SF News Gay Sailor Sues America's Cup For Wrongful Termination Openly gay boat captain Larry Jacobson, who was employed by the America's Cup from June to September of last year, is suing the Cup's organizers for discriminatory treatment and wrongful termination. Jacobson, who
SF News Trans Woman Claims Discrimination At Holy Cow A trans woman claims that she was harassed and discriminated against in recent weeks when she tried to use the women's restroom at SoMa nightclub Holy Cow. This was not on one of
SF News Abercrombie Wrongly Fired Muslim For Hijab, Rules Judge Back in 2010, Hani Khan, an 18-year-old Muslim, claimed Abercrombie & Fitch fired her for wearing a head scarf at work. Well, today a judge agreed with her. U.S. District Judge Yvonne
SF News Walgreens Sued For Firing Diabetic South S.F. Cashier As the Chronicle reported on Friday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a federal suit against Walgreens on Thursday for firing a diabetic South San Francisco cashier, Josefina Hernandez. Hernandez had
SF Restaurants, Food & Drink Racist San Jose Panda Express Sued By Feds According to the Associated Press, a San Jose Panda Express is in a world of trouble after allegedly discriminating against Latino employees. "Federal officials are suing a San Jose Panda Express, accusing the
SF News California-Chic Teen Fashion Supplier Sued for Firing Employee Over Head Scarf In San Mateo, where suburban shopping mall culture still reigns, a local Muslim woman is suing her former employers at Abercrombie & Fitch after she was fired for refusing to remove her headscarf
SF News Ninth Circuit to Hear Judge Walker's Ruling In December The Ninth Circuit just announced that on December 6 it will hear the appeal of Judge Walker's ruling that overturned Prop 8, California anti-civil rights amendment barring same-sex marriage. The arguments will start
SF News Muslim Job Applicant Accuses Abercrombie & Fitch of Bias Abercrombie & Fitch's unyielding adherence to one kind of beauty has, once again, gotten them in trouble. A Mulsim woman accuses the clothing retailer of not hiring due to her head scarf. Mercury
SF News Anti-Straight Discrimination Alleged at Mission Police Station A former SFPD cop is claiming anti-straight discrimination at the Mission police station, and now she's taking action. Mission Local reports that openly heterosexual Lori Dutra, a former patrol officer, "alleges she suffered
SF News Protesters Accuse Alcatraz Cruises of Being Anti-Gay and Anti-Union Protesters gathered at Pier 33 yesterday to draw attention to the firing of longtime Alcatraz Cruises employee Vincent Atos, who was suspended last year over a sexual harassment complaint for being "too gay.
SF News Ginger Hate Watch: British Xmas Card Promotes Hate Do not upset redheads. Because they know how to hold a grudge, stab you in the back when you least expect it, and pour a cocktail in your unattended purse. Take note of
SF News Support of Gay Marriage Closely Linked With Age Unless you're a godless whore who uses contempt for a group of people to make a cheap buck, most young people are in support of gay marriage. Which means, after most of the
SF News Justice of Peace Denies Interracial Couple Marriage License A dimwitted justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, recently denied an interracial couple a marriage license. Why? Like we need to tell you why. But we will: said justice of peace,
SF News Homophobic Singer at Rockit Room Tonight (Or Not) Lackluster, middling dancehall performer Buju Banto, crooner of such complex songs as "Kill Gays" (AKA "Boom Bye Bye") has plans to play at the Richmond district's Rockit Room tonight. Oh, and he hates
SF News Obama Promises To End 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Without giving any specifics,,President Barack Obama pledged to end the U.S. military's dated and bizarre ban on openly queer homosexuals serving in the military. During a speech at the annual Human
SF News Dennis Herrera Helps SF Join Federal Bid to Smash Prop. 8 Don't let the Obama's defense of DOMA get you down this Pride season. City Attorney Dennis Herrera just filed a brief in federal court yesterday stating the obvious: Proposition 8 has no constitutionally
SF News Prop 8 Upheld, Rules California State Supreme Court As anticipated, the California State Supreme Court ruled to uphold prop 8, the same-sex marriage ban. That means that gay marriage in the state of California is still considered illegal, effectively stripping away
SF News Prop 8 Announcement Today At 10 a.m. this morning, the state supreme court will announce its ruling whether to overturn or uphold prop 8, the gay marriage banned that passed last November. The constitutional amendment barely
SF News Trump Says Miss California Gets to Keep Crown Anti-gay rights advocate Miss California Carrie Prejean gets to keep her meaningless crown, said Donald Trump. After pageant officials sort of said they would let her keep her head bauble yesterday, even though
SF News Miss California Gets to Keep Title, Says Pageant Officials Sleep easy, defenders of free speech and a vengeful God. Pro-discrimination Miss California, the lying whore who famously told the audience at the Miss USA pageant that same-sex marriage was icky and wrong,
SF News New York Governor Introduces Gay Marriage Bill Take note, California: the Governor of New York introducing legislation to legalize same-sex marriage. "There is clearly a problem in that those individuals who are gay or lesbian who would live in a
SF News Judiciary Committee Passes Resolution Opposing Prop 8 California is one step closer to getting Prop 8, the same-sex marriage ban that passed in November, overturned. Hopefully. A judiciary committee passed House Resolution 5 today (care of one Tom Ammiano, D-San
SF News East Bay Express Fuels Prop 8 Harassment Myth Ever since Prop 8 donor names were revealed, those who donated to allow discrimination in the California state constitution have feared retaliation from angry citizens. Problem is, we have yet hear one example
SF News Utah Ilk & LDS Church Spent More on Prop. 8 than Previously Known Briefly touched upon last week when the final batch of Prop 8 donor names unfurled, Utah citizens and the LDS Church spent more on getting Prop. 8 passed than previously known. According to
SF News Prop 8 Backers Admit That They Don't Really Believe Their Own Arguments Oh this Prop 8 stuff just gets hairier and hairier. We were thumbing through some articles about the people who backed Prop 8; that includes groups like the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty,
