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Harvard LGBT student org to host 'Sexy Sailors and Dirty Cops Party'

Harvard LGBT student org to host 'Sexy Sailors and Dirty Cops Party'  - An LGBT group at Harvard University is apparently set to host a “Sexy Sailors and Dirty Cops Party” this upcoming weekend. The Harvard College Queer  ...

Jay Carney: Purple tie is for LGBT support

Jay Carney: Purple tie is for LGBT support  - Tradition holds that those who support the LGBT push-back against bullying ... LGBT activist Gilbert Baker said the purple on the LBGT flag represents spirit, The  ...

Ireland: Anglican Church accused of excluding gay members from ...

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Ireland: Anglican Church accused of excluding gay members from ...  - Changing Attitude Ireland, the Anglican Church of Ireland's pro- LGBT group, ... to be a sham if out LGBT church people continue to be deliberately excluded from  ...

Tea party leader proposes 'class action lawsuit' against ...

Tea party leader proposes 'class action lawsuit' against ...  - At a Tea Party Unity event on Thursday, LGBT activist Peter LaBarbera told group Chairman Rick Scarborough that Fox News should be pushed to cover “these  ...

Author and LGBT activist brings audience to tears

Author and LGBT activist brings audience to tears  - On Tuesday, transgender woman, professor, author and LGBT activist Jennifer Finney Boylan came to Brandeis for a presentation of her book “She's Not There:  ...

No more under siege

No more under siege  - “A film or book that talks of LGBT community invariably sets itself in a metropolitan environment. No one looks at the sexual minorities in small town India,” says  ...

LGBT Organization: Mt. St. Mary's Threatens Gay Teacher with ...

LGBT Organization: Mt. St. Mary's Threatens Gay Teacher with ...  - A civil rights organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) people is speaking out against what they call "discriminatory  ...

Jamie Foxx, Elton John, & Lisa Vanderpump Are Spreading The .

Jamie Foxx, Elton John, & Lisa Vanderpump Are Spreading The .  - Homeless LGBT youth is a problem that faces Los Angeles everyday, and it's an emotionally jarring and eye-opening issue. In order to combat this heart  ...

Education Minister leads education and technology mission to Brazil

Education Minister leads education and technology mission to Brazil  - The Minister for Education and Skills Ruairí Quinn TD today led a major ... telecommunications, information technology and internet event in Latin America.

$2M grant to Boys Town to assist families at 4 schools

$2M grant to Boys Town to assist families at 4 schools  - A portion of the grant will directly support a collaboration between the Latin ... have an impact on the education of our children and the future of our community.”

2014 Goal: Take Hispanic Heritage and Prosperity Online

2014 Goal: Take Hispanic Heritage and Prosperity Online  - But as we look to the future, we know that technology access, education , literacy ... a new celebration of Latino prosperity, record accomplishments in K-12 digital  ...

Higher Education: The Conventional Wisdom Is Wrong

Higher Education : The Conventional Wisdom Is Wrong  - Based on those facts, many Americans leap to a pair of illogical conclusions: first, that college education caused the successful to be successful, and second that  ...

“The Rise of the Middle Class” in Latin America? The World Bank is ...

“The Rise of the Middle Class” in Latin America ? The World Bank is ...  - World Bank President Jim Yong Kim added to the upbeat tone, noting that now only one in four Latin Americans live in poverty and that inequality is edging  ...

Study: Almost Half of Public School Students Are Now Low-Income

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Study: Almost Half of Public School Students Are Now Low-Income  - First, whenever you hear about " America's failing school," remember these maps. Poverty —or in many cases, near poverty —is the 50 pound backpack dragging  ...

Dire poverty climbs for older women, study finds

Dire poverty climbs for older women, study finds  - The retirement picture for nearly 1 million older women in America whose income fell below extreme poverty levels last year — meaning their annual income is  ...

North Carolina cities among poorest in America, survey finds

North Carolina cities among poorest in America , survey finds  - On a new list of the country's top-ten poorest cities, three are in North Carolina. The three cities on this list are Lumberton, Roanoke Rapids and Forest City,  ...

Rich brain, poor brain

Rich brain, poor brain  - There's a phrase that has haunted America for decades, one fraught with failure: "Breaking the cycle of poverty ." Despite the ongoing efforts of government and a  ...

Public education's biggest problem keeps getting worse

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Public education's biggest problem keeps getting worse  - A majority of students in public schools throughout the American South and West ... world) live at or below the federal poverty line — but that's not the worst of it.

Snohomish County targets Hispanic population in HIV prevention ...

Snohomish County targets Hispanic population in HIV prevention ...  - “Maybe they would come to a Latino health event rather than a gay health event.” Bayless also said Hispanic people typically go to the doctor less frequently  ...

Non-profit Builds Three Greenhouses in Haiti

Non-profit Builds Three Greenhouses in Haiti  - Back in 2010 they had spent twenty-days days living down in Haiti , in a tent city, trying to get a deeper understanding of what living in poverty was like.

Thousands at anti-government protests in Haiti

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Thousands at anti-government protests in Haiti  - Thousands of protesters took the streets of Haiti Thursday to call for the ... of President Michel Martelly as they railed against poverty and unemployment.

Haiti - Politic : The Government is finalizing its action plan against ...

Haiti - Politic : The Government is finalizing its action plan against ...  - On Tuesday, Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe, chaired a working session about the governmental action plan to fight against extreme poverty , surrounded by,  ...

Commentary: Why Spirit Day Matters to Black LGBT Youth

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Commentary: Why Spirit Day Matters to Black LGBT Youth  - Started by Brittany McMillan as a response to the young people who had taken their ... Past data has found that Black LGBT youth are extremely vulnerable to  ...

Finding One Million African-American LGBT Adults in America

Finding One Million African - American LGBT Adults in America  - An estimated 1,018,700 (3.7 percent) of African - American adults consider themselves lesbian , gay , bisexual or transgender ( LGBT ) and 34 percent of  ...

Marriage messenger: Pastor Jamie B. Frazier on his public embrace ...

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Marriage messenger: Pastor Jamie B. Frazier on his public embrace ...  - Independent of the views of fellow African-American pastors, some who don't ... that specifically affect African - American LGBT people, and reveals that there are  ...