Roslyn Houston wins harassment case against anti-trans neighbor
A landmark anti-discrimination ruling about sexual harassment by neighbors has been upheld in the Supreme Court in Hobart, Australia. The court has thrown out an appeal against a decision ordering a Hobart man to pay about $2,800 U.S. in damages to his "former transsexual neighbor." Actually, she's still a transsexual; they're just not neighbors anymore. Anyway, Roslyn Houston won the judgment after she was verbally abused, called a "sicko" and a "pervert" and poked in the chest by the man. The judgment was not only a victory for Houston but it extended the scope of the accommodation section of anti-discrimination law to include neighbors as well as landlords.
The Mercury
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