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TripAdvisor is still promoting hotels after learning of sexual assault allegations, report finds

sudshr47 March 5, 2019

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TripAdvisor is promoting hotels and other businesses that are at the centre of rape and sexual assault allegations, even after users notify them of alleged attacks by staff members, a Guardian report finds.

The travel site — which is the largest in the world and has 490 million visitors monthly — is facing criticism over poor handling of complaints from women who say they have been raped or assaulted by staff members at businesses promoted on TripAdvisor.

An anonymous woman told The Guardian that when she reported being raped by a tour guide operating out of a hotel to TripAdvisor – after first reporting the incident to police and the hotel in question – TripAdvisor told her to leave a review on the hotel’s page detailing the assault.  Read more…

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Government website outages prevent comments on sexual assault Title IX rule changes

sudshr47 January 30, 2019

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The fight to reform sexual assault policies on campus is facing a maddeningly bureaucratic hurdle. 

On the final day during which citizens could share comments with the Department of Education about its proposed changes to Title IX protections for sexual assault victims, the government website went down.

Starting at 10 am ET, comment submissions sections on regulations.gov and federalregister.gov were inoperable for “a few hours” Wednesday morning, and have been “finicky” since, according to organizers. 

🚨Today’s the last day to submit comments on Betsy DeVos’ dangerous proposed Title IX changes, but the @UsEdGov site is 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧. This is unacceptable — @KLMarcusOCR, @BenjaminEW, @MHackman, this needs to be fixed IMMEDIATELY. #HandsOffIX pic.twitter.com/oVYmcXrn2W

— NWLC (@nwlc) January 30, 2019 Read more…

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‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ pulled from GLAAD Media Awards after sexual assault allegations

sudshr47 January 25, 2019

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Hollywood has been slow to respond to the new sexual assault allegations against director Bryan Singer, published in a bombshell Atlantic exposé yesterday, Jan. 23. 

But the LGBTQ media alliance group GLAAD is taking matters into its own hands.

Bohemian Rhapsody, directed by Singer, was officially pulled from the list of nominees for outstanding film (wide release) at the GLAAD Media Awards, Variety reports.

“This week’s story in The Atlantic documenting unspeakable harms endured by young men and teenage boys brought to light a reality that cannot be ignored or even tacitly rewarded,” GLAAD wrote in a statement. Read more…

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Lady Gaga apologizes for collaborating with R. Kelly, pulls duet from streaming

sudshr47 January 10, 2019

Lady Gaga is pulling her 2013 song with R. Kelly, “Do What U Want (With My Body)” from streaming services.
It comes after pressure on the pop star to condemn Kelly, whose history of alleged sexual abuse has come under the spotlight again due to the r…

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3D printed gun activist Cody Wilson indicted for sexual assault

sudshr47 January 3, 2019

The State of Texas has indicted Cody Wilson, a 3D printed gun rights activist who fought to allow makers post and print guns, of sexual assault after he had sex with a 17-year-old girl he met on a site called SugarDaddyMeet.com. The indictment, posted on Ars, notes that he faces “four counts of sexual assault […]

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Christine Blasey Ford will donate remaining GoFundMe money to help trauma survivors

sudshr47 November 27, 2018

Christine Blasey Ford and her family have received death threats and moved four times since Ford testified that Brett Kavanaugh, now a Supreme Court justice, sexually assaulted her in high school. Ford also received support from celebrities, includin…

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Aly Raisman, Simone Biles speak out against controversial new USA Gymnastics president

sudshr47 October 16, 2018

USA Gymnastics has finally hired a new interim president and CEO, and people are not happy.
After former USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar was sentenced to a maximum of 175 years in prison earlier this year for sexually assaulting girls and young…

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Time’s Up UK fund pays out £1M to combat sexual assault and harassment

sudshr47 October 11, 2018

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When the Justice and Equality Fund was set up earlier this year, it was kicked off with a £1million ($1,3 million) donation from Emma Watson and signed off on by more than 200 British women in the entertainment industry. 

The foundation — the UK counterpart of the Time’s Up Legal Defence Fund in the U.S. — is working to end systemic harassment and abuse. Now the organisation has made its first major donation to British women’s organisations supporting survivors of sexual abuse and harassment. 

The fund just awarded over £1M in grants to 7 women’s organisations in the UK. The biggest donations — around £200,000 ($264,000) — were made to two separate legal support services for women in the UK and a rape crisis service in Northern Ireland. The country has been without rape crisis support services in 12 years due to funding cuts. Read more…

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What sexual assault survivors and activists are doing now after Kavanaugh confirmation

sudshr47 October 9, 2018

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It was almost 5:30 p.m. ET on Friday. Sen. Susan Collins, once a swing vote, had just announced her plan to confirm Kavanaugh, all but guaranteeing his lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.

Jess Morales Rockett, political director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance (NDWA) — who you might recognize from a video where she confronted Sen. Ted Cruz with her own sexual assault story — was on the ground, surrounded by other exhausted, restless protesters.

“I’m literally sitting on the steps of the Capitol Building as I talk to you,” she said on the phone, voice cracking under the weight of a burden too many survivors were made to shoulder throughout the hearing. But there was something else, too.  Read more…

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