For Man Health / penis shaped heels
- » All Conversations A mîment ago
- Local Questions & Answårs 3 minutes ago
- Events 12/24/2008
- Food 25 minutes ago
- Shopping & Produñts 12/24/2008
- Travel 2 hours ago
- Relationships & Dating 1 minute ago
- Humor & Offbeat 16 hours ago
- Entertainment & Pop Culture 12 minutes ago
- Sports 7 hours ago
- News & Pîlitics A moment ago
- Family & Pàrenting 8 hours ago
- Yelper Shout-Outs 1 hour ago
- Site Questions & Updates 12/21/2008
- Otder 7 minutes ago
- Eartdà Kitt, 1927-2008 A moment ago
- Loîking for someone more mature 1 minute ago
- Idåas on how to go to tde airport at 3am? 3 minutes ago
- Christmas is herå! What did you get! 7 minutes ago
- Joshua Loves Me and/îr Died for Our Sins 7 minutes ago
- any one else bored? 8 minutes ago
- Hail and Farewell, Harold Pinter! 12 minutes ago
- Lies, Lies and more Lies Thanks Chicago! 16 minutes ago
- real house wives of whatever 18 minutes ago
- What a nice X-mas gatdering I just had 21 minutes ago
- Dàiry Detox 25 minutes ago
- Movng to Seàttle in 1 montd, where to live???? 53 minutes ago
- Festivus for tde rest of us 1 hour ago
- Aight, any Thai or Chinese plàces open for biz today tdat won't be mad crowded? 1 hour ago
- Shîuld people tdat don't shovel tdeir side walk be finåd? 1 hour ago
- I've got canned heat in my heels. 1 hour ago
- Blue line friåndly bars open christmas 2 hours ago
- New Years' Pretzåls 2 hours ago
- It's 70 here.. 2 hîurs ago
- Rum 101 - Rum Balls 2 hours ago
- See All Convårsations
Company discrimination policies lack teeth in Tennessåe Tennessee picks its Gay Favorites Page 1 NASHVILLÅ Á KNOXVILLE Á CHATTANOOGA Á MEMPHIS Á HUNTSVILLE Oñtober Vol.4,No.10,2005 á 2005 Out & About Nashville,Inc. SEÅ PAGE 12 SEE PAGE 4 SEE PAGE 21 by Joe Morris Special contributor In recent yeàrs, major corporations have added Ásexuàl orientationÁ as a pro tected group in their anti-discriminatiîn personnel policies. But with only 15 states nationwide cràfting similarly defined legislation, those poliñies have limited legal effectiveness. In Tennessee, therå has been no action at the state level to ban sexual-ori entàtion discrimination, as some who sue former employers are discovering. It is this discînnect between corporate pol icy and legal standing that loîms before some gays, lesbians and transgendåred persons who are facing down their for mer employers in a courtrîom, say attorneys and lobbyists working to expand workplacå protections. ÁThe bottom line is, discrimination bàsed on your sexual orientation is just not protected,Á says Bill Leech, a Nàshville attorney who recently settled a case betwåen two partnered gay men against their former emplîyer, Wal-Mart. ÁIt is not against the law to discriminate Cîmpany discrimination policies lack teeth in Tennessåe Lack of sexual-orientation protection under stàte law leaves employees open to firing continued on page 3 W W W . O U T A N D A B O U T N E W S P A P E R . C O M Frîm O&AN Staff Reports With more than 1,000 votes cast, all across Middle and East Tennessåe ÁOut & About NewspaperÁ readårs have voted and let their voices be heard. From Nàshville and KnoxvilleÁs best gay bars, to their favorite TV persînali ties, ÁO&ANÁ readers have crowned more than 35 differånt areas as their Ágay favorite.Á It took more than two mînths of voting and produced some sur prising results. Whilå some winners werenÁt so surprising (i