Size Discrimination: 2 news articles from 2 different countries

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Here are two news articles I spotted today of blatant examples of size discrimination.

The first one is about a nightclub in Montreal, Canada.

'No fat girls allowed' at Muzique nightclub
From: news.com.au
August 23, 2010 11:50AM

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/travel/news/...ub/story-e6frfq80-1225908726754#ixzz0xPPgLKQX

A NIGHTCLUB in Canada has come under fire for a Facebook invitation that specified: "No fat girls allowed".

The invitation was posted on the Facebook page of Muzique, a posh nightclub in Montreal, Canada, last week.

Club-goers were furious to read the invitation, which barred "fat girls" from an upcoming celebration.

"When I saw it, I freaked out. I was livid," one plus-size woman who received the message said.

Muzique's management took the invitation down, saying the comment was an "accident" and that they will consider posting an apology.

"We didn't even realise (the comment) was there until a couple of days ago, and it was too late to retract it because the event had already happened," John Jay, who oversees communication and marketing for Muzique, told the Montreal Gazette.

Mr Jay says the party planners are responsible for posting the invitation, not the club owners.

He said the planners thought it would be funny to include the comment in the invitation as "an inside joke".

The second article involves a UK citizen denied entry back into the UK because of his size.

'Too fat for passport pic': Man may sue
Derrick Agyeman refused entry to UK, considering legal action
From: NewsCore
August 23, 2010 1:11AM

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/travel/derri...on/story-e6frfq7r-1225908643009#ixzz0xPQMfRZB


A man was refused entry into the UK after gaining 31kgs.

- British man spent weekend abroad
- Border authorities wouldn't let him back
- Lost court appeal, may take more action

A BRITISH man refused entry into the UK because he put on 31kg is considering taking legal action against border officials.

Border control authorities barred Derrick Agyeman, 37, from returning to Britain after he spent a weekend with friends in Amsterdam.

They said he was not the same person as in the one in his nine-year-old passport photograph because of differences in the thickness of the his ears and lips.

But the photograph was different because he gained 31kg since it was taken.

Mr Agyeman was forced to stay in Amsterdam for three months before he was allowed back in the country.

He lost an appeal in Britain's High Court this month over his treatment by the country's Foreign Office in the bungled case in August 2006.

Mr Agyeman said, "I cry when I think about what happened to me."

The Foreign Office said it was unable to comment because Mr Agyeman was considering an appeal.

 

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