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ACLU calls for civil rights investigations into two North Texas school districts over anti-transgender policies

Frisco ISD’s new bathroom policy and Keller ISD’s ban on books that reference gender fluidity violate federal rules prohibiting sex-based discrimination, the ACLU said.

The Texas Tribune

POINT: Discrimination in education cannot be justified

The Supreme Court recently heard arguments from Harvard and the University of North Carolina about using race and ethnicity in admissions policies. Project 21, the Black Leadership Network of which I am a member, submitted an amicus brief in the Harvard case.

Tribune News Service

England captain Harry Kane ‘disappointed’ over OneLove armband decision after FIFA threat

The Three Lions romped to victory but Kane was denied the chance to wear an anti-discrimination armband

Evening Standard

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The NT's anti-discrimination laws are being updated for the first time in 30 years. Here's what you need to know

A bill to amend the Northern Territory's Anti-Discrimination Act for the first time in decades is expected to return to parliament today. Here's what you need to know.

ABC News

Democrats' same-sex marriage tradeoff

Amendment reaffirms a 1993 law that has been used to legalize anti-LGBTQ discrimination

Salon

How a Gorsuch LGBT Ruling May Doom Affirmative Action in College Admissions

The link between Bostock v. Clayton County and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina

Reason

After election win, California’s attorney general turns to investigating hospital algorithms for racial bias

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Attorney General Rob Bonta sailed to victory in the Nov. 8 election, riding his progressive record on reproductive rights, gun control and social justice reform. As he charts a course for his next four years, the 50-year-old Democrat wants to target racial discrimination in health care,…

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World Cup 2022: Fifa's clampdown on rainbow armbands conflicts with its own guidance on human rights

The 2022 men’s World Cup host nation Qatar is known for its human rights abuses relating to women, migrant workers and those from the LGBTQ+ community. Same sex relationships in Qatar are illegal and punishable by up to seven years in prison. As Qatar is hosting one of the most…

The Conversation

New Zealand lawmakers will vote on whether to lower the national voting age to 16

New Zealand lawmakers will vote on whether to lower the national voting age to 16 after the country's Supreme Court ruled that not allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote amounted to age discrimination.

WEKU

New Zealand to vote on lowering voting age from 18 to 16

The announcement came hours after the country’s Supreme Court ruled that not allowing 16 and 17-year-olds to vote amounted to age discrimination

Evening Standard

New Zealand to decide on lowering voting age from 18 to 16

Politicians will make decision after Supreme Court ruled that not allowing 16 and 17-year-olds to vote amounted to age discrimination

Manchester Evening News

Racial inequality hard-wired into housing system in England, study finds

Researchers found black and minority ethnic people more at risk of homelessness and racist treatment from landlords

The Guardian - UK

New Zealand group wanting voting age set at 16 wins in court

A lobby group seeking to lower New Zealand’s voting age from 18 to 16 has won its appeal to the Supreme Court, which says the current law amounts to age discrimination

The Independent UK

Research suggests ‘shocking race disparity’ in homelessness risk

BLACK people face significantly greater risk of homelessness in the UK, research has suggested.

The National (Scotland)

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The Independent UK

Experience of racial discrimination linked to elevated homelessness risk – study

The report found ‘overwhelming’ evidence that people from black and minoritised ethnic communities experience disproportionate levels of homelessness.

The Independent UK

Mothers of LGBTQ children join forces in Latin America

LGBTQ people fight for their rights across the world

The Independent UK

Google and Apple’s role in Qatari app that lets men stop women from leaving the country

Exclusive: Tech giants under fire for making available Metrash2 app, which can be used to stop unmarried Qatari women aged under 25 from leaving the Gulf state

ABC News

Religious leaders in the NT urge government to revise proposed changes to anti-discrimination laws

New anti-discrimination laws are expected to pass through the Northern Territory's parliament in the next week, but religious groups fear the reforms go too far and would "completely remove" protections for religious schools.

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Evening Standard

What is the One Love armband worn by Harry Kane at Qatar World Cup?

Kane, alongside nine other European country captains, will be in unison with their campaign against discrimination.

The Conversation

LGBTIQ learners at risk in South Africa as conservative Christian groups fight plans for safer schools

Advocacy groups in South Africa are intensifying their efforts to prevent the country’s education department from creating safer environments for children of diverse gender identities and sexual orientations. Some of the advocacy groups have ties to conservative US Christian groups.

The Conversation

Gender inequality is still rampant in the maritime longshore profession

Gender equality has made enormous strides over the past century. In Canada today, women participate in the labour market at much higher rates than they used to — there are almost 3.5 times more women working now than there were in the 1950s.

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Celtics vet Blake Griffin on growing up biracial

Griffin explained how his parents' example in the face of such discrimination helped prepare him for such disheartening behavior.

Tribune News Service

Obamacare discrimination protections don’t apply to LGBT patients, Texas judge rules

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge in Texas has ruled that the Biden administration cannot prohibit doctors from denying certain medical care based on a patient’s sexual orientation and gender identity.

Reason

Title IX and Affordable Care Act Don't Forbid Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination

So held Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk (N.D. Tex.) Friday in Neese v. Becerra; the opinion is long, but here's an excerpt: Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act prohibits discrimination "on the basis of sex." See 42 U.S.C. § 18116(a) (incorporating, among other things, Title IX's prohibition of discrimination "on the…

Tribune News Service

Black woman awarded $366 million over firing calls FedEx racial bias ‘next level’

Jennifer Harris was a rising star, climbing the corporate ranks of delivery giant FedEx from entry-level sales to leading her own team more than a decade later.

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