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US psychoanalysts apologize for labeling homosexuality an illness

Daniel Trotta, Reuters
Posted at Jun 22 06:54 AM

The American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) apologized on Friday for previously treating homosexuality as a mental illness, saying its past errors contributed to discrimination and trauma for LGBTQ people. Read more »

Sephora to shut US stores for diversity training after racial incident

Reuters
Posted at Jun 03 08:20 AM

R&B singer SZA, who is black, said in April she was racially profiled at a Sephora store in Calabasas, California. Read more »

Elton John slams Russian cuts to 'Rocketman' gay scenes

Reuters
Posted at Jun 01 12:55 PM

Elton John on Friday criticized Russia's reported censorship of gay sex scenes in the new movie musical based on his life, "Rocketman," calling the decision "cruelly unaccepting of the love between 2 people." Read more »

House passes bill seeking stiffer penalties vs child abuse

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 12:46 AM

MANILA - A measure that imposes stiffer penalties against child abuse, exploitation, and discrimination got the approval of the House of Representatives Monday. Read more »

DTI inspects Chinese establishments allegedly discriminating against Filipinos

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 09 11:08 PM

The Department of Trade and Industry is now looking into Chinese establishments allegedly discriminating Filipinos. Read more »

Unfair?

Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 15 06:26 PM

People pass by a Glutamax billboard in Magallanes, Makati on Monday. The company issued an apology for the "discomfort" caused by its ad campaign after receiving flak from some celebrities and netizens for its supposed distasteful advertisements. Read more »

Brunei defends gay sex death penalty as more for ‘prevention than to punish’

Hugo Greenhalgh, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Apr 12 06:56 PM

Celebrities, from actor George Clooney and singer Elton John, have galvanized support against the new laws. Read more »

Actress Michelle Williams at US Capitol to push for pay equality

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 03 06:44 AM

Hollywood actress Michelle Williams came to Congress Tuesday appealing for a vote on a law to close the gender pay gap, recalling how she was once paid dramatically less than a male colleague for similar work. Read more »

Facebook settles with rights groups on ad discrimination

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 20 07:13 AM

Facebook unveiled major changes to how it uses targeted advertising on Tuesday, settling a legal challenge alleging it discriminated in messages on jobs, housing, credit and other services. Read more »

'Diskriminasyon dahil sa expanded maternity leave paparusahan'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 01 05:42 PM

Ayon kay Atty. Noel Del Prado, protektado sa expanded maternity leave law ang mga babae laban sa diskriminasyon. Read more »

After New York City’s war with Amazon, Uber could be next

Emma G. Fitzsimmons, The New York Times
Posted at Feb 20 03:41 PM

NEW YORK — After New York City and Amazon went to war over a new campus in Queens, the city is heading into battle with another tech giant: Uber. Read more »

Ex-MTV VJ Belinda Panelo endures racist rant in California

ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Posted at Feb 15 01:48 PM

Former MTV VJ and model became a target of a racist rant in the Southern California city of Playa Vista. Read more »

Why do Muslim women wear hijabs?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 01 03:44 PM

Wearing the hijab, a head covering worn in public by some Muslim women, is a "religious obligation" in Islam, International Alert Philippines Project Officer for Women and Youth Program Nina Bahjin Imlan told ANC's Early Edition. Read more »

Mga magulang ng mga batang nahuli sa Navotas drug den kakasuhan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 23 03:06 PM

Ayon kay PDEA Director General Aaron Aquino, ang mga magulang ng mga bata ay mahaharap sa paglabag sa Republic Act 7610 o Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act. Read more »

Opinion: The anti-discrimination bill

Amir Mawallil
Posted at Dec 10 11:41 PM

What would it mean for the Philippines to have a real anti-discrimination bill? It certainly sounds like a certain utopia: to have human rights, equality, and dignity restored that discrimination strips away. Read more »

Jubilant Malays rally after Malaysia refuses UN racial equality pledge

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 09:22 PM

Tens of thousands of Malay Muslims rallied Saturday to celebrate the Malaysian government's refusal to ratify a UN convention against racial discrimination. Read more »

House OKs bill prohibiting racial, ethnic, religious discrimination on 2nd reading

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 06 01:31 AM

MANILA - The House of Representatives has approved on second reading a bill seeking to prohibit racial, ethnic, and religious discrimination. Read more »

Job fair para sa PWDs ikinasa, pero ahensiya may 'alinlangan'

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 30 09:49 PM

Para sa National Council for Disability Affairs, mas maganda sana kung hindi na ihihiwalay ang job fair para sa mga PWD. Read more »

Anti-gay marriage groups win Taiwan referendum battle

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 25 01:35 AM

Voters in Taiwan backed anti-gay marriage referendums Saturday in what LGBT activists said was a major blow to the island's reputation as a rights trailblazer. Read more »

Japan probe finds more universities discriminated against women

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 23 05:06 PM

TOKYO - A Japanese government probe has uncovered more cases of universities discriminating against female applicants in an investigation prompted by a scandal at a Tokyo medical school. Read more »

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