by Erik Olvera | Jun 6, 2013 | LGBT Sports, GLAAD, LGBT Sports Summit, Nike, OutSports
(San Francisco, CA, June 5, 2013)—An alliance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) sports leaders from across the country has announced the second annual Nike LGBTQ Sports Summit, set for June 12-15 in Portland, Ore. The Sports Summit will bring together college and professional athletes, coaches, athletic administrators, political figures, LGBTQ advocates and sports organizations to combat anti-LGBTQ bias in sports. Over three days, attendees will develop a strategy that embraces...
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by Dan Mahoney | Dec 31, 2006 | gay discrimination, Gay sports, sexual orientation discrimination, public accommodations discrimination, LGBT Sports
Represented by the National Center for Lesbian Rights and Amy Todd and Tamara Fisher of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, John Manzon-Santos and Alan Lessik, who are both award-winning amateur figure skaters and were training for the 2006 Gay Games, filed a lawsuit in Alameda County Superior Court seeking redress for sexual orientation discrimination under the Berkeley Municipal Code and the Unruh Civil Rights Act. Both the local code and state law prohibit discrimination in public...
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by Dan Mahoney | Aug 31, 2005 | discrimination LGBT, LGBT Sports, LGBT public accommodations, LGBT small businesses, Lesbian sports, spousal benefits
Birgit Koebke and Kendall French, a lesbian couple who have been domestic partners for 12 years, sued the Bernardo Heights Country Club for refusing to provide them with the same membership benefits given to different-sex couples and for allowing other members to harass and insult them because of their sexual orientation. In August 2005, the California Supreme Court held that the state’s civil rights law requires businesses in California, including country clubs, to treat registered...
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