Post by Soutpeel on Apr 9, 2016 17:25:02 GMT 7
Gay slur aimed at hairdresser 'not homophobic' - French ruling
Paris tribunal has ruled that calling a male hairdresser a "faggot" is not homophobic - "because hair salons regularly employ gay people".
The case relates to an employee at a salon who was fired after failing to turn up for work while sick.
His boss accidentally sent him a text using the slur, so the hairdresser took him to an employment tribunal claiming unfair dismissal.
French Labour Minister Myriam el Khomri called the judgement "shocking".
The text from the salon boss read: "I am not going to keep [the employee]... I don't have a good feeling about this guy. He's a faggot," according to Liberation.
They used the French term "PD" which translates as the term "faggot".
www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35994755
Paris tribunal has ruled that calling a male hairdresser a "faggot" is not homophobic - "because hair salons regularly employ gay people".
The case relates to an employee at a salon who was fired after failing to turn up for work while sick.
His boss accidentally sent him a text using the slur, so the hairdresser took him to an employment tribunal claiming unfair dismissal.
French Labour Minister Myriam el Khomri called the judgement "shocking".
The text from the salon boss read: "I am not going to keep [the employee]... I don't have a good feeling about this guy. He's a faggot," according to Liberation.
They used the French term "PD" which translates as the term "faggot".
www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-35994755
