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Homosexuality is still a taboo subject in our country: Raja Ramamurthy - The need of the hour is more dignified representation of the LGBT community in Indian cinema.” Raja is thankful that his family was appreciative of this initiative. “Marriages in our country are never just about the bride and the groom; it is about two families and bringing them together. Families will always ... Android Chrome Windows Mobile friendly AppsCenter

Focus On The Family Confirms It Still Supports 'Ex-Gay' Therapy - In 2009, Focus on the Family sold its “ex-gay” ministry Love Won Out to Exodus International. Four years later, the ministry apologized for the harm it had caused LGBT people and acknowledged that its mission – to “cure” LGBT people of their sexuality or gender identity – was based on a hollow promise ...

Trump transgender military ban: Democrats, LGBT groups are outraged, and GOP is silent - Trump released an order Friday night banning most transgender troops from serving in the military except under "limited circumstances," following up on his calls last year to ban transgender individuals from serving. The White House said retaining troops with a history or diagnosis ...

People meet to offer support for ACU's LGBTQ community - Coming off the heels of Abilene Christian University's announcement that their same-sex relationship police will now apply to student workers, ACU alumni and people in the Abilene community met today to off their support to the LGBTQ community. The policy has always ...

Neil Patrick Harris buys out screening for hit LGBTQ film - Millions of moviegoers have started to discover the heartfelt story in the new film "Love, Simon," which stars Nick Robinson as a 17-year-old teen who hasn't told his family or friends he's gay. Advertisement. The film has tugged at the heartstrings of both moviegoers and ...

How To Attract, Hire And Retain LGBTQ Talent - How can a company more effectively attract LGBTQ job applicants to better diversify its staff? Gould: I have four tenants here. You have to say it, you have to do it, you actually have to reflect it and you have to invest in it in a way that is continuous and shows that you're really connected and committed to it ...

Trump's panel of “experts” on trans military ban included anti- LGBTQ hate groups and extremists - An article published in Slate highlighted the influence of anti- LGBTQ hate group Family Research Council (FRC) and anti-trans extremist Ryan T. Anderson in crafting the White House's newly released policy banning transgender troops from serving in the military. Family Research Council has a history ...

Pence secretly drafted Trump's latest transgender military ban - It turns out that Vice President Pence and some of the country's most prominent anti- LGBTQ activists had a role in reversing the outcome, which explains why the report explaining the decision is rife with anti-trans junk science. Slate's Mark Joseph Stern reported Friday night that, according to multiple ...

Trump adds pressure for NAFTA deal – Canadian tariff exemptions get a deadline - The United States has just applied additional pressure in its rush to get a new NAFTA agreement within several weeks, establishing a May 1 deadline, after which Canada and Mexico would face tariffs on steel and aluminum. Originally, Canada and Mexico received an indefinite exemption ...

The shocking thing about Wall Street's fear of a trade war - But investors shouldn't have been caught off guard by Trump's tough stance. He has been remarkably consistent on trade — for years, if not decades. "China has our jobs and Mexico has our jobs," Trump said in his June 2015 presidential announcement speech, which mentioned China 26 times. Trump  ...

Trump Denies He Can't Get Top Legal Team, Even as 2 More Lawyers Quit -  Trump said with $700 billion in funding for defense, "many jobs are created and our Military is again rich. Building a great Border Wall, with drugs (poison) and enemy combatants pouring into our Country, is all about National Defense. "Build WALL through M!," with Mexico paying for it, Trump implored, ...

Students March For Their Lives As Trump Chills At Golf Course, Largely Ignores Them - action against gun violence, Trump hung out at his posh golf resort in West Palm Beach, Florida. He tweeted several times during the Saturday march, and again on Sunday, but focused only on other topics, including a U.S.- Mexico border wall and his legal team assigned to deal with the Russia probe.

The Black Panther Movie: More Leftist Racial Polarizing. - As a proud American who happens to be black , my issue with Black Panther mania is the movie's enormous role in furthering Leftists' lie that blacks are suffering in an eternally racist America . Blacks are leaving movie theaters believing they must be defensively conscious of their ...

Shooting of unarmed black man heightens racial tensions in Sacramento -  The fatal shooting of an unarmed African American man by police last weekend in his backyard has intensified long-simmering tensions between ... Hahn said he did not know whether race played a role in the officers' actions, adding: "I think race factors into almost everything in our country, whether it's ...

What the Film ' Black Panther' Reveals About Racism in America - I left the film feeling as if there was no longer a need for another black boy to wonder “what superhero shall I be?” because now, there was someone who looked like “ us ” on film. Someone we could be proud of. Days later, I wanted a Black Panther bobble-head for my office so I picked one up at EB ...

Pulse survivors invoke LGBT victims at March For Our Lives - Whether you are marginalized because you're a teenager, or because you're going to a concert, or a nightclub, you're gay , you're Latino, you're African - American , everyone is marching for their lives in solidarity, and it's going to be a force that this political climate is going to have to reckon with,” ...

Huge crowds rally against gun violence in nation's capital - Although America's most famous school massacres have happened at mostly white schools in suburbs or small towns, children of color are at far greater risk of gun violence at school, the Post analysis found. Hispanic students are twice as likely as white students to experience a school shooting, and ...

The national gun debate needs to address black lives - The media has dismissed again the black bodies and the communities of color. I do think that the more we bring this up and bring this to the forefront it will become a conversation and a topic. Unfortunately, women, people of color, LGBT community, to feel equal, we have always had to fight a little bit ...

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