tattooing is protected speech by Tim Gaynor Published : September 7, 2012 Arizona’s Supreme Court, stepping into a zoning dispute over a tattoo parlor, ruled on Friday that tattooing was a constitutionally protected form of free speech, the first such decision by any state high court in the country, lawyers said. The ruling stemmed from [...]

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Japanese Youths Pressured To Remove Tattoos In Search For Jobs Published : August 7, 2012 Job-seekers all over the world are finding that their tats may be costing them a job opportunity. The Takasu Clinic, which has cosmetic surgery centers in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya, Japan, reported a 20 percent boost in first-time tattoo removal [...]

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Employee fired for tattoos takes action Published : May 16, 2011 WARWICK, RI – A local man is gathering support and getting ready to sue his former employer. Nathan Hardisty was fired from the Walgreens at Hoxie Four Corners in Warwick because he reportedly has too many tattoos. On Saturday, several people gathered outside the [...]

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Woman in moko discrimination case ‘humiliated’ Published : May 9, 2011 A hospitality worker who has taken her former boss to the Human Rights Commission after he allegedly made her cover up her moko says she was left humiliated. Claire Haupini, 32, worked for Graham Peet at the Spit Roast Catering Company in Auckland, but [...]

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Ottawa hospital staff told to hide tattoos by Aedan Helmer & Kelly Roche Published : April 15, 2011 OTTAWA, CANADA – Rob Driskell stepped onto an elevator at the Ottawa Hospital where a female therapist sized him up. “She asked me, ‘are you allowed to work like that?’” said Driskell. He had no idea what [...]

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School board defends tattooed teacher deemed ‘too cool’ for school Published : April 13, 2011 SWEDEN – The school board in Skövde in western Sweden has backed local teacher Sam Aalto after he was criticized by a local politician, who argued that his surfeit tattoos and spiky hair set a bad example to students. “The [...]

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Dress code policies can stifle job search for those with visible body art, piercings by Ken Koons Published : March 27, 2011 Dress code policies can stifle job search for those with visible body art, piercings By Peter Panepinto, Times Staff Writer Carroll County Times | 1 comment While interviewing for jobs, Westminster resident Maegan [...]

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California Town Thinks Tattooed People Are Evil by Kim Conte Published : March 25, 2011 CALIFORNIA – tattoo parlorResidents of Hermosa Beach, California, are worried a rash of new tattoo parlors are going to class down the neighborhood. A group of concerned citizens is fighting tooth and nail — with fliers, petitions, newspaper ads, you [...]

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Tattoo parlor error angers shop owner by Crystal Tatum Published : March 22, 2011 GEORGIA – City of Covington elected officials corrected an error in the zoning law Monday to allow tattoo parlors within city limits, but one local businessman said it was too little, too late. When the city’s zoning laws were overhauled in [...]

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Tattoo Jew Screening at Schlafly Bottleworks This Sunday by Aimee Levitt Published : March 18, 2011 ST LOUIS, MO – Remember Andy Abrams? This nice Jewish boy from University City has been working for the past few years on a documentary, Tattoo Jew, an examination of the inked Chosen. When Daily RFT last checked in [...]

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