The student has filed a complaint with the state after gender-affirming surgery was denied coverage under a UMS student health insurance policy.
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Some employers use Facebook to target job ads exclusively to men, complaint alleges
Three female job hunters, a large worker coalition and the American Civil Liberties Union lodged a legal complaint against Facebook on Tuesday, accusing the company of enabling discriminatory job postings with its ad targeting tools. The complaint also targets 10 employers that used Facebook to post job ads – for roles as police officers, truck […]
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Critics say LePage’s support for case challenging protections for LGBT workers puts Maine in a bad light
Critics say Gov. Paul LePage’s decision to challenge a federal court’s ruling that the Civil Rights Act protects gay and transgender workers from discrimination casts Maine in a bad light and could hurt the state’s economic development efforts. But a LePage spokesman said the governor is simply trying to prevent “activist judges” from rewriting federal […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, sj-web
Maine Supreme Judicial Court upholds Malik Hollis' convictions
LEWISTON — Maine’s highest court ruled Tuesday that an Androscoggin County prosecutor did not discriminate against a black man when she rejected the only person of color from a jury that later found the man guilty of two felonies. The Maine Supreme Judicial Court upheld Malik Hollis’ convictions — by an all-white jury — for […]
Posted inLetters
M.J. Newell: It is none of their business
What is all the furor over a business refusing to sell their product to a gay couple? That is ridiculous. A business is there to make profit. Who buys their product should not be an issue. That is discrimination, be it directed at gays, blacks, Native Americans or anyone else they disagree with. As long […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Police, protesters clash again in Ferguson
FERGUSON, Mo. — Anger spurred by the death of a black teenager at the hands of a white police officer boiled over again when protesters stormed into a Missouri convenience store — the same store that Michael Brown was accused of robbing. Police and about 200 protesters clashed in Ferguson, Missouri, late Friday after another […]
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Lewiston to host briefing on criminal sentencing disparities Thursday
LEWISTON — On Thursday, the Maine Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will convene a public briefing to gather information from government officials and others regarding sentencing disparities in Maine. The briefing will begin at 12:30 p.m. in the City Council Chamber of City Hall. According to a press release from the […]
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Man accused of ‘barking like a dog’ at supervisor may have been victim of discrimination
AUGUSTA — A Skowhegan man who was dismissed after working for Pan Am Railways Inc. for 15 years claims that the company demanded he see a pricey brain specialist but refused to pay, according to a complaint filed with the Maine Human Rights Commission. David Crockett, who worked as a carman for the railway company, […]
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Board backs woman’s discrimination claims against Winthrop schools
WINTHROP (AP) — A 17-year employee of the Winthrop schools whose contract was not renewed in June 2012 says she was a victim of discrimination and retaliation in the workplace. Human resources clerk Jennifer Ma Sims, originally from Taiwan, said she was a victim of discrimination because of her race, ancestry and national origin and […]