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Defaced' pro-LGBT billboard was the approved version, says Bench

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Defaced' pro- LGBT billboard was the approved version, says Bench  - The billboard on EDSA showing this Bench ad obscured the clasped hands of boyfriends Vince Uy and Nino Gaddi. Photo from Bench's Facebook ...

Serving the LGBT Community

Serving the LGBT Community  - And since very few advisers were serving the LGBT community at that time, his practice grew from a steady stream of referrals. Today, about 50% of ...

These Are The Brave And Beautiful Faces Of At-Risk LGBT Youth

These Are The Brave And Beautiful Faces Of At-Risk LGBT Youth  - In this case, Brown was captivated by New York City's at-risk LGBT youth, many of whom turn towards a city environment for acceptance and love after ...

LGBT flag flies over Shire Hall in Cambridge for the first time

LGBT flag flies over Shire Hall in Cambridge for the first time  - Many young LGBT people feel isolated and often have no adults they feel they can trust or speak to due to continuing discrimination and prejudice ...

Nepal sexual minorities back panel's call for legal same-sex marriage

Nepal sexual minorities back panel's call for legal same-sex marriage  - Activists say that as a result, many from the LGBT community still face abuse from their families and communities and endure discrimination in colleges ...

Tom Daley, Arsenal up for British LGBT awards

Tom Daley, Arsenal up for British LGBT awards  - Great Britain diver Tom Daley and Premier League side Arsenal have been shortlisted for gongs at the British LGBT Awards. Daley, who won a bronze ...

Here's What I Want My Politician Brother to Know About How His Vote Will Affect LGBT People

Here's What I Want My Politician Brother to Know About How His Vote Will Affect LGBT People  - Arkansas bill SB202 blocks all cities and counties from enacting anti-discrimination laws that protect LGBT people. Buzzfeed News reported the bill's ...

Why I'll NEVER Let Religion Tell Me Being Gay Is Wrong ... EVER!

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Why I'll NEVER Let Religion Tell Me Being Gay Is Wrong ... EVER!  - Mormons are suddenly backing LGBT equality, and I'm sorry, but that begs the question—"What's in it for them?" Religion had a huge impact on my life ...

Time for America to invest in our children

Time for America to invest in our children  - A $1 billion boost for Title I education funding for poor children – a critical program children living in areas of concentrated poverty desperately need.

5 Facts That Show Half of America Is Seriously Struggling

5 Facts That Show Half of America Is Seriously Struggling  - Half of our nation, by all reasonable estimates of human need, is in poverty . The jubilant headlines above speak for people whose view is distorted by ...

What the Government Knows About Suicide and Depression That We Are Not Being Told

What the Government Knows About Suicide and Depression That We Are Not Being Told  - And the truth is that American society has now become so especially ... and poverty are highly associated with suicidality, depression, and serious ...

Aid to Needy Often Excludes the Poorest in America

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Aid to Needy Often Excludes the Poorest in America  - Assistance to needy Americans has grown at a gallop since the mid-1980s, ... The move away from giving more aid to those in abject poverty can be ...

The 10 best US presidents for black America

The 10 best US presidents for black America  -  America has had 44 presidents, each of whom has had varying degrees of ... in 1998, Clinton had a complicated relationship with black America . ... level of black unemployment ever (7.2 percent), and historic reductions in poverty .

Will 2015 Be the Year People Actually Do Something About Income Inequality?

Will 2015 Be the Year People Actually Do Something About Income Inequality ?  -  Inequality —and the class envy that it engenders—has become the .... Because in America , voters don't care how rich you get as long as they don't feel ...

The Skills Gap: America's Young Workers Are Lagging Behind

The Skills Gap: America's Young Workers Are Lagging Behind  - Young American workers today are more educated than ever before, but the nation's largest generation is losing its edge against the least and most ...

Education and class: America's new aristocracy

Education and class: America's new aristocracy  - These discussions are not moderated. We rely on users to police themselves, and flag inappropriate comments and behavior. In accordance with our ...

Giving inequality the boot

Giving inequality the boot  - One-hundred and sixty years ago, Frederick Douglass, a 19th-century American author, abolitionist leader and former slave, wrote: “The marriage ...

Latin America is powerhouse of smarthphone market growth

Latin America is powerhouse of smarthphone market growth  - Breaking down into regions, shipments in Latin America increased 59 percent, with emerging APAC countries in second place with 55 percent growth, ...

Russian armed forces returning to Latin America

Russian armed forces returning to Latin America  - Ru that Russia should cooperate with the countries of Latin America , "to strengthen strong ties between Russia, the countries of Latin America and the ...

Racial disciplinary gap remains high in Portland schools

Racial disciplinary gap remains high in Portland schools  - Fewer students in the Portland school district are being suspended or expelled, but black and Native American students are still ...

The Native Lives Matter Movement

The Native Lives Matter Movement  - Many liberal and conservative commentators have proclaimed the U.S. to be a "post- racial " society after the election of an African American president.

15 Wisdom Quotes on Racism By Afro- Americans

15 Wisdom Quotes on Racism By Afro - Americans  - On this occasion, Onislam's Culture section would like to highlight some wisdom and inspiration quotes by Muslim & non-Muslim African American  ...

Race and the history we cannot just wish away

Race and the history we cannot just wish away  -  Black Americans live with the weight of generations of injustices, slights and oppressions ... Moreover, she said we now live in a post- racial America.

For a Fashion Designer & Kanye West, Racism Gets Lost in Translation

For a Fashion Designer & Kanye West, Racism Gets Lost in Translation  - As Black History Month celebrates the African - American cultural narrative this February, rarely is it considered that America's neighbor to the north has ...

Cuban court imposes life sentences in quadruple-murder

Cuban court imposes life sentences in quadruple-murder  - Two men were sentenced to life in prison for the murder of four people and the attempted homicide of a fifth in connection with a clandestine ...