October 26th Rikki Beadle-Blair
Today’s black LGBT+ icon is Rikki Beadle-Blair. He is an actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, singer, designer, choreographer, dancer and songwriter.
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Day: 26 October 2020
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This Orange Is The New Black death tops the saddest death scenes on Netflix
According to research, the death of OITNB‘s Pousey Washington tops the poll of saddest death on the streaming platform, Netflix, according to fans.
The title of saddest Netflix death goes to Poussey Washington from Orange Is the New Black, her intelligent and outspoken nature certainly made her a fan favourite. Poussey’s death led to shed tears among viewers when she was suffocated by CO Bayley at the end of season four, with 54% of fans rating this as one of the saddest.
In second place is Hannah Baker from Thirteen Reasons Why. Hannah’s suicide is central to the storyline and fans connected with her through narration, making her death one of the saddest; 42% of Netflix fans agree.
40% of fans voted Nairobi’s death as the saddest, placing her in third overall. After learning to counterfeit money at age 13, she was recruited to participate in the Royal Mint of Spain heist which eventually led to her death in Money Heist.
In fourth and fifth place are Barbara Holland from Stranger Things and Pogo from The Umbrella Academy, with 36% and 31% of the votes respectively.
The Five Most Surprising Netflix Original Show Deaths
Once again, Poussey’s death takes the top spot. Not only is her death the saddest, but it’s also the most surprising, as 38% of Netflix fans didn’t expect it.
The title of the second most surprising death goes to Barbara Holland who featured in Stranger Things. Commonly known as Barb, her character certainly tugged on fans’ heartstrings as she mysteriously vanished and it was later revealed she was killed by the Demogorgon, surprising 32% of fans.
The third most surprising Netflix show death is Zoe Barnes from House of Cards, with 30% surprised by the plot of her death. Zoe appeared in seasons one, two, and four before she was pushed in front of an oncoming train by Frank, frustrating viewers of the show.
OnBuy.com surveyed 3,180 fans around the world in October 2020 to vote on the three Netflix TV show deaths they found the saddest and the three Netflix deaths they found the most surprising. They then ranked the characters in order of saddest and most surprising deaths to obtain the final result.
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165% increase in Sexual Orientation Discrimination cases
Since 2015 there has been a 165% rise in the number of sexual orientation discrimination cases brought against employers, according to new data from compliance training specialist DeltaNet International and the Ministry of Justice.
The study analysed over 120,000 discrimination cases that went to employment tribunals and included cases of sexual orientation, disability, race, age, gender and pregnancy-related complaints.
Almost 500 cases in the last year
Sexual orientation claims have increased 165% since 2015/16 to almost 500 cases in 2019/20.
The statistics show that discrimination has increased across 7 categories, with only discrimination on the basis of age declining in number of cases since 2015. The following points show the percentage increase in cases:
- Sexual orientation (+165%)
- Disability discrimination (+133%)
- Religion or belief discrimination (+131%)
- Race discrimination (+95%)
- Pregnancy discrimination (+87%)
- Sex discrimination (+15%)
- Age discrimination (-81%)
There has been a steady increase in the number of cases which involve discrimination on the basis of sexuality since 2015. Jayne Harrison is Head of Employment Law at Richard Nelson LLP. Speaking of the study, she said,
“It has become far more accessible for employees to lodge sexual orientation discrimination cases. Tribunal fees were abolished on 26 July 2017 and since then tribunals have seen an increase year on year with claims being lodged as now an unhappy employee can use the tribunal system without it costing them anything.
“Previously the fees were around £1200 for an unfair dismissal case but much less (£390) for a wages claim/unlawful deduction. This seemed to act as a bar to potential litigants and one of the main reasons why the fees were abolished when they were challenged by the unions.”
Darren Hockley, MD at DeltaNet International, comments,
“As the data reveals, the best method of avoiding employment tribunals is to treat staff with fairness, dignity, and respect – and to follow clearly laid-out procedures.
“As employers, it’s important we offer training to those we trust in managerial positions on the basic requirements of employment law. Managers should know how to handle sexual orientation discrimination grievances respectfully and transparently and should be regularly updated about the businesses’ statutory and contractual requirements.
“Without this knowledge, it’s hard for staff members to remain fair and consistent, and this is when many organisations may find themselves in hot water.”
Over the number of cases involving discrimination on the basis of sexuality remains low compared to race, sex, or disability. Other LGBT+ Discrimination Cases
A gender-fluid employee at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) was awarded £180,000 in compensation earlier this month after employment tribunal case against JLR on the basis of sexual orientation discrimination.
In a statement, JLR apologised to the employee, Mx Taylor and said they will continue to work on improvement in this area. Mx Taylor had worked for the company for over 20 years and presented as male before identifying as gender-fluid in 2017.
A transgender employee of Amazon is currently in the process of claiming against his employer after claiming he was denied promotion after announcing he was pregnant.
Under the non-discrimination law passed in 2010, a UK employer cannot discriminate against an employee on the basis of a number of protected characteristics including sexual orientation and gender reassignment.
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TODAY IN GAY: Dan Savage launches Savage Lovecast
Back in 2006- Podcasting was a brand new venture. It promised hours and hours of free content. You no longer had to stick to the radio schedules and everybody suddenly had the chance to become an internet radio presenter.
Dan Savage started the Savage Lovecast in 2006 and it has become one of the most successful independent podcasts in the world. It all started from his column Savage Love at The Stranger.
Dan and his team have answered thousands of calls about love, life but mostly sex. Nothing is too taboo. No topic is off the table.
Listeners phone in from all over the world to relay their problems and Dan with his encyclopaedic knowledge endeavours to answer them in the most honest way. It makes for addictive, guilty listening.
Well worth the listen.
The show now comes in two formats the micro – which is 40 minutes long and comes with a few adverts, the second is the MAGNUM, ad-free and twice as long – more calls and more guests. You can get the micro version iTunes completely free.
