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People In LGBT Are Not Born Gay : Study - Two researchers from Johns Hopkins University published a study where it was mentioned that the LGBT community's claims that they were born gay  ...

Overcoming the Trauma and Hate: Documentary Sheds Light on Inuit LGBT Communities - Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things is a documentary film that explores this topic by shining a light on the lives and experiences of Inuit LGBT people ...

South Dakota governor signs new anti- LGBT legislation - South Dakota has become the first US state to pass an anti- LGBT ... adoption and foster care agencies to discriminate against LGBT people.

America's LGBT Centers Are Under Attack - On Sunday afternoon, a visitor to the Casa Ruby LGBT Community Center in Washington, D.C., physically attacked a worker, threw a brick through a ...

Democrats Will Reintroduce A Major LGBT Bill As A Wedge Issue In Congress - Democrats in Congress plan to reintroduce legislation this month that would ban LGBT discrimination nationwide, despite facing a conservative ...

LGBT Rights in the Post-Arab Spring Middle East - Can the arts provide safe spaces for the LGBT community in socities that are often hostile to their search for tolerance and rights?

Legendary Lord of the Rings actor gives inspirational talk to Hitchin pupils about LGBT equality - Legendary actor Sir Ian McKellen visited a Hitchin school this week to talk to students about LGBT -related issues and the importance of having an ...

Greek, LGBT sorority women work to combine best of both worlds - LGBTGreek provides a safe space for LGBT members within the Greek system, Oosterbaan said. LGBTGreek is trying to make the Greek system more ...

Yes, It's Better To Be Poor In The Mississippi Delta Than In Bangladesh - He notes (somewhat dubiously) that there are three million people in America living below the World Bank's extreme poverty line, that “life expectancy ...

Lessons from America's longest war - The plan is a multi-faceted effort to take on poverty , violence, a lack of housing and chronic health problems like obesity and malnutrition. Bebeto ...

The winds of resistance are spreading across America - Our movement of indigenous resistance, and the millions of people across these lands and this earth who support it, are growing stronger each day.

Indigenous Environmentalism in the Face of Settler Colonialism - Both Todd and Whyte argue that achieving climate justice for and by Indigenous people requires addressing the ways in which global environmental ...

Radical Feminists Push Abortion as the Solution for Poor, Malnourished Women Worldwide - Guatemala is one of the poorest countries in the world. In fact, it's the poorest country in Latin America and second most poor in this hemisphere – only ...

Latin America Calls for New Anti-Drug Strategies at the UN - Several Latin American countries have called on the United Nations to strengthen its anti-drug strategies by focusing on prevention and treatment ...

Important Roles Of Traditional Medicine In Latino Health Care -  Many indigenous people of Latino immigrant population are not treated fairly from standard health services. They are even discouraged from seeking medical attention due to an increased anxiety and unequal treatment.  Traditional or indigenous medicine, popularly known as TM, could help some of these health care barriers. This is because the method came from the unique values, cultural systems and exact health needs of these people, The Conversation reported.  The World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledges TM as a “mainstay of health and health care delivery.” This is according to the newest report on traditional medicine.

Study shows poor school infrastructure in Latin America , Caribbean - A new study has found that only one in four students in basic education in Latin America and the Caribbean ...