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LGBT Parades Take On A New Tone This Year -  LGBT Pride Month around the country is marked by celebratory parades — featuring floats, dancers and celebrities. And they've been especially ...

Louisiana Legislature rejects LGBT workplace protections - Carter replied that the language isn't "as clear as the LGBT community ... There is a shift in how LGBT issues are perceived in the statehouse however.

5 Ways for Senior Centers to Improve Outreach to LGBT Older Adults -  LGBT older adults often feel isolated. Here's how your senior center can improve connection & support for the LGBT elders in your community.

LGBT Families at Risk in New Budget - According to a 2012 Gallup survey, 21% of LGBT people living alone had incomes less than $12,000–near the poverty line–compared to 17% of ...

A modern form of minstrelsy': LGBT activists urge pride events to stop booking offensive 'blackface ... - Pride event organisers in the UK have been urged not to promote acts that “perpetuate racist stereotypes”, after an LGBT event in Durham booked a ...

Queens Continues the Struggle for LGBT Rights - Twenty five years ago, I started the Queens Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Parade to put a face on the tens of thousands of LGBT  ...

From Ancient Greece To Modern America: LGBT Pride Over The Centuries - And later, the director of the Film Festival joins us to talk about the role film has had in advancing LGBT rights and he previews some of the films ...

Aging LGBT Adults Face Bias, Poverty and Isolation Policymakers must consider these challenges ... - When people talk about discrimination, it's unlikely they're thinking about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) older adults. “That's not ...

LeBron James powerfully confronts racism after hate crime: 'Being black in America is tough' - The night before LeBron James’ seventh straight NBA Finals appearance, the most important part of his press conference wasn’t about his quest for a fourth NBA championship or his thoughts on what Kevin Durant adds to the Golden State Warriors. It was about Emmett Till. On Wednesday morning, someone spray painted the n-word onto the front gate of James’ Los Angeles home. Police are investigating it as a hate crime. James, who has been a vocal advocate for the black community throughout his career, did not shy away from addressing the incident when a reporter asked him about it.

LGBT activists urge pride events to stop booking blackface acts - Blackface is a form of racism that dehumanises black people , turning them into objects that can be 'performed'. It is a modern form of minstrelsy and ...

How a Trade War Could Cost US Jobs - But if Trump were to squeeze Mexico and China as hard as he's threatened, ... Even if Trump were not to resort to such dramatic tariffs, the Peterson ...

Mexico Hopes to Strengthen NAFTA, but Faces Two Tests: Trump and Time - The lengthy and tumultuous prelude to talks between the United States, Mexico and Canada over the North American Free Trade Agreement has in ...

So what does Covfefe really mean? - US President Donald Trump signs an executive order to start the Mexico border wall project at the Department of Homeland Security facility in ...

Trump toilet paper to go on sale in Mexico -  Mexican lawyer Antonio Battaglia is set to launch a Trump toilet paper brand in his home country later this year. The product uses the slogans ...

Mexico's Homicide Spike Is Also a U.S. Problem - The murder rate in Mexico is on track to reach a record high this year. ... The sooner presidents Enrique Peña Nieto and Donald Trump realize that, the ...

Trump Deportations Hit Immigrants With Strong US Roots - The first four months of the Trump administration saw 27,000 fewer deportations of Mexicans than the same period of 2016 under Obama, according to ...