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EEOC ruling: Walmart discriminated against lesbian employee
A federal agency says Walmart discriminated against a lesbian employee who sought health coverage for her ailing wife and has ordered “a just resolution” for violating her civil rights.
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Former Lowe’s employee files federal lawsuit alleging anti-gay discrimination
A former Lowe’s employee is alleging in a federal lawsuit that he was discriminated against for years at the store because he’s gay.
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Iconic jeweler Tiffany & Co. features first same-sex engagement ad campaign
For the first time, iconic jeweler Tiffany & Co. is featuring a same-sex couple in an engagement rings advertising campaign, and the two men featured are not professional models, but a real-life New York City couple.
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Saks claims transgender employees are not protected from sex discrimination
The department store chain made the claim in response to a lawsuit filed by a transgender former employee, alleging discrimination, harassment and a hostile work environment based on her gender identity.
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Barneys highlights lives of transgender models in spring ad campaign
NEW YORK — Barneys New York, an American retail chain of luxury department stores, has partnered with the National Center for Transgender Equality and the New York LGBT Community Center to feature the lives and stories of 17 transgender models and their family members as part of its Spring advertising campaign.
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IKEA deletes article on lesbian couple from magazine’s Russian edition
HELSINKI — Swedish furniture retailer IKEA says it has cancelled an article about a lesbian couple in the Russian edition of its customer magazine because that would have contravened that county’s law on gay propaganda.
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Walmart expands benefits to include employees’ same-sex partners
NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will extend its health care benefits to its U.S. workers’ domestic partners, including those of the same sex, starting Jan. 1.
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‘Us & Always’ – Crate & Barrel catalog features romantic night for male couple
Home furnishings retailer Crate & Barrel is the latest national retailer to prominently feature a same-sex couple in its advertising. Its latest catalog, “January Inspiration 2013″ catalog includes an “Us & Always” page of ideas for spending a romantic night at home, featuring this pasta-loving male couple.
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One Million Moms drops campaign against JC Penney, Ellen DeGeneres after 3 days
The anti-gay group that bills itself as “One Million Moms” — who resurrected their fight against JC Penney earlier this week over a new ad featuring Ellen DeGeneres — has dumped its latest protest after only three days.
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Nordstrom announces its support for same-sex marriage
In an email to it 56,000 employees, Seattle-based retailer Nordstrom on Thursday announced its support for marriage equality, and the Washington state ballot initiative, Referendum 74, that would legalize same-sex marriage.