Stigmabase | Las américas

10 LGBT trailblazers that you probably didn't know were crazy sexy - Ok, so everyone knows queer people have a long, if suppressed, history of major artists, philosophers, revolutionaries, and the like. Ok, not everyone knows that, but everyone should. In any case, few people realize that many of said queer trailblazers also had some major hotness to boot. Take these ten ... Android Chrome Windows Mobile friendly AppsCenter

It looks like LGBT people won't be included in Love Island after all - It comes after the newspaper reported yesterday that the possibility of LGBT contestants had not been ruled out. "The main thing that came under fire for was sex on TV, which people have now started to accept, so come next series people won't really care about that," a source told the Daily Star.

Our Great Tchaikovsky Ignites LGBT Audience Feedback for Hershey Felder - As always for Felder, audience response is gratifying, but his portrayal of Tchaikovsky has struck a chord particularly with LGBT audiences. The performer has received an outpouring of gratitude, as well as personal notes from gay fans that recount their own fears of coming out, thoughts on how the ...

Artist-in-Residence is Powerful Visual Activist, LGBT Advocate - Muholi has earned international acclaim for her efforts to document South Africa's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) community. In 2017, her work has been shown in galleries and museums in New York, Cape Town, London, Amsterdam, and Berlin. She is perhaps best known for her ...

The Gap Between Legal Progress and Daily Realities for LGBT People in Latin America - The decision, one of the most sweeping court statements on same-sex marriage in history, appeared to be the latest sign that Latin America is becoming one of the safest regions in the world for LGBT people, at least legally. Over the past two decades, many countries in the region have seen a revolution ...

Georgia Senate committee strips anti- LGBT language, passes adoption bill - The Georgia Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted 8-2 in favor of a bill to update Georgia's adoption laws without an anti- LGBT provision that caused the bill to stall in the final days of last year's legislative session. However, the committee chairman said a separate bill is in the works that will ...

Arkansas gets poor score on LGBT rights in Human Rights Campaign's state equality index - The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), a national LGBTQ advocacy group, today released its 2017 State Equality Index. Arkansas, along with twenty-six other states, was ranked in the lowest-rated category, “High Priority to Achieve Basic Equality.” You can see the Arkansas scorecard here. This is the ...

LGBT youth should feel accepted and important -  LGBT youth are 7 percent of the total population, but 25 percent of the kids in Department for Children and Family placements, Rohdenburg said. Outright Vermont put ... Being more inclusive in language and school curriculums could also help LGBT youths feel not just accepted, but important, she said.

Trump blasts immigration ruling, calls US court system 'broken and unfair' -  19 was still the goal for a deal so it could be attached to the spending bill. At a White House news conference, Trump said: “I really believe they are going to come up with a solution.” But he repeated his demand that any deal include funding for a border wall with Mexico , which Democrats have resisted. Android Chrome Windows Mobile friendly AppsCenter

Trump 'discovered' terrain along US- Mexico border 'is not conducive' in some areas for a wall ... - White House counsel Kellyanne Conway appeared on CNN on Wednesday night and told Chris Cuomo, “The President discovered that part of it will be the physical wall, part of it is better technology, part of it is also fencing.” “There are rivers involved, I'm told, mountains, terrain that isn't conducive to ...

NAFTA to Collapse As Trump's Bullying Tactics Yield No Results -  Mexico announced it would exit the North American Free Trade Agreement, known as NAFTA, just hours after Canadian officials claimed the U.S. will most likely pull out of the agreement. The comments made Wednesday have sparked fear in international markets and a devaluation of both the ...

Just let Trump have his border wall - Walls are ill-suited to much of the geography of the U.S.- Mexico border, and much of that geography happens to be owned by private citizens who do not want a 30-foot eyesore destroying their property. Engineering problems will probably prove less daunting than the legal sort. Both pale before another ...

Mexico will leave NAFTA talks if Trump triggers process to withdraw -  Mexico will leave the NAFTA negotiating table if  Trump decides to trigger a 6-month process to withdraw from the trade pact, three Mexican sources with knowledge of the talks told Reuters on Wednesday. Reuters reported on Wednesday that Canada was increasingly convinced ...

Coming days to reveal if Trump is willing to strike deal on 'DREAMers' issue - On Wednesday, the President reiterated his position that any fix must include funding for a wall on the border with Mexico , one of several Republican demands in the current negotiations that Democrats find impossible or problematic. "Without the wall, it all doesn't work,"  Trump said at a news ...

What kind of border wall does Trump want? It depends on who's asking. - For nearly two years now, citizen, candidate and  Trump has agitated for the means to build a wall on the southern border. Better yet, he told supporters during his campaign, it would be American-made and Mexican -paid -- "believe me." Now, as Republicans and Democrats on Capitol ...

What is NAFTA, and why does Trump want to pull the US out of it? -  Mexican officials have indicated that they would walk away from negotiations if he give notice to quit. Raul Urteaga, head of international trade for Mexico's agriculture ministry, said: “I think it's indisputable that if Trump announces a US withdrawal from NAFTA, well at that moment the negotiations stop.