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Orlando Church Accused Of Heresy For Reaching Out To LGBT Community After Pulse Attack - A church in Orlando is being vilified by Christian right-wingers after it reached out to the members of the LGBT community in the wake of the Pulse ...

El Paso Pride Parade fighting against LGBT depression and suicides - Hundreds of El Pasoans turned out to the Sun City Pride Parade Saturday, marking the end of Pride Week in the borderland. The parade started at Houston Park before heading to downtown El Paso, circling several streets and ending at Pride Square, It was about more than having fun on the streets. Parade organizers, marchers, and those watching from the sidewalks all talking about the importance of showing a united community, calling out to those who may be depressed of facing a tough life they are not alone. “There’s a lot...there’s a lot of suicides lately, there’s a lot hurt and having that support from everybody else outside the LGBT community is important, because you feel the love, you feel that you're important, and you feel that you’re a part of this community that El Paso supports,” said Fernie Morales, one of the parade organizers.

Cyndi Lauper to be honored for LGBT activism at Logo Trailblazer Honors - Cyndi Lauper has been a trailblazer for the LGBT community for years, and now Logo will be honoring her for it. The singer will be recognized at the ...

Steve Starkey: Trump isn't helping LGBT community - Trump has appointed many anti- LGBT members to all levels of federal government, including Jeff Sessions, Tom Price, Ben Carson, Neil Gorsuch and ...

Malaysia defends contest on how to 'prevent' homosexuality, cites youth health concerns -  Pang said LGBT people have difficulty accessing good medical services in ... Nisha Ayub, Malaysia's most prominent LGBT activist, condemned the ...

Defense Department Observes LGBT Pride Month - The Defense Department is observing June as LGBT Pride Month to recognize DoDs lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender service members and ...

Accompany' LGBT community, then what? - Following that lead, Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the new archbishop of Newark, welcomed a LGBT pilgrimage to Sacred Heart Basilica Cathedral on May ...

Ivanka Trump calls for a 'joyful' LGBT Pride - The first daughter said that she "wishes everyone a joyful #Pride2017. This month we celebrate and honor the #LGBTQ community." "I am proud to support my LGBTQ friends and the LGBTQ Americans who have made immense contributions to our society and economy," she added in a separate tweet. President Trump has yet to issue a formal declaration observing June as LGBT Pride month. Response to Ivanka Trump's tweets was not all positive. You don't get to honor the LGBTQ community when the VP supports gay conversion therapy and your dad supports bathroom bills," wrote one user, referring to laws that prohibit transgender people from using the bathroom of their choice.

Retiring pastor and LGBT activist Brent Hawkes preparing for 'difficult conversations' at his final Pride - Last year, Black Lives Matter Toronto staged a sit-in during the Pride ... an international organization uniting religious LGBT people in the fight against ...

Where Trump's border rhetoric meets reality -  The question was being posed by a Texas congressman as he gazed out over the crystal blue water, with Mexico a few dozen yards ahead of him and ...

Americans need health care, not a border wall - One of Trump's most consistent campaign promises was that Mexico would pay for the 2,000-mile, 30-foot-high “big, beautiful wall” along the southern ...

Tear Down That Wall! Artists Resist Trump at US- Mexican Border - Mexican and international musicians performed a concert Saturday in Tijuana under the banner "Tear Down That Wall" to protest U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration policies and plans to build a wall along the 1,933-mile U.S.-Mexico border. The concert was initially intended to take place on the U.S. side of the border at Friendship Park, NBC Bay Area reported, but was moved to the Mexican side after U.S. authorities denied permission for the event. The U.S.-Mexican border is fertile ground for artistic protests, ranging from music to paintings and messages scrawled on the border fence as forms of resistance against harsh immigration policies and discrimination against migrants entering the United States.

Home featured In the Racial Climate of Trump's New America , How Likely Is It... - The proliferation of social media and instantly shared video has flushed many of the elements of everyday life for the Black community out of the ...

There Is Hate in US, 'Especially for African Americans ' - Brown, known for his support of African - American causes and racial equality, called James “a great human being and great American” after James ...

African - Americans looking to enter the legal marijuana industry face higher hurdles - So were at least a dozen other African - American applicants for Maryland ... "Marijuana legalization without racial justice risks being an extension of ...

What to do with the noose left at the African American Museum? Make it part of the collection. - The power of the galleries at the African - American museum focusing on racism and segregation is inseparable from the ugliness of the objects they ...