Tag Archives: discrimination

Ohio Tanning Salon Turns Away Woman For Being Too Fat

Ami AngelowiczApril 24, 2013 //
Tanning Mom
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Too fat to tan?

Kelly McGrevey of Akron, Ohio was told that she was too fat to tan. McGrevey claims that Aloha Tanning Salon’s management told her she was too big to fit in their beds, but only after they sold her a membership and collected her money. After outing Aloha for being sizeist money grubbers on the local media and Facebook, they’ve agreed to give McGrevey a full refund for her membership. Graciously, another local tanning salon, Tanner’s, is giving McGrevey use of their beds for one month for free. I guess she’ll fit in a tanning bed after all.

It’s amazing to me that this woman would be turned away from a tanning salon but that Tanning Mom and her 5-year-old daughter can breeze in no problem. As a person who’s had skin cancer, I can’t say I fully support exposure to UV rays, but I hope Kelly McGrevey gets golden freaking brown just to stick it to the assholes at Aloha. [KHOU]

Trans Woman Ally Robledo Uses Women’s Bathroom, Charged With Trespassing

Jessica WakemanApril 15, 2013 //
Trans MMA Fighter
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Fighter Fallon Fox comes out as trans. Read More »
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Fox News illustrated a story about trans folks with "Mrs. Doubtfire" graphic. Read More »
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How To Be A Douche, Lesson #1: Charge a transgender woman for “trespassing” after she uses the women’s bathroom in your grocery store and ban her from shopping in your establishment for one year.

Idaho trans woman Ally Robledo is being discriminated against by Rosauers supermarket in Lewiston because she was “peeing standing up” in the women’s room. Oh, you didn’t know the way you pee could get you in trouble with the cops, did you? Keep reading »

Leave It To Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia To Find The Bright Side Of Discrimination

Jessica WakemanApril 10, 2013 //
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor blasts discrimination against gays. Read More »
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor talks princesses on Sesame Street. Read More »
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“Every cloud has a silver lining, and one of the benefits of the exclusion of women from most professions was that we had wonderful teachers, especially the women who today would probably be CEOs.”

– This is Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia reflecting on his childhood in New York City for New York magazine’s “Childhood In New York” issue, which was apparently quite lovely because of sexism. Might I remind you this person sits on our nation’s highest court in the land? Wonder how many times Justice Elena Kagan has to stop herself from rolling her eyes. [NYMag.com]

Only The Fat, Gay And Childless Are Welcome At This Guy’s Hair Salon

Ami AngelowiczMarch 20, 2013 //
Soapbox: Marissa Mayer
She doesn't call herself a feminist. Read More »
Sexist Parking Spaces
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German mayor helpfully allocates parking spaces just for dudes. Read More »
Fired Over Pregnancy
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Christian college fired woman for getting pregnant out of wedlock. Read More »
Sexist Politician
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"No female interns" is strike two for this sexist politician. Read More »
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A female stylist is suing the gay, male owner of a UK beauty salon for being a “sexist bully.” Natasha Bramhall claims Funky Divas owner, Andrew Rogers told her that he only wanted to hire fat, gay hairdressers because they wouldn’t get pregnant and have to go on maternity leave.

Bramhall says that while she was pregnant, Rogers forced her to handle unsafe products (stuff like bleach, I’m assuming) and that it made her “anxious and stressed.” When she returned to work after giving birth to her son, Rogers allegedly demoted Bramhall, forcing her to quit. Keep reading »

Virginia Spa Bans Gays, Lesbians & Transgender Folks

Jessica WakemanMarch 1, 2013 //
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  • Spa World, a spa in Virginia, has forbidden LGBT folks from using their facility because their “abnormal sexual behaviors and orientation” are a threat to kids and recently asked a customer to leave. Spa World is now being investigated by the Better Business Bureau for discrimination. [Think Progress]
  • Brown University’s student health plan will begin covering 14 different sex reassignment surgery procedures next August. [Human Rights Campaign]
  • On how female veterans cope after experiencing military sexual trauma. [New York Times] Keep reading »

New Study Shows Overweight Female Defendants Viewed As “Guiltier” Than Skinnier Counterparts

Jessica WakemanJanuary 12, 2013 //
Fat Shaming Controversy
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TV show should be ashamed of their fat-shaming. Read More »
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Discriminating against women because of their weight is a very real problem and it goes all the way to the jury box. A new study at Yale University observed 471 adults in mock court cases for four individuals, of whom they were presented pictures: a skinny man, a skinny woman, an obese man, and an obese women. As reported by Yale, “Male participants rated the obese female defendant guiltier than the lean female defendant, whereas female respondents judged the two female defendants equally regardless of weight.” Skinny male participants were more likely than their heftier brothers to negatively judge an obese female defendant. Yet there was absolutely no difference in how guilty the skinny and obese men were judged. Keep reading »

Marine Corps Requires Military Spouse Clubs To Include Same-Sex Partners

Winona Dimeo-EdigerJanuary 10, 2013 //
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When Ashley Broadway, a military wife of 15 years, wanted to make new friends and connect with other military spouses, she applied for membership to the Association of Bragg Officers’ Spouses. Broadway lives at the Fort Bragg military base in North Carolina with her family; her wife is an Army lieutenant colonel, and the couple have one son and another child on the way. Broadway was excited about the prospect of meeting other spouses, volunteering for family events, and being part of a support group. Instead, she was denied membership because, as a same-sex spouse, she doesn’t have a military ID card (due to the Defense of Marriage Act, the military doesn’t recognize same-sex unions). But wait! This story of discrimination actually has a happy ending… Keep reading »

Judge Dismisses Racial Discrimination Suit Against “The Bachelor”

Jessica WakemanOctober 17, 2012 //
Race Discrmination
"The Bachelor" sued for racial discrimination. Read More »
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A Tennessee judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by two black men who were suing ABC over alleged racial discrimination on “The Bachelor,” essentially deciding that casting is protected by the First Amendment. ABC has denied their practices are discriminatory, despite the fact its crop of “Bachelor” bros are the whitest crop of white dudes this side of a Tea Party rally. Keep reading »

Awesome Body Shop Repairs Gay Student’s Vandalized Car — For Free

Julie GersteinAugust 22, 2012 //
Gay History
These gay and lesbian couples were proud. Read More »
Obama Supports Gays
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The president comes out in support of same-sex unions. Read More »
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Psychiatrist retracts BS "gay conversion" therapy study. Read More »
"It's The Least We Could Do"

I’ll admit to holding some not-very-positive stereotypes about the South’s feelings on homosexuality. But the guys of Quality Auto Paint and Body in Roanoke, Virginia, have turned that around. After they heard that local gay college student Jordan Addison’s car had been vandalized four times and covered with gay slurs, they decided to do something about it. Addison says the vandals attacked his car while it was in the parking lot of local Radford University, writing anti-gay slogans on the Volkswagon. So, manager Richard Henegar Jr. gathered together his employees and got donations from other local businesses to fix Jordan’s car. All told, they put more than 100 hours into repairing the car, and presented his new and improved ride to a shocked Jordan. “Once I saw the vandalism that was done to his car, I said ‘That’s uncalled for,” explained Henegar. “‘We’re going to fix your car, that’s the least we can do.’” [WBDJ 7]

High School Baseball Team Forfeits Game Because They Don’t Want To Play Against A Girl

Julie GersteinMay 11, 2012 //
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All right boys, explain this one. A high school team in Arizona opted to forfeit its chance at a championship because they didn’t want to play a team with a girl on it. Think about that and remind yourselves that it’s 2012. The team, which attends Our Lady of Sorrows Academy, forfeited the game rather than face off Mesa Preparatory Academy because Mesa’s second-baseman is 15-year-old Paige Sultzbach.

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