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Posts Tagged ‘human rights

A few months ago a woman was given a suspended prison sentence for having loud and long sex after neighbours complained.
Now a couple who swears that they make no noise and have maybe 10 minutes of sex a week have been told that they cannot have sex between 10pm and 7am.

Dark Day For Women In Utah

Posted by: am1am2 on: March 11, 2010

You probably know how we at Morning Quickie like to follow what’s going on in America around abortion law.
I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it looks like women in Utah are now going to be charged with murder if their miscarriages are caused by “intentional or knowing” acts.

Good News For Gay Marriage

Posted by: am1am2 on: March 5, 2010

It’s good news this week for gay couples wishing to marry with both Mexico City and Washington DC passing laws that allow gay marriage.
Although these marriages are now legally recognised, homophobia still abounds in these cities, gay and lesbians are still discriminated against, and people worry of the possibility that these laws will soon [...]

An airport scanner designed to catch hidden weapons and explosives also clearly shows passengers’ naked bodies.
It was only when two women refused to enter the machines that this has come to light.

The bane of my existence, the female school uniform, might just be illegal in the UK.
Forcing transgender girls to dress in skirts runs afoul of equality and human rights legislation, meaning that schools can’t force any girls into the soul sucking plaid.
Perhaps this clothing item will end up where it belongs, in history books and [...]

A weather-beaten eye cast over the media: HatManJim looks at a story in the headlines and as a feminist with a penis (Menimist? Femi-meni-mist? I just believe in women’s rights, I’m not having gender-reassignment. OK?), attempts to map the sexism inherent in the press, without inadvertently saying anything lecherous about breasts.

No Rights For Gay Men In Malawi

Posted by: am1am2 on: February 5, 2010

Two men have been arrested in Malawi for putting up posters supporting gay rights.
The Centre for the Development of People has recently been formed “to fight for the rights of homosexuals and other minorities.”

Protesting The Pope’s Prejudices

Posted by: am1am2 on: February 2, 2010

The Pope has declared that the UK’s attempt at equality, in the form of the UK Equality Bill, “violates natural law”.
Churches in the UK worry that they would be forced to hire gay and transsexual people.
Because of the Pope’s declaration against equality, protests are being planned for his visit to the UK later this year, [...]

No Nighties Allowed When Shopping

Posted by: am1am2 on: January 28, 2010

A supermarket in Wales has banned people from shopping in their pyjamas for fear of offending customers.
I’m all for public decency but since when have pyjama bottoms become offensive?
I have seen plenty of people wearing plenty worse outfits in public and we don’t ostracise them.

Dictionaries Banned For Sex Words

Posted by: am1am2 on: January 27, 2010

Yes, you read that right. Because a dictionary contains “oral sex” schools in a district of California have pulled it from the shelves.
This really is censorship gone mad.