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South Africa Sets Anti-homophobia Precedence In Charging Lesbian’s Murderers

South Africa Sets Anti-homophobia Precedence In Charging Lesbian’s Murderers

On February 4, 2006, four men stabbed, stoned, clubbed, and kicked 19-year-old Zoliswa Nkonyana to death because she was openly lesbian. This Wednesday, their sentences were extended longer than prosecutors…

Law Firm Layoffs Spark Lawsuits

The ABA Journal notes that an unprecedented wave of law firm layoffs is leading to a second wave of ex-employee lawsuits. The suits could air “salacious allegations that once remained…

Former Associate Accuses Nixon Peabody of Homophobia, Racism

Henry Har, formerly a public finance attorney with the Los Angeles office of Nixon Peabody, has sued his former firm for sexual and racial discrimination. Har, now an associate with Holland &…

Homophobes Attack California Attorney General

Homophobes Attack California Attorney General

Sponsors of California’s voter-approved gay marriage ban accused Attorney General Jerry Brown of advancing a “far-fetched” legal theory to justify overturning the homophobic initiative. That bizarre theory? That the state…