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A group staunchly opposed to same-sex marriage has organised an online petition against it. Describing themselves as concerned citizens from a wide cross-section of Bermuda, Preserve Marriage in Bermuda cited a poll from May of this year by Profiles ...

The Bermuda Police Service is not investigating the presentation made by Washington speaker Ayo Kimathi which has been labelled a “hate speech” by some sections of the community. Commissioner of Police Michael DeSilva said that officers would have t...

Dear Sir, It was sad to have my impressions confirmed that the event hosted at the Liberty Theatre recently would be speech promoting hate. What is especially disturbing is that Bermudians of stout Christian faith are so silent on matters of the ...

Washington speaker Ayo Kimathi has been placed on Bermuda’s stop list by the Minister of Home Affairs in light of a speech he gave condemning homosexuality and interracial marriage. The Human Rights Commission and Centre for Justice have also respond...

Organisations associated with promoting Ayo Kimathi’s speech condemning homosexuals and interracial marriage have distanced themselves from the Washington speaker — saying they believed the presentation would be about African history. The speech by M...

The management of the Liberty Theatre has heavily criticised the “hate speech” presentation which infuriated large sections of the community on Saturday. Brian Durham, co-manager of the theatre, said he and colleagues had been promised the show from ...

Information sessions regarding same sex marriage are to be held next week. The Ministry of Community, Culture and Sports has organised the sessions in response to a petition that was presented to the Bermuda Government in May 2015. They will focus o...

The Human Rights Commission is fielding more and more complaints of discrimination relating to mental health — but remains powerless because of the Island’s outdated laws. “I am extremely frustrated that it has taken us this long,” HRC chairman Micha...

Dear Sir, The recent imprisonment of a clerk in the United States who refused to issue marriage certificates to same-sex couples has sparked not just simple controversy, but a paradox. The idea of same-sex marriage was supposedly on the basis of non...

Bus driver and female impersonator Mark Anderson has called for amendments in the Human Rights Act after his case of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation was dismissed by a tribunal. Mr Anderson claimed that he was discriminated against...

The Human Rights Commission has called on discrimination laws to be expanded after a case involving “inflammatory” comments online. While the commission said it was disturbed by the comments made by Desai Jones against Mark Anderson, it was unable to...

Bermuda is decades behind the rest of the world because of its failure to outlaw discrimination on the grounds of mental health, according to the Human Rights Commission. The group yesterday said it aims to add protection on the grounds of mental hea...