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Four 'LGBT-friendly' mayors elected in Istanbul and Mersin

Four ' LGBT -friendly' mayors elected in Istanbul and Mersin  - Turkey's largest city of Istanbul and its southern port city of Mersin now have four ' LGBT -friendly' mayors between them. According to the Hurriyet Daily ...

Responding To Harlem's Anti-Gay Pastor With Love And Beauty

Responding To Harlem's Anti-Gay Pastor With Love And Beauty  - The guffaw worthy rant is out of sync with how most Americans feel about LGBT issues. Gallup polls show that most Americans view LGBT individuals ...

5 Shocking Stories of Anti-Gay Persecution in Africa

5 Shocking Stories of Anti-Gay Persecution in Africa  - Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill appears to have sparked a renewed interest in persecuting LGBT people across Africa, sometimes with violent ...

Matt Barber: 'Rainbowshirts are emboldened' and 'brought the long knives'

Matt Barber: 'Rainbowshirts are emboldened' and 'brought the long knives'    - In an April 3, 2014 column for BarbWire, Matt Barber himself lashed out at the LGBT community for their criticism of Mozilla's Brendan Eich for having ...

Did homophobia cut singer, LGBT activist Otep out of metal festival?

Did homophobia cut singer, LGBT activist Otep out of metal festival?  - Curiously, record label Victory Records has cut one of its artists - nu metal band Otep, whose eponymous singer is a lesbian and LGBT activist - out of ...

US education needs competition between schools

US education needs competition between schools  - comprehensive guide to every private school choice program in America .” ... Only a truly competitive educational industry can empower the ultimate ...

Costa Rica leads Latin America in Social Progress Index

Costa Rica leads Latin America in Social Progress Index  - The 2014 Social Progress Index ranked Costa Rica the top country in Latin ... basic education , health) and opportunity (personal rights, tolerance, access to higher ... The report observed that Latin America as a region tended to show ...

Spend more on health, education'

Spend more on health, education '  -  Education and health services directly improve the wellbeing of the poor, ... developing Asia is spending 6.1 per cent of GDP, while Latin America is ...

Stereotypes Of Appalachia Obscure A Diverse Picture

Stereotypes Of Appalachia Obscure A Diverse Picture  - When I was at the police station one day photographing a couple of [Hispanic] cops, a call came in and said that two Latino men were trying to steal a ...

Spicing up the city

Spicing up the city  - After meeting her Argentine boyfriend while backpacking around Latin America , New Orleans native Liza Puglia decided to cash in her chips and try ...

Helping in Haiti

Helping in Haiti  - It's wrought with corruption, disease and poverty , but Rugby High School student Hannah Christenson is eager to go back. "It was overwhelming at first ...

Delivering clean water to a place where 'the poverty is unbelievable'

Delivering clean water to a place where 'the poverty is unbelievable'  - In Haiti , Clyde White walked into a world filled with poverty , struggle and the lack of ... “In Haiti they have a lot of water there but it's not clean water.

Drought worsens food crisis in poverty-stricken Haiti

Drought worsens food crisis in poverty -stricken Haiti - The World Food Program sounded an alarm Friday over arid conditions in northwest Haiti that have worsened an already dire food shortage in this ...

Ohio group to launch petition for gay rights act

Ohio group to launch petition for gay rights act  - A group pushing to have voters overturn Ohio's gay marriage ban says it is also collecting signatures to bar discrimination on ...

Critics of gay marriage ban: 'One step closer'

Critics of gay marriage ban: 'One step closer'  - Ban supporters say Black's ruling will be overturned. ... organized to sign up more area ministers as "Patriot Pastors," who recruit people to vote.