April 2001
British Ministry of Defence paying for sex change operations: April 29, 2001 - "Despite pressures on the defence budget, the MoD is funding hormone therapy and counselling for up to five people, believed to be male soldiers, who are changing their sex." If they're paying for breast implants, then why not sex changes? - Sunday Times.
Antony Sher - The trouble with fathers, Part 1: April 22, 2001 - "Fathers, fathers. Dear God, aren't they queer?" - Sunday Times.
Antony Sher - The trouble with fathers, Part 2: April 22, 2001 - "How can you have a son and not want to hold him, hug him, kiss him?" - Sunday Times.
Lesbian welder awarded £8,500: April 19, 2001 - Arteeco Metalcraft in Leeds, Ireland, ignored Michelle Mahon's complaints that she was being harassed due to her sex and sexuality, then they fired her for trivial mistakes. "The tribunal agreed with her and awarded her a total of £8,564 compensation, including £2,826 for sexual discrimination and £5,350 for her injured feelings." - London Times.
Gays and lesbians sue for right to marry: April 12, 2001 - Seven lesbian and gay couples are suing the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for rejecting their applications for marriage licenses. Laurence Tribe, professor of constitutional law at Harvard, believes the Massachusetts Constitution supports the suit, but Governor Jane Swift disagrees: "I think that marriage and the recognition of marriage is an important institution in our commonwealth and in our country and should be for heterosexual couples." - Boston Globe.
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