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Why 15000 people signed a petition to boycott the year's biggest LGBT movie

Why 15000 people signed a petition to boycott the year's biggest LGBT movie  - The movie Stonewall, about the famous riots in New York City, will open in U.S. movie theaters in September 2015. Image: Stonewall / Facebook ...

Cuba and LGBT Rights

Cuba and LGBT Rights  -  LGBT rights in Cuba are perplexing from an ideological standpoint. Communist theory itself is unclear on the issue of homosexuality. Logically, one ...

AG Challenges District Court Ruling To Allow LGBT Couples To Foster

AG Challenges District Court Ruling To Allow LGBT Couples To Foster  - Lincoln, Neb. Todd Vesely and Joel Busch of Lincoln, completed all of the classes and procedures to become foster parents back in 2009 but were ...

5 Queer Heroes Who Should Have Been the Stars of Roland Emmerich's Stonewall

5 Queer Heroes Who Should Have Been the Stars of Roland Emmerich's Stonewall  - Roland Emmerich's new movie Stonewall purports to tell the story of the infamous Stonewall riots, which sparked the birth of the LGBT rights ...

The Gay Pride festival in Uganda this weekend defied local law and taboo

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The Gay Pride festival in Uganda this weekend defied local law and taboo  - Saturday's celebration was part of the five-day Pride Uganda festival, which provided a rare occasion for members of the LGBT community to gather ...

Limited Roles for Women and Minorities in Top-Grossing Movies

Limited Roles for Women and Minorities in Top-Grossing Movies  - The University of Southern California's Annenberg School of Communications took its annual look at how minorities, women and the LGBT community ...

Nuke Deal to Increase LGBT Persecution in Iran, Tie Western Companies to Human Rights Abuses

Nuke Deal to Increase LGBT Persecution in Iran, Tie Western Companies to Human Rights Abuses  - The nuclear deal with Iran will empower a regime that has killed an estimated 4,000 to 6,000 gays and lesbians since 1979 and enable the increased ...

As LGBT rights gain acceptance, gay enclaves fade

As LGBT rights gain acceptance, gay enclaves fade  - Drag queen “Twiggy Warhol” performs at the Main Street Bar and Cabaret, the only gay bar remaining in Laguna Beach, California. The bar hosts a ...

How Latin American women are changing hip-hop

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How Latin American women are changing hip-hop  - Female MCs are shaking up South America's macho rap culture. ... sex education , contraception and abortion; human trafficking; domestic and public ...

Why the United States' Inequality Problem Is About a Lot More Than Money

Why the United States' Inequality Problem Is About a Lot More Than Money  - The awful truth is that Americans have chosen our extreme inequality and all of its awful consequences in the politicians we elected in the last 35 ...

One Year Later: Ferguson Cast Spotlight on Nation's Racial Struggles

One Year Later: Ferguson Cast Spotlight on Nation's Racial Struggles  - Nonwhites are more likely to acknowledge racism as an issue. That's the case for 73 percent of African - Americans , compared with 58 percent of ...

Sanders' biggest rally yet comes with an undercurrent of racial issues

Sanders' biggest rally yet comes with an undercurrent of racial issues  - The new press secretary introduced Sanders with a 10-minute speech on racial tensions and named the African - American men and women who have ...

Hands up, Dont Shoot! Remembering the victim of Ferguson Shooting

Hands up, Dont Shoot! Remembering the victim of Ferguson Shooting  - The first anniversary of the Ferguson shooting is a grim reminder of the racial discrimination which the African - American community in the US are ...

Has the international community failed Haiti?

Has the international community failed Haiti ?  - Since its shattering earthquake five years ago Haiti has received billions of dollars of ... But Haiti is a long way from breaking out of its chronic poverty .

The African-American community grapples with gay rights in the face

The African - American community grapples with gay rights in the face  -    Here's the synopsis: 'Directed by Yoruba Richen, THE NEW BLACK is a documentary that tells the story of how the African - American community is ...

BET Addresses Homophobia In The Black Church With "Holler If You Hear Me"

BET Addresses Homophobia In The Black Church With "Holler If You Hear Me"  - Despite huge advances in equality recently, it is certainly no secret that religious institutions often fall behind when it comes to accepting LGBT people .