Sexual Orientation / LGBTQ Discrimination – Page 14

February 18, 2013 by mjpospis

Senators Urge Pres. Obama to Issue Executive Order Protecting LGBT Employees of Federal Contractors Against Discrimination

In a letter dated February 14, 2013, 37 senators urged President Obama to issue an Executive Order protecting LGBT employees of federal contractors against discrimination. This would supplement the protections embodied in Executive Order No. 11246 (signed by President Johnson in 1965), which requires federal contractors to refrain from discriminating because of race, creed, color,…

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September 24, 2012 by mjpospis

“No Gay Weddings” Restaurant Gets Sued

Below is the complaint – captioned Greene et al v. Amber Asian Cuisine Inc., NY Sup. Ct. Index 156387/2012 (filed 9/14/12) – in which plaintiffs allege that Amber Asian Cuisine refused to allow Plaintiffs, a gay couple, to hold their rehearsal dinner at, and have their wedding catered by, the restaurant.

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July 27, 2011 by mjpospis

NYS trial court allows case arising from homosexual slurs to continue against restaurant

Bowling v. 220 W. 42nd St., LLC, 104717/09 (Sup. NY July 7, 2011): Plaintiffs, two homosexual males, were allegedly physically and verbally threatened by two security guards after kissing in a McDonald’s restaurant. It was undisputed that defendant 220 maintained, and that the defendant security guards were employed by, the restaurant where the incident occurred. The…

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July 12, 2011 by mjpospis

NY Court of Appeals clarifies what it means to “oppose[]” a discriminatory practice under NYCHRL’s anti-retaliation provision

In Albunio et. al. v. City of New York, 16 NY3d 472 (March 31, 2011), the NY Court of Appeals reaffirmed the breadth of the New York City Administrative Code (“Code”), and in particular its anti-retaliation provision, codified at Code § 8-107 (7). That section provides, in pertinent part: “It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice . . .…

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