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LGBT activists call for end to deportations at White House

LGBT activists call for end to deportations at White House  - Today, LGBT immigrant activists lead by Immigration Equality hosted a press conference and action at the gates of the White House, ...

Popular Research Institute That Claims Gay Marriage Is Good for the Economy Has Ties to LGBT ...

Popular Research Institute That Claims Gay Marriage Is Good for the Economy Has Ties to LGBT ...  - Published Williams Institute reports on gay marriage's economic benefits often make the rounds in both LGBT and mainstream media outlets.

Africa: homophobia is a legacy of colonialism

Africa: homophobia is a legacy of colonialism  - Anti-gay laws were introduced to Africa by Western colonialists. Now, as former colonisers recognise LGBT rights Africa is still stuck in the past, writes ...

Situation for LGBT people worsens in Russia, Crimea and Ukraine

Situation for LGBT people worsens in Russia, Crimea and Ukraine  - He suggested cracking down on LGBT organisations and clubs, setting up a 'morality police', and restricting the use of online social media in relation ...

Pastor John Makokha Welcomes Persecuted LGBT Community To His Church In Kenya

Pastor John Makokha Welcomes Persecuted LGBT Community To His Church In Kenya  - Rev. John Makokha, the founder and Senior Pastor at the Riruta Hope Community Church, and his wife Anne Baraza inside the compound of the ...

Challenging Campus Assaults that Target LGBT Students

Challenging Campus Assaults that Target LGBT Students  - However for the LGBT community, the issue spans beyond the sexual assault itself. According to a report by the American Association of University ...

Giving Out” to LGBT Organizations of Color

Giving Out” to LGBT Organizations of Color  - Five years ago, I was one of many Black gay men in Boston searching for community. Attending local lesbian, bisexual, gay, and transgender ( LGBT ) ..

As health falters, LGBT seniors face stark housing choices

As health falters, LGBT seniors face stark housing choices  - SAN FRANCISCO -- Having been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, Bernard Mayes was confronted with a stark choice. Should the fiercely independent gay man move into a senior assisted living facility?

Is Columbia University Mishandling LGBT Rape Cases?

Is Columbia University Mishandling LGBT Rape Cases?  - One queer trans student, part of a group of 23 undergrads who filed complaints against the university with the Department of Education last week, says ...

Those adorable gaybies!

Those adorable gaybies!  - Through the clinic, he has gone above and beyond to carefully, thoroughly address the needs of the LGBT patients. Ghadir takes pride in Southern ...

Trainer Vasileski on being an ally, beating cancer twice

Trainer Vasileski on being an ally, beating cancer twice  - That's why I'm glad you reached out, because I'm a huge advocate for the LGBT community, for sure. It's been one of my passions for years. I've had ...

America's sexual assault debate wrongly focuses on college students over everyone else

America's sexual assault debate wrongly focuses on college students over everyone else  - After all, a recent government report states that 1 in 5 women will be sexually assaulted while in college, and that too many higher education  ...

American Higher Education a Model for Australia

American Higher Education a Model for Australia  - In the area of fees and government support, America is providing a model for how to fund higher education in Australia and it might just do the trick, ...

For the First Time, More Latin Americans Are Middle Class Than Poor

For the First Time, More Latin Americans Are Middle Class Than Poor  - Over the past decade, Latin America and the Caribbean have made tremendous progress in reducing poverty and in boosting shared prosperity.

War on Poverty debate: By the numbers, there's little argument in Minnesota

War on Poverty debate: By the numbers, there's little argument in Minnesota  - The year is 1964 and President Johnson is talking not about the war in Vietnam, but about an “unconditional war on poverty in America .” Today, that ...

How Goldfinch American capitalizes on Detroit street poverty

How Goldfinch American capitalizes on Detroit street poverty  - It's Monday evening at a Detroit pop-up called Goldfinch American , and 16 people, mostly professionals and business owners from the city and ...

Voices for Utah Children picked for national effort to fight poverty

Voices for Utah Children picked for national effort to fight poverty  - hese leaders are fueling change for America's families. As we reflect on the 50th anniversary of the war on poverty , the Aspen Institute is proud to ...

In South America, Plastic Trash Will Be as Good as Money

In South America , Plastic Trash Will Be as Good as Money  - The project aims to make an impact by decreasing poverty by 2035 and cleaning up plastic waste from the world's oceans—a worthy but tough goal.

As elections loom, Capitol Hill is latest front in war on poverty

As elections loom, Capitol Hill is latest front in war on poverty  - increase the nation's minimum wage as a key strategy for reducing poverty and helping to narrow the income gap between America's rich and poor.

Increasing The Minimum Wage Is A Huge Plus For Latinos

Increasing The Minimum Wage Is A Huge Plus For Latinos  - The Minimum Wage Fairness Act would be a significant step to address this gap and help lift people out of poverty . Latinos , Blacks, and Asians, who ...

It's the native-born, not immigrants, who now drive US Latino population growth

It's the native -born, not immigrants, who now drive US Latino population growth  - Students in a second-grade bilingual summer school class in Chicago, Illinois. As migration from Latin America has slowed, it's the U.S.-born children ...

I say Hispanic. You say Latino. How did the whole thing start?

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I say Hispanic . You say Latino . How did the whole thing start?  - The media created documentaries and commercials. There was even a Telethon where people called in, and were encouraged to identify as Hispanic  ...

Maidana: I have the support of the Latino people and I'm going to win

Maidana: I have the support of the Latino people and I'm going to win  - I have the support of the Latino people and I'm coming to win. To see these people here supporting me is amazing. I know people think I'm going to ...

The Trend for Latinos Is More US-Born, More Adults: Pew Report

The Trend for Latinos Is More US-Born, More Adults: Pew Report  - That acceleration is happening as a slowdown in Hispanic immigration is occurring and is being outpaced by Latino births. About as many people  ...

New Black: African-American perspective on MD's marriage

New Black : African-American perspective on MD's marriage  -  People packed the Chicago Theological Seminary fourth-floor chapel to ... For Straight, a gay Black man, witnessing that victory—and the Land of ...