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CBS New York has confirmed that a reporter who named a man and revealed his HIV status in a dangerously misleading report has been dismissed. The journalist was sacked after writing an article suggesting that a man put a police officer at risk of acquiring HIV by spitting in his mouth after he had been arrested for stealing a yoghurt at LaGuardia Airport. The alleged incident was described as a “HIV attack” in a tweet penned by the reporter, who also wrote that the “suspect admitted they spit into an...

Starbucks fired a trans woman from her supervisor job after a police officer was given an order labelled “pig”. Lola Rose, a trans college student, said she was “made to be a martyr” after the incident went viral and is now considering legal action, She had been working as a shift supervisor at a Starbucks in Glenpool, Oklahoma, on Thanksgiving morning, when a police officer was handed a muffin with “pig” on the label. Rose told The New York Post that she’d noticed the label and intervened, thinking, “No, that’s...

Starbucks fired a trans woman from her supervisor job after a police officer was given an order labelled “pig”. Lola Rose, a trans college student, said she was “made to be a martyr” after the incident went viral and is now considering legal action, She had been working as a shift supervisor at a Starbucks in Glenpool, Oklahoma, on Thanksgiving morning, when a police officer was handed a muffin with “pig” on the label. Rose told The New York Post that she’d noticed the label and intervened, thinking, “No, that’s...

After fellow police officers allegedly accused him of paedophilia after he came out, a gay police officer is now suing his department as well as the city of Louisville, US. The Louisville Metro Police Department officer John Burgraff is claiming that he was passed on a promotion because of these allegations, he claimed according to WDRB. According to the claim, Burgraff’s commanding officers made the accusations when he came out to teens during a police youth programme in 2017. Commander claims officer was ‘looking lustfully’ at teens, lawsuit alleges.  The gay...

Pride Toronto reversed its decision to allow uniformed police to participate in the 2019 festival on Tuesday (22 January). At a special meeting, 163 members of Canada’s largest pride event chose to ban uniformed police. Meanwhile, 161 members elected to allow police participation. Toronto Pride banned uniformed police officers from the parade in 2016. Organizers said their presence threatened marginalized pride marchers. But, in October 2018, organizers let police reapply to join the event. BREAKING: @PrideToronto membership votes NO to allowing uniformed police to march in #PrideTO. 161 YES and...