New Law is 'Historic' says IGLA-Europe Co-Chair Jean-Luc Romero, an Outed French Politician Sues |
By Rex Wockner International News Report The Council of Ministers of the 15-nation European Union outlawed employment discrimination based on sexual orientation October 17. Member countries will have three years to implement the mandate in their national laws. The ministers also banned discrimination based on religion, belief, age and disability. International Lesbian and Gay Association European co-Chair Jackie Lewis called the new law "historic."
Jean-Luc Romero, an Outed French Politician Sues A regional councillor from the Ile-de-France region around Paris said October 23 he is suing the gay magazine "e.male" for reporting that he is gay. "I am not ashamed of who I am but it's up to me, and me alone, to decide whether to reveal my homosexuality," Jean-Luc Romero said. "This is unheard of in this country. I had planned to come out but on my own terms and after having informed my family." |