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Uncertainty ahead for sexual minorities as gov't appoints new equality watchdog head

Uncertainty ahead for sexual minorities as gov't appoints new equality watchdog head  - Pro- LGBT rights chairman York Chow Yat-Ngok will be leaving the post after this month. The appointment of Alfred Chan Cheung-ming, Elderly ...

This Is What It's Like Being An Ambassador To An Anti-Gay Country When You're A Lesbian

This Is What It's Like Being An Ambassador To An Anti-Gay Country When You're A Lesbian  - There is a small clutch of out British LGBT envoys, and one, David Quarrey – the ambassador to Israel – has mentioned being gay in an Israeli ...

NFL threatens Atlanta's Super Bowl bid over anti-gay bill, and yes that matters

NFL threatens Atlanta's Super Bowl bid over anti-gay bill, and yes that matters  - But let's give credit where credit is due: In Georgia, a bill branded as religious freedom — and seen by many as a license to discriminate against LGBT  ...

Top seven LGBT movies from the Miami International Film Festival

Top seven LGBT movies from the Miami International Film Festival  - Now that the crowds have wound down at the ticket booths and the 2016 Miami International Film Festival is history, it is time to look back at some of ...

TN legislature shows indifference to LGBT residents

TN legislature shows indifference to LGBT residents  - I intended to write to the Tennessee House of Representatives, but I have decided my voice would fall on deaf ears. They have chosen fear over ...

LGBT groups want the National Collegiate Athletic Association to divest from Christian colleges

LGBT groups want the National Collegiate Athletic Association to divest from Christian colleges  - More than 80 LGBT sports, religious and youth advocacy groups are asking the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to divest from ...

Seeking LGBT family': Teenage boy's online plea for adoptive parents 'sensitive to the needs and ...

Seeking LGBT family': Teenage boy's online plea for adoptive parents 'sensitive to the needs and ...  - Jaylon, the profile explains, is seeking 'a same-sex couple or other LGBT -headed family or at least a family sensitive [to] the needs and issues faced ...

LGBT festival in Ukraine abandoned after far-right protest

LGBT festival in Ukraine abandoned after far-right protest  - An LGBT festival in the Ukrainian city of Lviv had to be abandoned when the venue was surrounded by around 200 members of far-right groups ...

Among Delinquent Teens, Whites More Likely Than Blacks to Abuse Hard Drugs

Among Delinquent Teens, Whites More Likely Than Blacks to Abuse Hard Drugs  - We found that African Americans are less likely than other racial / ethnic groups to abuse hard drugs. Yet, African Americans are disproportionately ...

What's Wrong With Latin American Early Education

What's Wrong With Latin American Early Education  - But while Latin American children are now healthier and more likely to attend preschool, they still lag far behind in learning , particularly in the areas of ...

Donald Trump raves about 'Latino Loves Trump' sign at Tucson rally

Donald Trump raves about ' Latino Loves Trump' sign at Tucson rally  - Donald Trump raves about ' Latino Loves Trump' sign at Tucson rally ... Donald Trump poses with a woman carrying a " Latino Loves Trump" sign, and says ... said, saying protesters are bad people who would burn the American flag.

Black Gay Men: Milwaukee's Hidden Uninsured Population?

Black Gay Men: Milwaukee's Hidden Uninsured Population?  - Just two weeks have passed since President Obama visited and congratulated Milwaukee for winning the Healthy Communities Challenge. “You guys ...

Sex is etched in our DNA, but race is all in our heads

Sex is etched in our DNA, but race is all in our heads  - “ Racial criteria are irrational, irrelevant, [and] odious to our way of life,” ... “I am an African - American , but in parts of Africa, I am white,” says Stanford ...

What President Obama's Visit to Cuba Means for Cubans of African Descent

What President Obama's Visit to Cuba Means for Cubans of African Descent  - For many African Americans , long fascinated with Cuba's similar and distinct racial politics, this gradual re-engagement with Cuba has prompted an ...

Facebook's ad platform now guesses at your race based on your behaviour

Facebook's ad platform now guesses at your race based on your behaviour  - Universal digital marketing exec Doug Neil described the race -based ... The “general population” (non- African American , non-Hispanic) wasn't familiar ...

Iowa professor to speak at MCC on racial inequality

Iowa professor to speak at MCC on racial inequality  - Welburn is an assistant professor of Sociology and African American ... Welburn's presentation explores dimensions of persistent racial inequality to ...