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Italian region of Umbria approves law against homophobia - Umbria sent a loud and clear “no” to any form of homophobia and transphobia. Yesterday evening, the regions's “regulation against discrimination and ...

State Department Condemns LGBT Killings in Russia - The White House's diplomatic arm sent a strongly-worded statement to officials in Chechnya, the Russian region where LGBT people were recently ...

Colorado Judge Rules That the Fair Housing Law Protects LGBT Couple - In another recent legal victory for LGBT rights, a U.S District judge in Colorado ruled Wednesday that a landlord's refusal to rent a townhouse to a ...

Some 2000 march through Amsterdam against anti- LGBT violence - About 2 thousand people participated in a march against anti- LGBT violence through Amsterdam on Wednesday evening. The participants marched ...

Anti- LGBT Religious Refusal Bills Abound in Texas Legislature - Republicans in the 85th session of the Texas Legislature are pushing a number religious refusal bills that would codify anti- LGBT discrimination into ...

Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio urge Trump to sign anti- LGBT order - Donald Trump's former primary opponents Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are both among a group of Republican Senators who have publicly urged him ...

Court rules that Civil Rights laws cover LGBT bias - This would mean that any kind of discrimination against LGBT folks is illegal. The ruling only applied to the 7th Circuit Court's jurisdiction: Illinois, ...

LGBT people need straight allies to lend a helping hand - This week, hundreds of heterosexual Dutch men held hands to show solidarity with the victims of a homophobic attack. Such actions are vital to ...

Mexico's Luxury Market Might Actually Benefit From Trump - And with the threat of punitive US tariffs on imports from the country — which Trump claims will pay for the border wall — pro- Mexico sentiment has ...

Mexican Tourists Say No Thanks to US Visits - US President Donald Trump's confrontational stance toward Mexico is finally hitting him where he's bound to notice it: America's tourism industry.

Vindication for Trump ? Mexico border arrests plummet as fewer seek to enter US - The Trump administration has not yet changed how the border is patrolled, but the president's tough talk on immigration have likely acted as deterrents ...

3 topics to watch at World Economic Forum Latin America - 3 topics to watch at World Economic Forum Latin America ... Latin America is experiencing historic political transformations, is billed for a period of ... from the latest disruptive models in education to the looming humanitarian crises to ...

Why South Koreans are richer than Latin Americans - But visiting the 455-student, state-run robotics school was a powerful reminder of why South Korea has become so much richer than Latin America .

HPD chief announces decrease in Hispanics reporting rape and violent crimes compared to last year - Against the backdrop of rising deportation fears among immigrants, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo disclosed Wednesday the department has ...

Global development in Latin America faces a test - Global development in Latin America faces a test ... And some 2 in 5 people here live precariously just above the poverty line and risk slipping into ...

FMU recognized for graduation rates: Percentage of African American grads acknowledged - FMU's graduation rate for African American students is 43.2 percent, only a ... have the lowest graduation rate among all racial and ethnic groups.