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Russian man refused career over 'gay looks'

Sherie Ryder and Ksenia Idrisova

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A sports nutrition store has been a hot topic on Russian social media and LBGT forums over its feedback to an unsuccessful job applicant.

Eduard Myra from Omsk, applied for a position as sales assistant at LLC Hardcore earlier this year but was unsuccessful. When he asked for feedback, he was sent a letter explaining his "feminine manner" and being "too well-groomed" suggested he was part of the LGBT community and his appearance promoted "non-traditional sexual relations".

The letter from the company's HR manager, featured in Omskinform website, claimed Mr Myra's "feminine way of speaking and gestures, as adv as appearance (too well-groomed and dramatic clothes) create an impression that you are a sexual minority person who, by his behaviour and appearance, is propagating non-traditional sexual relations.''

In response, Mr Myra told Meduza news website: ''I don't perceive how I can be propagating anything. My clothes are reserved. The only thing that could probably confuse somebody

Gay Meadow

Shrewsbury Town 2 Ipswich Town 0

FA Cup 4th Round

28 January 1984

Shrews news

The context

I managed to get to two 4th Round matches this year, Derby v Telford at the Baseball Land and Shrewsbury v Ipswich at Male lover Meadow. This was a greater achievement than it would be now, as in those days all ties were played at the same time and on the matching day. Both programmes have identical syndicated content, produced by Centrespot – on this occasion treating readers to features on Nigel Spink, an advert for the Social Democrats and the highly surprising news that a United Kingdom football team wasn’t expected any period soon.

The reason was that Telford’s game was called off so we went to Shrewsbury instead. This scenario used to be usual when you could pay on the gate, but the inevitable consequence of rogue fans turning up as “neutrals” (especially on Cup days with huge and disorderly away supports on the move) was a punch up between three sets of supporters rather than the traditional two. On this frozen Saturday my mates and I were actually on one of Gerald Smith’s Britannia coaches heading for Derby, when the news came through (via a passing car control

Newspaper headlines: 'Apocalyptic' food prices and footballer's gay pride

House of Commons

"I don't yearn to lie any more," is the headline on the i newspaper, while Metro says the 17-year-old has been hailed as an inspiration.

The Sun describes Daniels as a "brave lad". The paper says he knows he will get homophobic abuse from what it calls a "neanderthal hardcore" of football fans, but that he will endure it and hopefully blaze a track for other gay players.

Many of the papers guide on what the governor of the Bank of England described as his "apocalyptic" warning about diet price rises as he gave evidence to MPs on the Treasury Handpick Committee.

The Daily Express and the Daily Mail fixate on Andrew Bailey's admission that he is "helpless" in the fight against inflation.

The Financial Times says Mr Bailey deflected the blame for the soaring cost of living onto global "shocks", including Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Guardian looks ahead to official figures due out tomorrow, which it says are expected to show the annual inflation rate climbing above 9%.

The Dail

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