This week there was some interesting news you may have missed, from finally allowing gay people to live freely in India without persecution, to Miami Begging for blue collar workers and UK Baggage Handlers paying a dancing/singing tribute to Freddy Mercury (who was one!).ABOUT TIME! INDIA COURT LEGALIZES GAY SEX IN LANDMARK RULING
The ruling is a victory for many who have fought to end
discrimination against same-sex couples. Thursday's decision was delivered by a
five-judge bench headed by India's outgoing chief justice Dipak Misra and was
unanimous. Another judge, Indu Malhotra, said she believed "history owes
an apology" to LGBT people for ostracising them.
Justice DY
Chandrachud said the state had no right to control the private lives of LGBT
community members and that the denial of the right to sexual orientation was
the same as denying the right to privacy.
IN MIAMI
$75,000 A YEAR WITH BENEFITS; NO COLLEGE NEEDED. YET LOCAL EMPLOYERS
CAN’T FILL BLUE COLLAR JOBS
Miami is a city with an ever changing skyline. And those
who make it happen — the plumbers, electricians, brick masons and carpenters — earn
far above the local median: $55,000-75,000 a year with full benefits and a
pension. South Florida has become a
worker’s market, said Peggy Marker, president of Fort Lauderdale-based Marker
Construction
Read more here:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/article217789690.html#storylink=cpy
WORD OR THE WEEK: cyclopean [sahy-kluh-pee-uhn,
sahy-klop-ee-uhn]
Adjective
1.gigantic; vast.
2.(initial capital letter) of or characteristic of the
Cyclops.
Baggage handlers at
London’s Heathrow Airport performed
Queen’s 1984 hit “I Want to Break Free” in honor of what would have
been Freddie Mercury’s 72nd birthday. Mercury worked at the airport before he
joined Queen in 1970. Short Video: https://youtu.be/WAkTSW4QQTY
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