Monday, June 7, 2010

London Police Investigating Labour Party Homophobic Incident, Half Of Washington D.C. Hospitals Fail To Provide Non-Discrimination Policies For Gays, HUD Forces Applicants To Comply With Anti-Discrimination Polices, Ronnie Kroell Playgirl Nudes, T.R. Knight New Hot Geek Boyfriend, Bruce Weber, Charlie Carver, Cristiano Ronaldo

An update on a previous post, the BBC reports that London’s Metropolitan Police are investigating the Greencoat Boy pub in Westminster, after the Labour Party’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Rights groups was refused service, and was told that if it were known they were a gay group, the booking would have been cancelled. The pub, owned by a conglomerate, Punch Taverns, has suspended the staff member in question pending the outcome of an internal investigation. They also issued a public apology, and as of Monday, hung a rainbow flag in the window of the central London pub. The police state that “an allegation that homophobic incident took place was reported."

A study conducted by the Human Rights Campaign has found that almost half of the seventeen Washington, D.C. area hospitals do not expressly include “sexual orientation” or gender identity” in their patient’s bill of rights or in their non-discrimination policies. The report arrives after President Obama mandated that all qualifying federal hospitals afford gay men and women protection regarding visitation and decision making rights. Tom Sullivan, co-author of the report, suggests that there exists evidence that gay men and women will delay seeking health care because of a perception that they will face discrimination, Sullivan saying “when (health care facilities) are inclusive, people seek health care in a timely manner, and to us, that’s just good health care policy.”

For the first time, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development will require that grant applicants seeking HUD funding to comply with state and local anti-discrimination law that protect lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. HUD Secretary Shaun Donavan said “we are using every avenue to shut the door against discrimination. Today, we take an important step to insist that those who seek federal funding must demonstrate that they are meeting local and state civil laws that prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.”

The Ronnie Kroell Playgirl photographs, Kroell famous from Bravo’s Make Me A Supermodel, nice and nude. (NSFW)

Former Grey's Anatomy star T.R. Knight has a new boyfriend, and, um, is he hot!

Bruce Weber photographs a new advertising campaign for Dedon, a German-based outdoor furniture brand, and it seems to have little to do with, um, a chair.

Cute Charlie Carver – one of the hot twins on Desperate Housewives featured in an editorial for the summer issue of Bello magazine.

Cristiano Ronaldo works out – or works it out – with Portugal National teammates Monday.

Portugal's national soccer team player Cristiano Ronaldo (R) stretches with teammates during a training session in Magaliesburg June 7, 2010. The 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup kicks off on June 11. REUTERS/Jose Manuel Ribeiro (SOUTH AFRICA - Tags: SPORT SOCCER WORLD CUP)

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