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'Officials are investigating whether or not a women-only co-working club, the Wing, has violated the city’s Human Rights Law.
The New York City Commission on Human Rights has opened a “commission-initiated investigation,” into whether the Wing has violated the law, Jezebel reported. The city bars “businesses that furnish public accommodation, including most private clubs” from discriminating against customers based on gender.
“All that’s happened is that the Wing and the commission have agreed, mutually, to sit down and have a conversation,” said Karen Dunn of Boies Schiller Flexner, who is representing the Wing.'
'A transgender waiter has been given a suspended sentence for falsely accusing a gay co-worker of rape - and putting his penis in his letterbox.
Lottie Harris, 23, made life 'hell' for victim Ali Malik after becoming 'infatuated' with him when they worked together at a restaurant.
Between September 18, 2016 and July 23 last year Harris made 23 fake allegations of rape and assaults against Mr Malik who was arrested on two occasions.
Harris even claimed Mr Malik shoved his penis inside the letterbox of his front door and threatened to slit his throat.'
'A Soshanguve woman has been arrested for laying a false rape claim against her boyfriend.
Police spokesperson Constable Zanele Mtsweni said the 24-year-old woman from block UU Soshanguve came to the police on Thursday and alleged that her boyfriend had raped her the previous night.
“The police opened a case against her boyfriend and arranged for her to receive a medical examination from the clinic as per procedure,” said Mtsweni.'
'A woman who claimed she was raped on Delta College’s campus has pleaded guilty to filing a false report.
Mary Zolkowski, 21, pleaded guilty Tuesday, March 27, to one count of filing a false report of a felony.
Zolkowski first told police she was raped on Feb. 22 in the east parking lot of the main campus. She said she was grabbed from behind as she was getting into her vehicle.
While the charge against Zolkowski is punishable by up to four years in prison and a $2,000 fine, Bay County Circuit Court Judge Joseph K. Sheeran has already indicated he will sentence her to probation.
A sentencing date has been scheduled for May 7th.'
'On Thursday, March 22, Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia sat down with KQED's The California Report for an extensive interview about allegations she sexually assaulted and harassed legislative staff members.
Garcia and her allies have been pushing back against the allegations, saying political opponents started a campaign to discredit her soon after she emerged as a leader in the state Capitol's #MeToo movement.'
'New graphic details have emerged in the case of a married teacher from Arizona accused of having sex with her 13-year-old student, including how she allegedly performed oral sex on the boy in a classroom just two weeks before her arrest.
The boy's parents also claim Brittany Zamora's husband Daniel called them and begged them not to report his wife to police after they saw lewd texts between the pair, the Daily Mail reported.
He insisted that she had made a mistake.
Zamora, 27, a beloved sixth-grade teacher at Las Brisas Academy Elementary School on Goodyear, was taken into custody last Wednesday, just hours after the alleged victim's parents contacted the school principal, who then contacted police.
Documents filed in court on Friday alleged that Zamora had sex with her student on three occasions and performed oral sex in the classroom and in her car between February 1 and March 1.'
'More former nursing assistants from a northeast Iowa care facility have been arrested for allegedly having sexual relationships with patients, according to the Fayette County Sheriff's Office.
Three women were arrested on March 23 after allegedly having relationships with patients at the Prairie View Residential Care facility in Fayette. The facility provides care for people with chronic mental illness, intellectual disabilities or medical conditions.
The women were arrested after the Fayette County Sheriff's Office charged two former nursing assistants from the facility with sexual exploitation by a counselor, therapist or school employee on March 5.'
'A new diversion program in Kansas is working to keep women with addictions out of jail by helping them get clean.
The Douglas County Women's Substance Use Disorder Prosecutor-Led Diversion and Treatment Program started this month, the Lawrence Journal-World reported .
The program is only for women who live in the county, have at least one prior offense on their records, have a diagnosed substance abuse disorder and agree to participate in a treatment plan for at least a year. The program is meant for women with nonviolent misdemeanor charges, but felony or violent charges will be considered based on individual cases.'
'Kentucky Democrats admonished Republican legislative leaders for picking a group of white men to hammer out the state's roughly $22 billion biennium budget.
But the criticism draws equal attention to the lack diversity in Democratic leadership ranks, which is the pool where state lawmakers for those negotiations are usually selected.
Democratic state Reps. Attica Scott and Mary Lou Marzian, both of Louisville, took to social media to point out that no women or racial minorities have seats at the budget table or other conferences.
"We just had three conference committees appointed that have NOOOO women serving to add to the debates," Scott tweeted last week. "You're dreaming if you think that invisibility and sexism do not exist in government and politics."'
'Nevest Coleman, 49, worked for the White Sox in 1994 when he was arrested and convicted on rape and murder charges. DNA evidence last year led prosecutors to vacate the conviction, The Chicago Tribune reported.
Coleman was granted a certificate of innocence by a Cook County judge this month, clearing his name, WGN reported.'
'Minister for Women Julie Anne Genter is standing by a statement she made about older white men on company boards that sparked a Human Rights Commission complaint.
Speaking to students at Christchurch Cobham Intermediate School on Thursday, Ms Genter said older white men on company boards should move on to make way for younger, more diverse talent.
...
"If we're going to improve the diversity of boards, then we will need some of the current positions vacated so there can be room for new diversity and talent," the Green MP said.'
'Toronto indie-punk trio Talk Show Host released the first video from their third EP, Not Here To Make Friends. The song’s title, “I Hate Men (I Hate All Men)”, is not meant to be taken sarcastically: the song skewers male entitlement, with verses delivered by an oblivious narrator who represents the worst of male privilege. The song features Madeleine Maynard on guest vocals. The trio enlisted French director Judith Florent-Lapara to visually capture the essence of the song. The video features a crew of energetic teenage girls ready to laugh at the ongoing presence of the patriarchy in the music scene. The video is available to view below.'
'Historically, speech restrictions have been opposed by disadvantaged groups — civil rights advocates, labor union organizers, left-wing radicals. Now, as the Times gingerly notes, those students who most value free speech are from “groups historically or currently in positions of power.” Historically, perhaps, but not currently. It is left-wing and liberal orthodoxies and policies of racial quotas and preferences that campus speech restrictors are attempting to shield from comments anyone deems “offensive.”
So the difference between male and female students may reflect different power positions, with those most at risk of proscription more favorable to free speech. It may also reflect differences between male and female temperaments on average.
'Labour’s next leadership election should be a women-only contest, Harriet Harman has said, in order to give the party its first female leader since it was founded in 1900.
The former deputy leader and interim leader following Ed Miliband’s defeat at the ballot box in 2015 called for men to sit out the battle to succeed Jeremy Corbyn, whenever it comes.
Ms Harman said her idea was “startling” a lot of would-be leaders who are laughing at the initiative.'
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