspector level because he posted personal information about his gay lifestyle on the social networking website...more

London school apologises to gay teacher subjected to homophobia

27 Feb 2008–  A school governing body yesterday apologised, unreservedly, for the homophobic comments made by a head teacher which forced a young gay teacher to resign from his job...more

Reporter overturns tribunal ruling on gay security guard

16 Jan 2008- London, England- A tribunal that banned the naming of a gay security guard and a woman who he said sexually harassed him, was forced to overturn the decision after a challenge by the INS News Agency...more

Banks 'outing gay couples'

06 Dec 2007- UK- Generic bank, insurance and other financial forms are inadvertently outing gay couples, according to new research...more

Sex texts soldier's 'gay romp'

08 Nov 2007- Leeds, England- The lesbian soldier who claims she was pestered for sex by a male sergeant was caught frolicking with a gay squaddie, a tribunal heard yesterday...more

Gay and lesbian workers 'afraid to come out'

15 May 2007- UK- Almost one half of all gay and lesbian employees in Britain are afraid to come out at work, a new survey suggests...more




 

Harassed gay man's £120,000 award

12 Feb 2007- Scotland- A media sales manager who was harassed and suffered discrimination because he is gay has been awarded almost £120,000 compensation...more

Met named as friendliest employer for gay workers

29 Jan 2007- A gay police liaison officer from Lambeth has praised the Met for recognising the benefits of having a diverse workforce, after it was named as the friendliest employer for gay, bisexual and transsexual people...more

IBM 'most gay-friendly employer'

11 Jan 2007- IBM has been named as the UK's most gay-friendly employer in an annual survey by Stonewall.

The gay rights charity said IBM had done most out of the 100 firms surveyed to put an effective equality strategy in place and to engage with gay staff...more

Transsexual Allowed To Revive Multi-Million Dollar Discrimination Suit Against Bank

11 Oct 2006- UK- A transsexual man who alleges he was fired by multi-national banking company HSBC because of his corrected gender will be allowed to appeal a labor tribunal ruling that dismissed most of his case...more
 

GAY COP FIGHTS FOR EAR STUD

15 August 2006- A GAY policeman is suing his force for sexual discrimination because he isn't allowed to wear an earring on duty like women officers...more

Employee discrimination case sets precedent for gay partner benefits

11 May 2006- Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) applauded a decision this week by the New Hampshire Merrimack Superior Court that the New Hampshire Community Technical College System is committing sexual orientation discrimination when it denies benefits to the partners of gay or lesbian employees...more





Ex-HSBC banker not sacked for being gay

05 May 2006- London- A former HSBC banker was not sacked from his high-flying job because he was gay, but was discriminated against for his sexual orientation, a UK employment tribunal said on Friday...more

Care assistant tells tribunal he was sacked for being gay

28 April 2006- A care assistant from Blakenhall, Wolverhampton has told an employment tribunal that he was unfairly sacked from caring for the elderly because he is gay...more




 

Lesbian “poisoned dwarf” spy awarded compensation by army

05 April 2006- A lesbian spy was awarded £12,000 in compensation yesterday after an employment tribunal found that she had suffered a catalogue of abuse whilst serving in the British Army's special forces...more

 

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