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Poland: Official Homophobia Threatens Basic Freedoms 05 May 2006 18:41:00 GMT Source: Human Rights Watch (New York, June 5, 2006) - Recent threats by Polish officials against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender activists and organizations threaten everyone's basic freedoms, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime Minister Kasimierz Marcinkiewicz. Poland's State Prosecutor has reportedly instructed local prosecutors to launch investigations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organizations and their "pedophilic actions." Human Rights Watch said that anti-gay actions and comments by numerous officials constitute a pattern of repression in Poland. "Poland's leaders have stoked the...

Father Files Compliant Alleging Right Of Privacy Violated Posted: 11:55 a.m. PST March 28, 2002 Updated: 1:08 p.m. PST March 28, 2002EL CAJON, Calif. -- El Cajon education officials have rejected a discrimination claim filed by a parent who argued his daughter should not have to share restrooms or dressing areas with lesbian students. Trustees of the Grossmont Union High School District agreed Wednesday to accept a report that determined there had been no discrimination against Paul Scott's daughter. Scott filed a complaint last month alleging discrimination and intolerance by "not addressing a very clear right of privacy violation" that...