Voices From Afar – Part 2: Engaging and Empowering the Jamaican and Dominican Diaspora on LGBT Issues #LGBTQ
Part 2: Dominican Republic By Courtney Thomas “Being gay in the Dominican Republic is kind of a taboo,” a Dominican-American[…]
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Openly Transgender Athletes Notably Absent from Olympic Roster #IOC #LGBTQ
While there are many talented and successful transgender athletes around the globe, there are no openly transgender athletes competing in[…]
Read moreVoices from Afar – Part 1: Engaging and Empowering the Jamaican and Dominican Diaspora on LGBT Issues #LGBTQ
By Courtney Thomas Part 1: Jamaica As the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, I have always been painfully aware of the[…]
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New CDC Data: LGB Teens Face Startling Rates of Violence, Bullying and Suicidality #LGBTQ #Bullying
Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) teens are far more likely to experience violence and bullying, and attempt suicide, than their[…]
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New Donald Trump Leadership Team Already Well-Versed in Anti-LGBTQ Hate #LGBTQ #Trump
HRC issued the following statement after the Trump campaign announced its new leadership team will include Steve Bannon and Kellyanne[…]
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DOJ Releases Report Detailing Unlawful Conduct of Baltimore City Police Department #CivilRights #DOJ
On August 10th, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Civil Rights Division, released a report on its investigation of the Baltimore[…]
Read moreApproximately 2.2 Million LGBTQ Adults Struggle with Food Insecurity in the US #LGBT #SNAP
A new study by The Williams Institute found that one in four LGBTQ adults, approximately 2.2 million LGBTQ people, struggled[…]
Read moreMajority of D-1 NCAA Basketball Coaches Denounce North Carolina’s Discriminatory HB2 #LGBTQ
In a questionnaire for CBS Sports, a majority of D-1 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) coaches who responded agreed that the NCAA should ban[…]
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Community voices help shape conservation program for the Democratic Republic of Congo #Conservation #Survival
“Elengi mingi,” says Ngwabango in her native Lingala as she pushes a heaping plate of black caterpillars smothered in groundnut[…]
Read moreDetained Mothers Begin Hunger Strike at Berks Immigration Detention Facility #immigrant #detention
Human Rights First renewed its calls on the Obama Administration to end its policy of detaining women and children seeking U.S.[…]
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