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Reuters following the court’s decision. “It is a great day for Namibia.”Human rights advocates argued that, even though Namibia’s laws prohibiting sodomy and “unnatural sexual offenses” were rarely enforced, their existence left gay and bisexual men living in fear of arrest.Téa Braun, the chief executive of Human Dignity Trust, said the success of Dausab’s lawsuit could help revive efforts to repeal other criminalization laws across Africa.

first-ever PrideFest, last year at the Public Square, a parcel of city-owned property at the center of the town. Approximately 200 people attended the event, held without disruption.PrideFest’s organizers, the Patoka Valley AIDS Community Action Group, expected it would be green-lit this year and filed an application in November 2023 to hold it on September 7, 2024.

The Four Tops has sued a hospital for alleged racial discrimination and false imprisonment.Morris has filed the lawsuit against a Michigan hospital, who he claims put him in a restraining jacket when Morris told them he was in the legendary Motown group. The Four Tops singer went to the emergency room at Ascension Macomb Oakland Hospital on April 7, 2023, as he was apparently suffering from chest pains and had difficulty breathing whilst singing and touring with The Temptations.However, upon telling the hospital about his profession, Morris alleges white hospital staff “wrongfully assumed he was mentally ill” and placed him in “a restraining jacket and/or a four-point restraint mechanism.” He went on to accuse staff of removing his oxygen, and ordering him to wait for a compulsory psychological evaluation.The lawsuit also claims staff refused to confirm his identity, his “significant” history of cardiac disease, or even see his identification card.

Jack Dunn Several Asian American groups gathered in the Chinatown district of Los Angeles Thursday afternoon to call for comedian Shane Gillis to apologize for using “offensive racial remarks” in his stand-up performances. Leaders of the Media Action Network for Asian Americans, Chinese American Citizens Alliance Los Angeles and the Greater Los Angeles Japanese American Citizens League gathered at the Chinese American Citizens Alliance Lodge for a press conference, in which the groups also implored Netflix to cancel Gillis’ new sitcom “Tires” and that Bud Light cut all promotional funding toward his comedy tour unless an apology is issued.

as a “white bitch” in a rant that was supposedly intended to support her.This content can also be viewed on the site it from.“I would like the media people that continue to say, ‘This rookie class, this rookie class, this rookie class.’ Nah, just call it for what it is—there's one white bitch for the Indiana team who is a superstar,” McAfee said in his June 3 show. A statement that manages to be at once misogynistic toward Clark and racist toward the other, non-white members of the WNBA's rookie class such as A true masterclass in mask-off white male chauvinism.Following the inevitable, ruthless backlash, McAfee apologized for calling Clark a “white bitch,” but stood behind his assertion that Clark is being discriminated against because she is white.

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George Lucas is defending the Star Wars franchise against criticism that he cast “all white men” in the movies.

Andy Cohen once described the Real Housewives franchise as “guilt free gossiping,” and now he, NBCUniversal, Warner Bros Discovery and others are denying any guilt in the workplace discrimination and retaliation claims from RHONY vet Leah McSweeney.

Star Wars films were “all white”, countering that “most of the people are aliens”.Lucas was the executive producer, writer and director of the Star Wars franchise up until Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith in 2005, and also conceived and produced the Indiana Jones film series.Speaking at the Cannes Film Festival after receiving an honorary Palme d’Or Award, he responded to the accusation directly.“They would say, ‘It’s all white men’,” he said (via Variety). “Most of the people are aliens!”“The idea is you’re supposed to accept people for what they are, whether they’re big and furry or whether they’re green or whatever.

Ellise Shafer George Lucas got candid about criticism of the first six “Star Wars” films during a conversation at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday. When speaking about the success of the franchise ahead of receiving the festival’s honorary Palme d’Or, Lucas reflected on some of the negative comments he’s received over the years.

CBS and Paramount Global have filed a response to a discrimination lawsuit by a writer who claimed he wasn’t hired because he was a straight, white man.

One of the Assistant Costume Designers on the Martin Scorsese directed Killers of the Flower Moon is alleging that Apple Studios and the Costume Designers Guild worked hand in hand to erase her contribution to the multi-nominated Lily Gladstone, Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro starring film.  

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A Native American costume designer sued Apple on Wednesday, alleging that her contributions to “Killers of the Flower Moon” were overlooked during the studio’s awards campaign. Kristi Marie Hoffman, who was credited as an assistant costume designer, also alleges that she was subject to racial discrimination on set.

Marc Malkin Senior Editor, Culture and Events Cynthia Erivo may not be a green witch but that doesn’t mean she can’t relate to Elphaba, the sorcerer she plays in the upcoming “Wicked” movies. “As I stand here in front of you: Black, bald-headed, pierced, and queer, I can say I know a thing or two about being the other,” the Tony winner said Saturday night at the Los Angeles LGBT Center Gala, where she was presented with the Schrader Award by Jada Pinkett-Smith. “Elphaba’s story is… about how a colorful, powerful, magical woman—despite being disparaged, demonized, and discriminated against—becomes a hero.” “Wicked is a reclamation and a reimagining of the labels used against her.

A well respected senior teacher was unfairly sacked and discriminated against for 'trade union reasons', a tribunal has found.

BAFTA Fellowship recipient Baroness Floella Benjamin feels like she's finally "beaten all the challenges" as she looks back on her career and prepares to receive BAFTA's highest honour.The iconic presenter, 74, will accept her well-earned accolade at the glittering event held at London’s Royal Festival Hall on May 12, and hosted by Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan. “It’s wonderful that I’m being acknowledged in this way,” Lady Benjamin exclusively told OK! days before accepting her award. “But the best thing that’s happening is that everyone, the whole of the country, is pouring so much love into me, and this award means so much to them.

Four female BBC presenters cannot pursue complaints over gender pay discrimination as part of their lawsuit against the British broadcaster, a court has ruled.

Four senior female BBC News anchors have launched legal action against the broadcaster, claiming a job application process was 'rigged'. Martine Croxall, Karin Giannone, Kasia Madera and Annita McVeigh allege they were snubbed over chief presenter roles, after the merging of BBC's News and World News channels.

Hopefully Bre Tiesi saved up some of her Selling Sunset money, because she’s being sued for MILLIONS. Last Thursday, three of the reality star’s form

Kanye West is being sued for racial discrimination by one of his former security guards.The lawsuit has been brought forward by Benjamin Deshon Provo – who worked for the rapper (who now goes by Ye) at both his Donda Academy school and at a warehouse used as storage for the Yeezy brand of clothing.In the filing, the former employee alleges that the artist subjected his Black employees to “less favourable treatment than their White counterparts”, and People reported that the lawsuit also claims that Ye “frequently screamed at and berated Black employees”, and ultimately fired Provo for refusing to cut his dreadlocks.The former member of staff began working for the controversial rapper in August 2021, after six months at the Donda Academy. This, he alleges, is when the school relocated and “assigned additional job duties” to employees “as a result of a lack of staffing”.In the lawsuit, he accuses Ye of demonstrating a “stark difference” in the way he treated his Black employees compared to other members of staff, and claims that the rapper was “always abrupt, abrasive, and demeaning of Plaintiff and his Black counterparts” (via Metro).

Kanye West has been accused of racial discrimination and more in a newly filed lawsuit by a former employee.