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How will you come out for your LGBT colleagues? - It is 2017. We know categorically that when people are able to be their whole selves at work everyone benefits. They are happier and they do better at work. Stonewall's new campaign Come Out for LGBT requires all of us in the social sector to pause for thought and ask how are we doing for our LGBT  ...

Brazilian LGBT Center Vandalized, Urinated and Defecated On - Though the police have been informed about the incident, the perpetrators have yet to be identified, according to Revista Forum. Adding to LGBT attacks, Joao Otavio de Noronha, a magistrate for Brazil's Supreme Court of Justice commented, “Nowadays, the heterosexual is becoming a minority.

Researchers Find Camping Is Really Good For LGBTQ Youth! - Researchers evaluated a camp for LGBT youth aged 12-20 and found that campers on average had an increase in identity affirmation and hope by the end of their adventure; they also showed lower symptoms of depression. The researchers note that experiences such as this may help to combat the ...

Abuse against LGBT people doubled during Australian equal marriage postal vote - The number of assaults against LGBT people doubled during Australia's equal marriage postal vote, new research has revealed. Over 9,500 LGBT people and allies participated in a survey conducted by the Australia Institute and the National LGBTI Health Alliance to investigate the impact of the postal ...

Supreme Court Turning LGBT Rights Clock Backwards? - By refusing to hear the Texas case, the same Supreme Court that we're counting on saving us from bigots' specious “religious liberty” claims in the Colorado bakery case let stand a lower Texas court ruling that said LGBT employees aren't entitled to equal access to accommodations granted to their ...

UN Bullies Catholic Nation to Accept Abortion, Normalize LGBT - Meanwhile, one of the supposed “experts” on the disgraced UN “Human Rights Committee” demanding abortion and LGBT propaganda is himself under fire for, among other abominations, openly promoting the extermination of pre-born babies with disabilities such as Down Syndrome. Pro-life activists ...

Gay wedding cake case comes before Supreme Court, with ramifications for discrimination - The Supreme Court is set to take up oral arguments on Tuesday in a controversial case that could set a precedent for whether businesses are allowed to turn away customers based on religious beliefs. Interested in LGBT ? Add LGBT as an interest to stay up to date on the latest LGBT news, video, and ...

Can Businesses Ban LGBT People? Trump Lawyer Told Supreme Court It's OK For Shops To ... - And the ACLU, which argued in favor of the same-sex couple, wrote in court briefs that seeking a constitutional right to “hang a sign in its shop window proclaiming, 'Wedding Cakes for Heterosexuals Only,'” is a violation of the rights of LGBT Americans. “The question, rather, is whether the Constitution ...

What's up with Trump's border wall? Prototypes are ready to test, but it's a bit more complicated in ... - Want a status report on Trump's border wall? The short answer is in San Diego where there's now a row of eight nine-metre tall concrete and steel monoliths — wall prototypes — set into the soil just steps from the U.S.- Mexican border. Each awaits testing and, ultimately, official word on which ...

After  Trump pulls out of Paris Accord, Barack Obama expected to address mayors' summit ... - Former president Barack Obama is expected to address a gathering of mayors from around the globe convening in Chicago to discuss climate change after  Trump said the US will pull out of the Paris Accord. Chicago officials are billing the two-day North American Climate ...

Ending refugee program for Central American youth may drive them to smugglers - The Trump administration's crackdown on immigration across the southern U.S. border may drive a new wave of youngsters from Central America to attempt a dangerous and illegal journey through Mexico to escape rampant gang violence in their home countries. By the end of the next month, the U.S. .

Canada should seize opportunity for FTA with China - But Trump believes the US shouldered excessive market obligations under the original NAFTA agreement. The US is the largest market among the three countries with a population of 300 million, compared to Mexico's 130 million and Canada's 30 million. Trump also wants to solve the problem of the ...

The Heart-Stopping Details of  Trump's Campaign Diet - Or that when Trump did try to explicitly connect his eating habits to some of those "normal" Americans in a Twitter post on Cinco de Mayo, it was a fiasco: "I love Hispanics!" in a caption under a taco bowl jarred with his plans to build a wall along the US- Mexico border. Then there was the time he cut his ...

Cards Against Humanity's Plot To Disrupt  Trump's Border Wall Is Going Extremely Well - Here's the gist: Cards Against Humanity purchased a plot of vacant land on the United States- Mexico border and, according to their manifesto, “retained a law firm specializing in eminent domain to make it as time-consuming and expensive as possible for the wall to get built.” It's an ambitious stunt, one ..

Trade deficit with China and Mexico has increased since Trump took office -  Trump often cites the U.S. trade deficit as a sign that America is losing to China, Mexico and other countries on trade. He uses it to justify renegotiating trade deals and slapping tariffs on other countries' products. And Trump has promised repeatedly to cut the trade deficit. But so far this year, .

US trade deficit scales nine-month high; oil prices lift imports -  Trump argues the United States has been disadvantaged in its dealings with trade partners and has ordered the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which was signed in 1994 by the United States, Canada and Mexico . NAFTA talks have stalled, with Mexico and Canada ...