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Hundreds of thousands at Brazil's massive gay pride parade - for one of the world's largest gay pride parades with this year's event focusing on the threat of religious fundamentalism to Brazil's LGBT community.

How Indonesia's Hatred Towards LGBT Affects Communities - This has led to vilification and persecution of the LGBT community, which is again under threat from heavy-handed authorities and a complicated ...

If you're against people hating the new LGBT pride flag, YOU'RE part of the problem - An upgrade of the Pride Flag, which is to represent the LGBTQ+ movement, now features brown and black stripes and there is absolute mayhem in the ...

New York's LGBT Story Began Well Before Stonewall - But L.G.B.T. history in New York City goes back much further. For the last several years, the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project has worked to map the ...

LGBT leaders transforming the economy and public service -  LGBT leaders continue to contribute in advancing the economy and public service. As reported in Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Serbian President ...

10 rules to remember for LGBT retirement planning - According to SAGE , a nonprofit group focusing on improving the lives of older LGBT people, 51 percent of older LGBT people are worried they won’t have enough money as they age, compared with 36 percent of the general population. In addition, more than 40 percent of the older LGBT community fears outliving retirement savings and are “very worried” that they’ll have to work beyond retirement age; just a quarter of non-LGBT people are comparably concerned.

Irish company launches LoveWins tool to combat homophobia online - “Internationally, statistics from the US organisation GLSEN show 42% of LGBT youth have experienced cyber bullying; 58% have experienced ...

World OutGames Miami raised more than $1 million, but couldn't pay the bills - The corporation that produced OutGames Miami is the Miami Beach-Miami LGBT Sports & Cultural League, which formed for that specific purpose in ...

Fight for Black Medical Cannabis Dispensers Continues - Currently 15 businesses are approved for provisional licenses—none of them African - American owned establishments. Permanent licenses will be ...

Did Jury Nullification Help Bill Cosby? - If they think that the police are treating African Americans unfairly – by engaging in racial profiling or using excessive force – they don't have to convict, ...

Trump Effect Crests in Mexican Markets - Nothing in the 21st century hit investors in Mexico harder than the rise of President Donald Trump . The peso plummeted to a record low, losing 17 ...

Mass deportations to solve 'immigrant problem'? What happened last time? - To fix America's “immigrant problem,” a million Mexican immigrants and ... Donald Trump's promise to deport millions of undocumented immigrants.

President Trump's Wall Could Harm Endangered Wildlife - Because the Desert extends into Mexico , Trump's border wall would block the Sonoran pronghorn from accessing a vast portion of their habitat.

Race in rural America : Physical separation 'has an effect on your thinking' - Rural Hispanics tend to fall in between whites and blacks in rating their communities. Past surveys have found sharp racial divisions among urban and ...

Mexico to blame for nearly half of child labor in Latin America - Mexico to blame for nearly half of child labor in Latin America ... Education experts have for years been concerned about Mexico's low rates of ...

Philadelphia shouldn't have added black and brown stripes to the rainbow - A new flag representing LGBT people of color I could fully get behind and support. The addition of black and brown stripes to an otherwise brightly ...