Without knowing the causes, contours, and consequences of poverty that are rooted in the life experiences of being LGBT—especially for LGBT people of color, transgender people, LGBT immigrants, LGBT people with disabilities, and LGBT young people—we cannot make scientifically-informed policy decisions and invest in programs and services that will be effective in responding to the needs of LGBT people.
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Scenarios for the survey included learning a family member is LGBT, learning my doctor is LGBT, having LGBT members at my place of worship, seeing an LGBT co-worker's wedding picture, having my child placed in a class with an LGBT teacher, seeing a same-sex couple holding hands and learning my child has a lesson on LGBT history in school.
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They were pro LGBT, the content was pro LGBT, but they were being targeted at anti LGBT people to kind of gin up outrage.
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He is a member of the Richard C. Failla LGBT Commission, which promotes fair treatment of LGBT issues and LGBT members of the court community.
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LGBT The number of LGBT lawmakers is up to 28500 from seven. Sen.
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They were joined by representatives from the Russian LGBT Network, the largest collection of organizations fighting for LGBT human rights, and Seta, Finland's national LGBT rights organization.
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Majid was told "LGBT people" needed rescuing — but thought LGBT was a political party.
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An LGBT rights group says Brett Kavanaugh is a "direct threat" to LGBT people.
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Japan has no anti-LGBT laws although many LGBT people still conceal their sexuality.
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A litmus test for LGBT equality Same-sex marriage is often regarded as a litmus test for LGBT equality, an important step in fighting discrimination against LGBT families.
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LGBT advocates call it a nonstarter, while hardline conservatives view pro-LGBT bills as heresy.
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I stopped using the phrase "LGBT" altogether because people wouldn't understand what LGBT stood for.
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I volunteer regularly at LGBT Detroit, the largest Black run LGBT organization in North America.
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One conservative magazine distributed "LGBT-free zone" stickers and some towns have declared themselves "LGBT-free".
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He writes and talks about LGBT+ issues, and co-chairs The Economist Group's LGBT+ staff network.
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This is a direct attack on LGBT Christians and on LGBT-affirming Christians of all orientations.
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"This is very important for the LGBT community and could show a change in attitude toward LGBT issues from our government," said an LGBT+ activist in China who asked to remain anonymous.
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Also male LGBT characters among mainstream releases outnumbered female LGBT characters nearly three times, the research found.
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Here are eight categories that had a notably higher ranking from LGBT students than non-LGBT students:
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Yanzi Peng, a director at LGBT Rights Advocacy China, said institutional discrimination against LGBT+ people - through marriage laws, education policy, and media censorship - had shaped a negative attitude among LGBT+ people in China.
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He also got caught in an issue last year where anti-LGBT ads were running on LGBT content.
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Jason Baumann: Kay was one of the first LGBT photojournalists in the United States documenting LGBT political communities.
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If you are an #LGBT person, please spend your travel dollars with an LGBT friendly airline like Delta.
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LGBT+ charity Stonewall said the document failed children by omitting any teaching about LGBT+ families at primary level.
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I'm very passionated about reproductive rights and LGBT rights, so I thought: I should do an LGBT festival!
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For the LGBT community and those standing with the LGBT community, Pride events around the country will continue.
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Some LGBT-specific verticals hope to reach both more general (read: straight) audiences as well as LGBT readers.
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Trump also inexplicably thanked the "LGBT" community on Twitter after the attack: Thank you to the LGBT community!
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If you are an #LGBT person, please spend your travel dollars with an LGBT-friendly airline like Delta.
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What would you say are the issues around media portrayal between LGBT and non-LGBT people of faith?
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States that protect LGBT workers' rights boast a lower poverty rate among both their LGBT and heterosexual workers.
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There are currently around 52,000 LGBT sugar babies and 3,700 LGBT sugar daddies and mommies registered in Canada.
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Asexuals go through a lot, similar to LGBT people, some of them are even on the LGBT spectrum.
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The executive director added that to be LGBT-inclusive, employers can start with everyday actions, ranging from supporting LGBT calendar events and hosting LGBT networking events, to getting staff to use the right language.
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LGBT groups insisted the bills were designed to create a loophole in LGBT nondiscrimination laws by letting anti-LGBT business owners claim a religious recusal; conservatives said the bills would merely protect religious beliefs.
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And there are organizations for LGBT seniors like Austin Prime Timers, a group for gay senior locals, and Austin LGBT Coalition on Aging, a group helping to improve the future of LGBT older adults.
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Another ad on the "LGBT United" Facebook page that targeted people over the age of 14 in Kansas with an interest in Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, LGBT rights, the LGBT community, or same-sex marriage.
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The Immanuel Christian School where Karen Pence has started her job has written policies online saying it will not hire LGBT+ faculty as well as refuse admission to LGBT+ students or those with LGBT+ parents.
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At the height of the anti-LGBT backlash, the authorities banned TV and radio programs from broadcasting LGBT-related information and a minister said the LGBT movement was being used by outsiders to brainwash Indonesians.
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"Taiwan's move will propel LGBT movements across Asia," Xin Ying of the Beijing LGBT Center told the Financial Times.
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Her remarks, which were first reported by the LGBT blog Project Q Atlanta, have been condemned by LGBT activists.
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Somebody who's LGBT and African American is going to experience the world differently than somebody who's LGBT and Latina.
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Kavanaugh, however, has not heard any significant cases addressing LGBT issues and has said hardly anything about LGBT people.
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A quarter of LGBT people have incomes lower than $24,000 per year compared to 18% of non-LGBT people.
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In 2016 she was named one of the "Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40" by the National LGBT Bar Association.
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Green, a Tennessee state senator, has faced opposition from Democrats and LGBT groups over his past anti-LGBT comments.
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The stripes represent LGBT individuals of color, a group that can often be overlooked within the overall LGBT umbrella.
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But Shaun Dellenty, who has advised the government on LGBT+ education, said LGBT+ inclusion in education could save lives.
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Most host nations experienced an uptick in broader anti-LGBT activity or specific anti-LGBT legislation as a result.
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He suggested casting directors should try to find LGBT+ actors for LGBT+ characters before opening up auditions to all.
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LGBT students were more likely to rank certain attributes as being important to them than their non-LGBT peers.
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He vehemently opposes LGBT rights Moore's anti-LGBT stances extend far beyond his opposition to the Supreme Court's ruling.
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LGBT advocates praised the move as progress in a fight to end discrimination against LGBT people in faith groups.
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As of just this morning, BuzzFeed laid off its Deputy LGBT Editor and LGBT Video Producer (the only openly trans staffer at BuzzFeed News), leaving just one remaining full-time U.S. staffer on the LGBT beat.
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Russia was ranked Europe's second least LGBT-friendly nation in 2016 by ILGA-Europe, a network of European LGBT groups.
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This time, if you didn't have an LGBT center, if you didn't have LGBT clubs, you weren't on our list.
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The House LGBT caucus, meanwhile, called the guidance a "clear attack on the rights of LGBT community" in a statement.
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As adults, LGBT Latinos can feel isolated from their families, yet simultaneously isolated from the larger LGBT community as well.
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For example, our estimates show that, nationwide, 9% of LGBT people are unemployed compared to 5% of non-LGBT people.
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" While the film isn't listed under Netflix's LGBT films, many still say the "B" in LGBT actually stands for "Babadook.
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Last week, authorities removed the portraits of two LGBT activists from a public photography exhibition, saying they promoted LGBT activities.
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A conservative magazine distributed "LGBT-free zone" stickers last week, while a number of towns have declared themselves "LGBT-free".
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As a Tennessee state senator, Green has made numerous anti-LGBT statements and supported a number of anti-LGBT bills.
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"LGBT people are nearly twice as likely to be unemployed as non-LGBT individuals," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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"LGBT people are nearly twice as likely to be unemployed as non-LGBT individuals," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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This post, supporting LGBT rights, was intended to "sow division" in America — not genuinely support the cause of LGBT rights.
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Black LGBT people have significantly higher poverty rates than white LGBT people, according to a report by the Williams Institute.
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But as a Tennessee state senator, he's made numerous anti-LGBT statements and sponsored a number of anti-LGBT bills.
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Biden is set to receive the inaugural LGBT hero award at the Democratic National Committee's annual LGBT Gala next month.
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Much of the public discussion ahead of the World Cup has focused on the safety of LGBT fans during the tournament, obscuring the situation faced by LGBT Russians, said Alexandr Agapov of the Russian LGBT Sport Federation.
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LGBT citizens still face punishment There was widespread relief among LGBT and human rights activists in the wake of the announcement.
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As you've seen in the news, Tennessee is considering new anti-LGBT legislation to further minimize LGBT existence in the state.
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"When you tell them LGBT is a form of sickness, it adds to the prejudice that LGBT people face," she said.
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And he had had various anti-LGBT activities, including kind of going after journalists who talked about his anti-LGBT activities.
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LGBT equality charity Stonewall said in a tweet here that tackling anti-LGBT slurs was vital to make more sport inclusive.
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Dede Oetomo, one of Indonesia's most prominent LGBT+ activists and founder of LGBT+ rights group GAYa NUSANTARA, also questioned Clooney's comments.
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But when Lady Gaga — who has arguably done more for LGBT visibility and LGBT rights than any queer woman artist before her — isn't consistent enough, or queer enough, for LGBT music writers and fans, how prohibitive are our standards?
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This month, the LGBT immigrant rights organization, Immigration Equality, teamed up with photographer Steven Laxton and NYC's LGBT Community Center to create a powerful collection of portraits and stories that captures the hardships and injustices facing LGBT immigrants today.
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This ad targeted people in Kansas who were interested in Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, LGBT rights, same-sex marriage, and LGBT community.
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"My only choice must now be to stand with the LGBT Community," Holliday explained, before crediting her LGBT fans for her career.
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Still others are wanting to use this tragedy to promote LGBT issues and blame anyone who does not endorse the LGBT agenda.
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"For example, the tobacco industry has been shown to market to LGBT communities, and tobacco retailers cluster in LGBT neighborhoods," Linos added.
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"For example, the tobacco industry has been shown to market to LGBT communities, and tobacco retailers cluster in LGBT neighborhoods," Linos added.
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American Airlines (AA) saw the LGBT market as profitable earlier than most companies, and is considered a major pioneer of LGBT advertising.
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"He puts a target on the back of all LGBT+ people," congressman David Miranda, a LGBT+ activist, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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He directed a film last year about homeless LGBT teenagers which raised money for a local LGBT shelter, according to the AJC.
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"I've been in LGBT media for 15 years, [and] I've worked for newspapers, for magazines, all within the LGBT niche," he said.
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Even our house is not immune: As of Friday, BuzzFeed had laid off its deputy LGBT editor and LGBT video producer (the only openly trans staffer at BuzzFeed News), leaving just one remaining full-time US employee on the LGBT beat.
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Portals for the LGBT community to find partners, same-sex couples throwing 'marriage' parties, LGBT members cast in popular television shows and Bollywood films with an LGBT love story are among a string of firsts in India in recent months.
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"On the day that will go down in history as Anti-LGBT Day comes one more gratuitous and extraordinary attack on LGBT people's civil rights," said a statement from James Esseks, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's LGBT & HIV Project.
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LGBT outreach Trump also seized on the attack as an opportunity to reach out to the LGBT community and promised he would be a better friend to the LGBT community than his Democratic opponent, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
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Valentine's Day can be a complicated holiday for members of the LGBT community — its commercialization and popularity often does not include LGBT representation.
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Russian LGBT activists say they have no plans to use the World Cup to shine a spotlight on the country's anti-LGBT policies.
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In response, the Beijing LGBT Center started an online petition asking supporters of LGBT rights to share pictures of themselves wearing rainbow clothing.
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Other such government webpages have been reinstated, including a Department of State page for LGBT refugees and a Labor Department LGBT policy page.
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LGBT-focused platforms have not seen that same success, however, despite channels like Viacom's LGBT-focused Logo TV, which birthed RuPaul's Drag Race.
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But it has no laws protecting LGBT people, and rights groups say many LGBT people fear being open about their views or orientation.
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LGBT rights A federal appeals court ruling that the Civil Rights Act prohibits workplace discrimination against LGBT employees could be a game-changer.
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LGBT refugees welcomed the move but demanded immediate relocation, saying another LGBT+ refugee was stabbed on Thursday, leaving others fearing for their lives.
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The authorities have also been clamping down online, blocking many LGBT sites or getting LGBT apps removed by host companies, including dating apps.
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LGBT rights are subject to heated debate in Asia, and discrimination against the LGBT community is deepening in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.
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More than 2628 LGBT elected officials penned a letter released this week calling on the incoming Congress to prioritize four LGBT equality initiatives.
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Brian Johnson, the CEO of the LGBT organization Equality Illinois, said last month that the legislation counters the negativity LGBT students already face.
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Gallup estimated that the percentage of Americans who identify as LGBT was 4.5% in 2017, while 8.1% of millennials self-identified as LGBT.
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" He said that on Wednesday two young members of the LGBT community "were attacked in a Jerusalem neighborhood just because they are LGBT.
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LGBT or questioning youth are also disproportionately represented in the juvenile justice system; while around 8 percent of the youth population nationwide are LGBT or questioning, studies have found that 13-85033 percent of youth in juvenile detention are LGBT or questioning.
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"Corporate America is saying 'We want to do business with you — not despite the fact that you're LGBT but because you're LGBT,'" Nelson said.
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Together, experts say, they illustrate the unique challenges that aging LGBT adults face -- and the promise of relief that LGBT-friendly affordable housing offers.
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The group, a mix of LGBT people, parents of LGBT people, and friendly locals, focuses mostly on support and friendship, not on political action.
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LGBT: San Francisco brings together over 40 years of Nicoletta's attentive work documenting the LGBT civil rights movement from the 1970s to present day.
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If Mayweather truly has the utmost respect for the LGBT community, he wouldn't resort to using slurs that perpetuate anti-LGBT stigma and hate.
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IV. Promote the rights of LGBT people Over Obama's term in office, the fight for LGBT rights in this country has made great progress.
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While respecting a country's autonomy, Australia can do more to support LGBT+ and other marginalized people in the region, LGBT+ and health campaigners said.
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Since the attack took place during LGBT Pride Month and the target was a popular gay club, the LGBT community was eager to help.
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Christopher R. Barron is a conservative strategist, the former co-founder of the LGBT conservative group GOProud and the organizer of LGBT for Trump.
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Fewer than half the U.S. states - 21 - explicitly protect LGBT+ people from housing discrimination, according to the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBT+ rights group.
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Several LGBT rights groups had advocated on behalf of Rhines in the case, including Lambda Legal, the National LGBT Bar Association and the ACLU.
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I promise you that LGBT people have nothing to fear, but to LGBT Left groups that understand fear equals fundraising, civic decency be damned.
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North Carolina has come under serious fire for an anti-LGBT law that eliminates protections for LGBT persons and expressly discriminates against transgender persons.
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Advocates in the LGBT community described the incident as "gut wrenching" and a reminder that "the LGBT community face not only abandonment but also abuse for being open about our sexual orientation or gender identity," said Jim Key, spokesman for the Los Angeles LGBT Center.
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Christopher R. Barron is a conservative strategist based in Washington, the co-founder of the LGBT advocacy group GOProud, and an LGBT for Trump organizer.
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Angelo, from the Log Cabin Republicans, said LGBT Republicans still hold an advantage over their liberal peers to influence LGBT rights in the Trump administration.
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The Human Rights Campaign, the US's largest LGBT advocacy group, says Trump's Supreme Court nominee presents a danger to the constitutional rights of LGBT people.
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According to Rowan Ellis, the fact that innocuous LGBT videos are being hidden is troubling, because it implies there's something inherently offensive about being LGBT.
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And if he can use fear of Muslim immigrants to garner LGBT votes, then he could use fear of LGBT people to garner homophobic votes.
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"This hearing is nothing more than an election-year stunt to rally conservatives at the expense of LGBT Americans," LGBT Equality Caucus Co-Chairman Rep.
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Pride events are typically held during June - LGBT Pride Month - or at a time that commemorates a turning point in a country's own LGBT history.
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But LGBT people suffered a sudden public backlash when a central government minister said in January that LGBT people should be barred from university campuses.
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"He campaigned saying that he would be a good friend to LGBT people," James Esseks, director of the ACLU's LGBT and HIV Project, told me.
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The LGBT Left was off the rails telling the LGBT community that its rights — especially marriage — were on the chopping block under President-elect Trump.
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But a law limiting the dissemination of information on LGBT issues to young people has emboldened people to grow violent toward LGBT people, she said.
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Instead, the next chapter of LGBT progress lies in red states and in Congress, where comprehensive laws are needed to protect LGBT Americans from discrimination.
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"Yesterday felt like the independence day of the LGBT community," said Shlomi Laufer, a spokesman for Aguda, the Israeli National LGBT Task Force, an advocacy group.
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LGBT issues DeVos' giving through a slew of family foundations was also an issue in regards to how she would handle LGBT issues as education secretary.
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China's government has not stated a clear position on the country's LGBT community, Yanzi Peng, Director of LGBT Rights Advocacy China, a group based in Guangzhou.
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It was also a symptom of a deep division within the LGBT community, leaving some to wonder if the umbrella of "LGBT" has outlived its usefulness.
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Nationally, certified LGBT businesses contribute $1.7 trillion to the U.S. economy and create more than 33,000 jobs, according to the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC).
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Top officials, including the president, have said that while LGBT people should not face discrimination, Indonesia's cultural and religious norms do not accept the LGBT movement.
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A conservative magazine distributed "LGBT-free zone" stickers last week, while a number of towns have declared in recent months that they are going "LGBT-free".
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" In opposing the amendment, leading LGBT rights organization Human Rights Campaign invoked debates going in states such as North Carolina and Mississippi over LGBT rights. "Rep.
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We protect and promote conservative elected officials who stand up for the LGBT community, especially when they face intraparty challenges from single-issue, anti-LGBT extremists.
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"Prejudice and discrimination can be a real problem facing older LGBT people," Bev Craig, Manchester City Council's lead member for LGBT women, said in a statement.
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Recognizing more than architecture "is really important," said Andrew S. Dolkart, co-director of the LGBT Historic Sites Project, which recommended sites for the LGBT designations.
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Violence against LGBT people is still "really widespread", said Nick Antjoule, head of hate crime services at Galop, a British LGBT anti-violence and abuse charity.
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Furthermore, only eight of the 22 films to include LGBT characters passed GLAAD's Vito Russo Test, which examines the way LGBT characters are portrayed in films.
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"There is not enough portrayal or enough films on LGBT rights or LGBT issues in our industry," he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an interview.
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"He campaigned saying that he would be a good friend to LGBT people," James Esseks, director of the ACLU's LGBT and HIV Project, previously told me.
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"What this is assuming is that there is no such thing as LGBT kids or LGBT families, because they are assuming that LGBT topics are kid-unfriendly and family-unfriendly, which could not be further from the truth," she said in a video protesting the move.
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The Times is part of the National LGBT Media Association, a network of the top 12 regional gay papers in major markets, who work with Rivendell Media, the only LGBT-focused media placement, planning, and research company that currently represents more than 95% of existing LGBT press.
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Caring for LGBT youth can sometimes mean caring for people who are experiencing homelessness; they are 120% more likely to experience it than their non-LGBT peers.
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Hayriye Kara, a lawyer and refugee program coordinator at one of Turkey's oldest LGBT associations, Kaos GL, says non-Turkish LGBT nationals face multiple layers of discrimination.
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They would also like to see less impunity for crimes against LGBT people and broader access to health care and counseling for members of the LGBT population.
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Jenner said she believed President Trump would stand up for the LGBT community, and she felt confident she could educate Republicans on issues critical to LGBT Americans.
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Even in the Big Apple, it wasn't until the Stonewall uprising in June 1969, when the LGBT community fought against violent police, that LGBT clubs become legal.
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Newly confirmed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo faces a skeptical LGBT community around the world, worried that his stance on LGBT rights will roll back past successes.
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Violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people is common and politicians have long tried to pass legislation that denies basic rights to the LGBT community.
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They range from those who "have openly denigrated LGBT people and families" to others who "have more quietly undermined LGBT rights and protections," the report's authors write.
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"LGBT discrimination in the workplace is unfortunately a common practice in Myanmar," said Juan Miguel Sanchez Marin, deputy director from the Myanmar's LGBT+ rights group, Equality Myanmar.
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The second thing is the increased number of LGBT Catholics who are coming out and making LGBT issues much more important for the church as a whole.
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"No country can truly claim to celebrate the spirit of Eurovision if it does not reach out to its LGBT citizens," the LGBT Foundation's Andrew Gilliver said.
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Hate crimes against LGBT+ people have surged in the wake of the gay propaganda law and courts have ordered that several LGBT+ websites be blocked, activists say.
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Chechen authorities are torturing women from the country's LGBT community, with some victims subjected to rape with the electric shock stick, the Russian LGBT Network said Monday.
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Three years later, the Trump administration has rolled back federal protections for LGBT people and 12 states have passed policies explicitly permitting unequal treatment of LGBT people.
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Congress also needs to pass the LGBT Data Inclusion Act, which would require uniform collection of data about LGBT people in federal surveys, surveillance systems and research.
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"What I can do is ensure that people who are LGBT, if the clinics are closed down because they're LGBT, we can give them medicine," he said.
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Universum provided Business Insider an exclusive analysis of which job attributes self-identified LGBT students said were important to them compared with their non-LGBT-identifying peers.
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The LGBT Token system will make the purchasing power of the LGBT community visible, giving greater economic clout to its members - without jeopardizing their privacy, Witting said.
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Global advisory group LGBT Capital estimated the global aggregated spending power of LGBT+ consumers is about $3.6 trillion a year with the tourism very likely to benefit.
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LGBT renters have also faced discrimination on Airbnb, and some have called for an 'LGBT-friendly' option on the site so that renters can feel more safe.
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The LGBT community has expressed concern over a Trump presidency, especially given Vice President Pence, in his role as Indiana governor, opposed laws protecting the LGBT community.
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Gohil's high profile has helped the LGBT community in India enormously, said Harish Iyer, a gay rights activist who hosts a radio show dedicated to LGBT issues.
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If that's true, passing basic LGBT-inclusive anti-discrimination protections that generally protect LGBT people from being fired, evicted or denied service should be a no-brainer.
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"Our business benefits a lot from the LGBT community," said Thuan, who also advises businesses on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues, which are often abbreviated as LGBT.
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Gains in LGBT rights at the municipal level comes amid a parallel rise of state anti-LGBT measures that threaten to invalidate municipal laws, pitting cities against states.
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He's concerned the lack of visibility around LGBT people attending the games could play into Russian propaganda that Western media has been exaggerating the importance of LGBT rights.
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What he means is that he will appoint Supreme Court justices who would favor rolling back LGBT rights and allowing individual states to discriminate against the LGBT community.
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"Planting Peace calls for the immediate change in the Republican Party platform with regard to our LGBT family and LGBT rights," said Aaron Jackson, president of the group.
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Since 2015, the fight over LGBT rights has shifted to litigation over whether people, companies, and organizations can raise religious objections to providing services to the LGBT community.
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"Having public figures and people who are representing marginalized communities and LGBT people openly in politics can only help to bring public support for LGBT rights," she said.
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But civil rights and LGBT groups have been critical of the number of judicial nominees who have opposed LGBT rights, either in their personal capacity or in court.
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"The problem with the policy is that it equates LGBT content with porn," Xiao said on Sunday, adding that she believes the government is not actively anti-LGBT.
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"Every time there's an electoral campaign in Senegal it is a problem for the LGBT community," said Djamil Bangoura, head of the Senegalese LGBT+ support group Association Prudence.
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Retired Navy SEAL Kristin Beck is ready to fire up her acting career ... and she's calling on Hollywood producers to start considering more LGBT actors for LGBT roles.
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Asia's LGBT crisis While Taiwan is facing a slow but steady battle for equality, many of its neighbors in Asia are regressing in their recognition of LGBT people.
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She has said since his election victory that she hopes to use her platform to advocate for the LGBT community and help Republicans and Trump understand LGBT issues.
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YouTube deploys "unlawful content regulation, distribution, and monetization practices that stigmatize, restrict, block, demonetize, and financially harm the LGBT Plaintiffs and the greater LGBT Community," the suit says.
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He is a co-author of The Current Wave of Anti-LGBT Legislation: Historical context and implications for LGBT Health, published June 16, 2016 by The Fenway Institute.
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LGBT: The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is moving forward with new protections for LGBT people seeking emergency housing in Native American or Hawaiian homeless shelters.
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President Donald Trump has spoken in favor of LGBT rights and in January the White House vowed to defend LGBT workplace protections issued under former President Barack Obama.
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"Some legislators view protections for LGBT people to be counter to their belief that being LGBT is wrong," said Sarah Warbelow, legal director for the Human Right Campaign.
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Violence despite progressive LGBT protection laws Latin America offers a contradictory narrative: The region has the highest rates of violence against the LGBT community, according to research done by Transgender Europe, a non-governmental organization, but it also has some of the most progressive laws for LGBT equality and protection.
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But Donald Trump not only took office being the first President to say he was fine with marriage equality, he openly sought out LGBT votes, promising to protect LGBT Americans, including openly gay speakers at the RNC in prime time and even spoke about LGBT people in his acceptance speech.
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Once considered a pejorative term, queer has been reclaimed by some LGBT people to describe themselves; however, it is not a universally accepted term, even within the LGBT community.
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LGBT+ activists say the trial could set an important precedent given frequent violence against trans people in the small Latin American country which has struggled with LGBT+ rights issues.
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About half of the country's LGBT population lives in states that allow employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, according to MAP, an LGBT advocacy think tank.
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"I'm fed up with people thinking everything is well and fine for the LGBT community," Nigel Harris, a campaigner for LGBT rights in north London, said at the event.
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"We counted nearly 80 (new LGBT+ commercials), many of them from Indian companies," Koninika Roy, advocacy manager at Humsafar Trust, a non-profit that works for the LGBT+ community.
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Since joining the company in 2015, Harrison-Quintana has partnered with international LGBT advocacy groups and used Grindr's interface to reach queer populations driven underground by anti-LGBT governments.
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One way Grindr for Equality utilizes its capabilities is by partnering with local LGBT organizations who are prepared to receive LGBT refugees but don't know how to find them.
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This ad on the Russian-linked "LGBT United" Facebook page targeted users throughout the US over the age of 18 who liked the "LGBT United" page, and their friends.
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There have been debates in recent years over LGBT+ representation in entertainment and the performing arts, with critics claiming that straight performers needed to make space for LGBT+ people.
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"The struggle of the LGBT community has been very similar to the struggle of Muslims, and in fact the LGBT community has been very supportive of Muslims," Bagby said.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - China's LGBT advocates cautiously organized awareness-raising events across the country to celebrate International Anti-Homophobia Day on Thursday amid concern of growing intolerance towards LGBT causes.
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Supporters of the rule say the measure is intended to reduce anti-LGBT bullying in schools by teaching students about the historical place of LGBT figures in American society.
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He faced criticism from LGBT rights groups for his work with the organization, such as opposing the expansion of nondiscrimination protections to LGBT people in the city of Plano.
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States in the West and Northeast had larger LGBT populations, while many states in the upper Great Plains and the South had a small share of LGBT-identifying adults.
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The report on Israel and the Golan Heights, for example, notes that ultra-Orthodox opponents threatened LGBT Pride parades with violence, and that many LGBT youths face family rejection.
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The Movement Advancement Project, a Denver-based think tank that advocates for LGBT equality, maintains an online map of which states have hate crime laws that protect LGBT people.
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Then, there are LGBT reality shows so unspeakably bad it's a disservice to call them "LGBT" and we should probably all just go back to forgetting they ever existed.
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It's something we celebrate," Target said in its statement, which was praised by country's largest LGBT civil rights organization for "taking a stand against #LGBT discrimination across the country.
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"I will open a debate about LGBT rights," the 20113-year-old founder of Tunisia's leading LGBT+ rights group, Shams, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in a telephone interview.
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Ecuador this month officially launched the country's first LGBT Chamber of Commerce in Quito, the latest in a regional effort to highlight the LGBT+ market to the private sector.
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"In the past few years... we had seen an increase in state sponsored anti-LGBT rhetoric," said Thilaga Sulathireh, who works with the LGBT advocacy group Sisters for Justice.
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Convenient hypocrisy, considering that he has been no friend to LGBT Americans; he voted against giving LGBT people protection from discrimination in the workplace, and consistently opposed marriage equality.
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This is an historic win for the LGBT community and further proof that President Trump is being true to his convention promise that he would protect the LGBT community.
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"Ending gun violence is also an LGBT issue because LGBT people are disproportionately impacted by gun violence," Rick Zbur, executive director at Equality California, said in a press release.
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Sessions was asked by an intern about the White House's lack of recognition for LGBT Pride Month and responded that the Justice Department would "celebrate" LGBT pride next week.
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This trans police officer is building a bridge to Seattle's LGBT community This trans police officer is building a bridge to Seattle's LGBT community This segment originally aired Jan.
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"[The referendum plan] was passed with little to no consultation with the LGBT community in Bermuda, even though it only affects LGBT Bermudians and their partners," Hartnett-Beasley said.
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For decades, LGBT activists and other history-minded citizens have seen to it that Stonewall be listed on the National Register of Historic Places (the first LGBT landmark so touted).
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While Trump opposes marriage equality, and his positions on other LGBT issues are unclear, Angelo noted that his remarks gave the LGBT community visibility unprecedented for a presumptive GOP nominee.
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One order could potentially strip away many LGBT civil rights protections by eliminating LGBT issues from the list of matters handled by the Ministry of Women, Family and Human Rights.
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Unfortunately -- and perhaps as a reaction to growing support for LGBT individuals -- states like North Carolina and Mississippi have chosen to single out their LGBT residents for exclusion and intolerance.
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He proposes banning LGBT discrimination in public accommodations, like restaurants, but he asked if "holy spaces" that rent out facilities to the public could refuse to abide by LGBT protections.
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Still, Crossroads isn't allowed to engage in any pro-LGBT political advocacy, which angers many of the LGBT alumni I spoke with who think the group isn't going far enough.
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I have watched as previous Republican candidates for President refused to even utter the phrase LGBT or make any effort to win LGBT votes — as Mitt Romney did in 2012.
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Meanwhile, digital sites with dedicated LGBT verticals are posting less and less content; as of 2017, HuffPost, for example, no longer has any staffer focusing full-time on LGBT coverage.
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Just like most national LGBT nonprofits, most of the publishers and editors of LGBT publications past and present have been helmed by white cisgender people – most of them gay men.
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"LGBT+ people often put huge amounts of time and energy into fitting into their workplaces," said Jon Miller, founder of Open For Business, a group of companies promoting LGBT+ inclusion.
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"Same-sex marriage and LGBT rights have become this new culture war," said John Nagle, a University of Aberdeen academic who has studied attitudes towards LGBT+ rights in Northern Ireland.
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" The report includes three examples of IRA posts: one posted to the fake pro-LGBT Facebook page "LGBT United" and two posted to the faux religious group "Army of Jesus.
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LGBT+ campaign group Oogachaga, which has set up an online and phone counseling service, said LGBT+ people who have yet to come out publicly were most vulnerable from the leak.
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The Williams Institute, an LGBT research organization based at the UCLA School of Law, compiled as many national surveys as it could find to estimate of the LGBT poverty rate.
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Last year, Tabagari teamed up with six other LGBT+ activists to organize the first Tbilisi Pride, which will start on June 18 and include an international conference on LGBT+ issues.
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According to Chase, the LGBT community—and lawyers advocating for them—successfully centralized the personal narratives of LGBT Americans, humanizing them and the issues they face in the United States.
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She founded Queer Shorts Showcase Festival, the country's first and only LGBT-themed theater festival aims to bridge the gap between the realities of indigenous LGBT lives and common misinformation.
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"We feel that this is a huge success for the LGBT and marriage equality movement in Taiwan," said Wayne Lin, an activist who runs an LGBT hotline on the island.
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Too many still deny the dignity of transgender people, question the intentions of LGBT immigrants seeking safe harbor, and perceive an insurmountable divide between LGBT communities and communities of faith.
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Gregory Angelo, president of Log Cabin Republicans, a prominent LGBT group on the right, said the court's decision shines a spotlight on the glaring absence of federal LGBT nondiscrimination legislation.
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On LGBT people Fritsch in May 2017 called for defunding NPR, saying that it was "impossible to listen with kids in car" because of how frequently they discuss LGBT people.
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Trump plans to uphold an executive order from Obama that protects LGBT people from discrimination at work, and he hasn't issued any anti-LGBT executive orders yet, as many feared.
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LGBT people can now, theoretically, adopt, and raise children in these countries while everyone remains safe in the knowledge that our kids might not grow up to be LGBT themselves.
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Legal equality will trickle down into a better, general treatment of LGBT people, in the same way that having important conversations about LGBT issues in the public sphere will too.
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Using music, the event seeks to start conversations about LGBT issues among the Mormon community, and this year it raised more than $493 million for local and national LGBT organizations.
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But the growing visibility of LGBT+ Muslim artists and campaigners, an openly gay imam in Australia, and LGBT-friendly pondoks and mosques in the region are good signs, said Samak.
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There is a need for greater representation of LGBT adolescents in HIV research, research that can prevent the spread of HIV and improve health and well being for LGBT youth.
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IRBs considering HIV research among LGBT youth need to consider the emerging scholarship on this issue and allow LGBT teens' participation in research about their lives, without requiring parental consent.
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LGBT+ campaigners say the law has helped authorities crack down on activists and contributed to a rise in anti-LGBT+ hate crimes as well as police reluctance to investigate them.
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President George W. Bush's administration included anti-LGBT persecution in its State Department's country reports, and President Obama's State Department promoted LGBT equality as a goal of U.S. foreign policy.
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"As we celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions LGBT people have made to our great Nation, let us also stand in solidarity with the many LGBT people who live in dozens of countries worldwide that punish, imprison, or even execute individuals...on the basis of their sexual orientation," he tweeted.
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" She also said that being part of the LGBT community is not an excuse for sharing the memes: "I am LGBT and I don't agree with the meme as not only LGBT people will view the content and will give them a belief to retweet and use these memes that include slurs.
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The latest stats also show that the number of women identifying as LGBT rose more than men: LGBT identification in women jumped to 4.4%, and the increase was 3.7% among men.
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Best known for his bloody war on drugs, Duterte told an LGBT gathering in his hometown, Davao City, that he supported same-sex marriage and would seek to protect LGBT rights.
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CNN's Don Lemon made a powerful appeal to Kevin Hart during his show Friday night, pleading with the comic to become an ally to the LGBT community, especially black LGBT youth.
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He says YouTube has regularly demonetized his videos with the word "trans" or "transgender" in the title — and even run anti-LGBT ads on some videos geared toward the LGBT community.
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" She explained one circulating origin theory: that the Babadook "became a meme more specifically for the LGBT community because of Netflix placing the film in the LGBT category of their movies.
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"Japan is a culture where people don't want to stick out and cause trouble," said Alexander Dmitrenko, co-chair of Lawyers for LGBT & Allies Network, an NGO that promotes LGBT+ rights.
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LGBT+ groups have set up support services following the breach, but campaigners said it would discourage LGBT+ people living with HIV from seeking help, fearing that their details will be compromised.
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The four brands have used their platforms to support LGBT issues around the world, and are known for their LGBT-friendly workplaces, but there have also been missteps along the way.
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Confusion over the law in India has made many employers fearful of hiring LGBT candidates, experts say, as they believe being LGBT is a crime, rather than just certain sexual acts.
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Hikes said that the "vast majority" of critics are gay white men, a sector of the LGBT community that doesn't necessarily understand the issues that LGBT people of color might face.
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She was actively involved in a number of gay rights organizations, including Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, the LGBT Community Center in New York, and SAGE for older LGBT adults.
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They're doing a lot of great work of opening up their sanctuaries and allowing LGBT people of faith and those who may just be LGBT and need a place to grieve.
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Discrimination against LGBT people remains common and widespread, and though the decision in Masterpiece is heartening in some respects, it will likely embolden those who wish to turn LGBT people away.
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Some of the two dozen candidates vying for the 28500 Democratic presidential nomination on Saturday marked the start of LGBT Pride Month with social media posts expressing support for LGBT rights.
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The mass murder of LGBT people in Orlando has made many LGBT people feel unsafe in gay bars and nightclubs — institutions created to serve as a refuge from a homophobic world.
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The lack of information about LGBT+ inclusive history became a glaring and harming gap, and the need to work towards advancing LGBT+ social studies curriculum became a dire and personal goal.
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Today, he serves as an ally to LGBT people, and has appeared at events like NYC Pride, the GLAAD Media Awards, and the NBA Voices event for LGBT Youth and Allies.
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"Revoking the guidance shows that the president's promise to protect LGBT rights was just empty rhetoric," James Esseks, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's LGBT project, said in a statement.
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The LGBT fight stemmed from a provision in a defense policy bill the House passed last week that effectively exempts religious organizations from President Obama's executive order prohibiting LGBT discrimination. Rep.
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The nation's highest court agreed in April to take on three LGBT+ workplace discrimination cases this October, marking the first indication of how its new conservative majority might handle LGBT+ rights.
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The festival is for members of the LGBT community . . .
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" "The gunman attacked an LGBT nightclub during Pride Month.
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Despite being regarded by some as one of the most "pro-LGBT" Republican presidential nominees ever, who expressed sympathy for the LGBT community after the Orlando nightclub shooting, critics say his conservative advisers -- Pence included -- and the Republican party's anti-LGBT platform are a threat to the progress made during the Obama administration's legacy.
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The LGBT rights charity Stonewall compiled a list of the top 100 employers that embrace LGBT inclusion, after accumulating over 92,000 anonymous responses from U.K. employees on their experience in the workplace.
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"The IOC was open to public expression of support for the LGBT community," Worden said, pointing to gestures like a meeting between the IOC president and Russian LGBT activists in November 2013.
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Pompeo "signifies a step backward, yet another hurdle in the work that LGBT organizations have been trying to build up on," Enrique Torre Molina, a Mexico-based LGBT activist, told BuzzFeed News.
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The 56-year-old lesbian owner of Chicago's LGBT newspaper, the Windy City Times, and publisher of the Chicago Reader alt-weekly has been working in LGBT media since her early twenties.
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"Anything which is seemingly small, or personal, it adds to the bigger picture" said Dan Glass, an LGBT rights activist who set up Queer Tours of London, the city's first LGBT tours.
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There are LGBT organizations that are supportive of gay seniors, like Alexandria Gay and Lesbian Community Organization, The DC Center for the LGBT Community and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Veteran Care.
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According to Human Rights Campaign, the organization has created a database of 52 million pro-LGBT voters across the nation who can be deployed to vote for candidates who support LGBT rights.
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There have been a few incidents of LGBT people being harassed, and Oetomo said LGBT groups are now working to set up safehouses and draw up evacuation plans in case of need.
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LGBT and Muslim groups have strongly opposed Green's nomination, citing both his record as a Tennessee state senator and his past statements regarding LGBT people, Muslims, Latinos, the Second Amendment and creationism.
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So, although Turkey's LGBT community has become more visible and LGBT organisations have significantly increased (over 40 different groups now exist), violence and discrimination have undeniably regained momentum under the AKP's rule.
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Leading LGBT+ rights organisation Stonewall estimates between 5 and 7% of the British population identifies as non-heterosexual, suggesting there might be as many as 700,000-980,000 disabled LGBT+ people in Britain.
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"We're going to help all the LGBT people in countries that find it very difficult to be LGBT to know that we are on their side," said John, who is openly gay.
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LGBT students were more than twice as likely as non-LGBT students to rate support for gender equality and commitment to diversity and inclusion as being important characteristics of their future employers.
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LGBT students were much more likely to say they wanted to work in the arts, entertainment, and recreation industry, educational and scientific institutions, and NGOs and non-profits than non-LGBT respondents:
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While the faux battle over bathrooms rages on, a real war on the lives of LGBT people is being waged by Islamic extremists who have pledged the global elimination of LGBT people.
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High-profile LGBT leaders remain scarce at large companies – Dow chief Jim Fitterling and Apple's Tim Cook are rare examples – but treatment of LGBT employees and customers has come a long way.
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"LGBT Singaporeans and residents pay the same taxes while not getting the state housing benefits accorded to heterosexual married couples," said Rajeswari, who edited a legal guidebook for LGBT+ couples in Singapore.
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A lot of people don't really feel like that's an apology and are concerned that YouTube flags LGBT-positive content just for being LGBT as sometimes sensitive and yet slurs are allowed.
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The campaign page has also been updated to include a plea for the channel to reconsider airing LGBT ads, and to to reconsider opening up its character cast to include LGBT movies.
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"As we celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions LGBT people have made to our great Nation, let us also stand in solidarity with the many LGBT people who live in dozens of countries worldwide that punish, imprison, or even execute individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation," he wrote in a series of tweets.
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But, but, but: Trump, in a recent tweet, wrote: "As we celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions LGBT people have made to our great Nation, let us also stand in solidarity with the many LGBT people who live in dozens of countries worldwide that punish, imprison, or even execute individuals...." Go deeper: Trump targets LGBTQ protections
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The Center for American Progress obtained nearly 200 reports of abuse of LGBT detainees in ICE facilities between 2008 and 2013—but the group maintains that since LGBT detainees "often fear retaliation if they submit a complaint," this number "likely illustrate[s] a fraction" of the total abuse LGBT immigrants in detention face across the country.
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"As we celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions LGBT people have made to our great Nation, let us also stand in solidarity with the many LGBT people who live in dozens of countries worldwide that punish, imprison, or even execute individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation," he wrote in a string of tweets.
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We actually have at least some more decent research data on LGBT people, and that's really because the constituency groups knew this was an issue for LGBT people and actually did those studies.
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Many OWFI members were unprepared to work with LGBT people, so Mohammed asked Madre and an LGBT rights NGO, OutRight Action International, to organize sensitivity trainings and workshops on documenting human rights abuses.
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Cracker Barrel was also the co-winner of the Nashville LGBT Chamber's Corporate Diversity Award in 2018, and the Cracker Barrel LGBT Alliance will be a vendor at this weekend's Nashville Pride festival.
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Anti-LGBT prejudice had only just started to gingerly thaw in the 1970s, but the hysteria over AIDS in the 1980s had literalized the lie that LGBT people were diseased and inherently dangerous.
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Under their direction, Nicoletta developed his talent as a photographer by documenting the vibrant LGBT community of San Francisco and finding himself on the forefront of a transformative era for LGBT civil rights.
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The tours each focus on a different issue affecting the LGBT community such as health concerns - from HIV to transgender sex changes - or the specific challenges LGBT asylum seekers face when fleeing persecution.
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Grasz's opponents have pointed to the group's opposition to same-sex marriage and protections for LGBT individuals as well as its defense of conversion therapy as signs that Grasz harbors anti-LGBT biases.
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More LGBT people have been killed in what advocacy groups categorize as hate-violence-related homicides so far in 46 than in all of 22011, according to data from an LGBT rights organization.
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Nikita Safronov, a Moscow-based LGBT activist, said almost 100 people from Chechnya had already got in touch via an LGBT-network hotline, and that more than 40 of them had been "evacuated".
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Meyer said he was in favour of "teaching every child tolerance and respect... including (for) LGBT", but that no more emphasis should be placed on LGBT+ concerns than on any other equality issue.
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One of the great lessons of the LGBT equality movement in the United States has been the power of the story, whether told by a single person or through data about LGBT lives.
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Abe's government has also taken an active interest in the growing LGBT community by educating students on gender identity and implementing anti-bullying policies toward LGBT students, according to the Human Rights Watch.
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Justin Nelson, president and co-founder of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce, estimates 80 percent of the American LGBT population has passports, compared with 40 percent of the rest of the population.
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The Trevor Project, a group dedicated to suicide prevention for LGBT youth, announced in a press release Wednesday that it is sending the book to encourage Immanuel Christian School to accept LGBT students.
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In June, during LGBT pride month, WWD reported that five employees at the LGBT media group Pride Media were laid off after a year of drama surrounding payment and funding at the company.
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LGBT FIGHT SINKS ENERGY AND WATER BILL: A $37.5 billion energy and water spending bill died on the House floor on Thursday after a fight over LGBT rights blew up around the bill.
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More than half of LGBT+ South Africans surveyed said they feared discrimination due to the sexual orientation or gender identity, according to a 2016 report by OUT LGBT Wellbeing, a non-profit organisation.
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Asked Thursday if Congress should step in to ensure that states don't undermine LGBT rights, Pelosi ticked off several victories the Democrats and other LGBT advocates have won in Washington in recent years.
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The LGBT Token scheme will use blockchain - the technology behind digital currencies such as bitcoin - to create a digital system that will make the community's economic power more visible, said the LGBT Foundation.
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As governor, Pence personally spearheaded an anti-LGBT law that legalized discrimination against the LGBT community, alienated businesses, caused boycotts, lost investments and embarrassed Hoosiers — a law he was later forced to revise.
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In an Instagram message accompanying a clip of the flying flag, the embassy said the move was "to support the LGBT community and draw public attention to the discrimination LGBT people constantly face".
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Meyer said he was in favor of "teaching every child tolerance and respect... including (for) LGBT", but that no more emphasis should be placed on LGBT+ concerns than on any other equality issue.
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As a result, LGBT people are at increased risk of becoming homeless and/or relying on survival economies, which in turn leaves LGBT people vulnerable to encounters with law enforcement and, ultimately, criminalization.
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" Trump himself continues to murmur words kinder than his deeds, such as his tweet three weeks ago exhorting Americans to "celebrate LGBT Pride Month and recognize the outstanding contributions LGBT people have made.
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In the pages of The Olympian newspaper earlier this month, LGBT writer and advocate Sarah Toce intelligently observed that Amazon plays an oversized advocacy role in Washington State as an LGBT corporate ally.
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Because anti-LGBT bullying is good for 'engagement,' and YouTube thinks it can keep getting away with flying the Pride flag while empowering the monsters who keep LGBT people afraid to come out.
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LGBT people are more visible now than ever in America.
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This year more than ever, #LGBT older Americans say: #WeRefuseToBeInvisible!
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A lot of people are pushing back, including LGBT activists.
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Elias was dismissive of the divisions in the LGBT community.
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However, LGBT youth in Chile say they still feel scared.
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Creator Ryan Murphy dedicated the Emmy to the LGBT community.
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I've been photographing LGBT communities all of my adult life.
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It's an attempt to erase the LGBT community within Turkey.
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Eurovision has a long tradition of LGBT presenters and performers.
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So now any LGBT relationships can be treated with magic.
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Those protests at Stonewall gave birth to the LGBT movement.
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An LGBT rights bill needs to die — to help women.
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I work with Ellen Page, who fights for LGBT rights.
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How was photography weaponized as a tool for LGBT activism?
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They realized LGBT people were fleeing the same religious fundamentalists.
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"I was not thinking about the LGBT issue," Hughes said.
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You never see that kind of representation within LGBT culture.
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Where inmates are housed has serious consequences, LGBT advocates say.
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LGBT campaigners say the measure does not go far enough.
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"Many LGBT+ teens are drawn to the app," Peter says.
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He eventually came upon a Facebook group called RUSA LGBT.
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And yet for LGBT media, money is a necessary evil.
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Lawmakers later voted an amendment to protect the LGBT community.
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There was a CNN town hall around LGBT equality issues.
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My son gave me books (on understanding LGBT) to read.
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Sinn Fein now supports LGBT+ rights, despite its Catholic heritage.
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The law legalized discrimination against LGBT Americans, sparking a backlash.
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He's become active in LGBT rights issues in recent years.
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"He was a strong supporter of LGBT equality," Takei said.
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LGBT organisations argue that such measures are homophobic and discriminatory.
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We examine the proliferation of LGBT candidates in American politics.
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Further, most religious millennials support the ordination of LGBT people.
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Across the region, violence against the LGBT community is widespread.
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There I was exposed to even more vibrant LGBT community.
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Or take centre stage on a LGBT Mardi Gras float?
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Lawmakers, former officials and LGBT advocates have criticized the policy.
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He has previously made controversial remarks about the LGBT community.
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It has potential to save and change many LGBT+ lives.
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Kinda smells like exploitation of the LGBT community to me.
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"I'm very very new to the LGBT community," she continued.
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The NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project hopes to change that.
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We cannot only talk to the LGBT community about equality.
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OK, but what happens after the church welcomes LGBT people?
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Kate Kendell, 269California We as LGBT people are literally everywhere.
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It's an attack on LGBT spaces and people see that.
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HOUSE has LGBT nights, but Saturday isn't one of them.
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In 1993, Graham called AIDS "God's judgement" on LGBT people.
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We have always fought for justice for the LGBT community.
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The ad comes in the middle of LGBT pride month.
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The AP report prompted immediate backlash from LGBT military groups.
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They are uncompromising supporters of reproductive freedom and LGBT rights.
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On the high end, LGBT advocates put it at 28503,22019.
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LGBT families are an essential part of communities across America.
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Another group that is largely ignored is the LGBT community.
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The fact that the author of the LGBT amendment, Rep.
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Critics believe those comments instigate attacks against the LGBT+ community.
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Ryan Thoreson is an LGBT researcher at Human Rights Watch.
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Republicans have been crucial to the advancement of LGBT freedom.
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In Tennessee, mental healthcare counselors can turn away LGBT patients.
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Nonetheless, there are reasons for LGBT people to be vigilant.
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The law already provides only patchwork protection for LGBT rights.
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LGBT is an acronym meaning lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender.
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Can I participate in Pride events if I'm not LGBT?
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Sure. Pride events welcome allies from outside the LGBT community.
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National news outlets started to cover LGBT issues more sympathetically.
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Republican candidates who have supported LGBT causes in the past.
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"It's no wonder there are more LGBT [people]," Wismansyah said.
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It also encourages a deeply shallow impression of LGBT clubbing.
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That law was then amended to account for LGBT protections.
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The LGBT community, transgender — who's taking up for those people?
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In 2010, the government was more accepting of LGBT people.
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The constitution doesn't have any specific protection for LGBT people.
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Hundreds of Tanzanian LGBT activists have now gone into hiding.
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"It's especially painful because there aren't very many LGBT landmarks."
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It's still a reality for a lot of LGBT people.
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It mentioned LGBT issues a grand total of zero times.
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They try to disrupt every LGBT event in the city.
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QUESTION: On LGBT rights — OBAMA: I'm sorry where's Chris (ph)?
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In the House, there are four new LGBT members: Reps.
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"CENESEX is doing many actions," said LGBT activist Ulises Padron.
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Chechnya has become notorious for its attacks on LGBT people.
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An unacceptably high percentage of LGBT teens are severely bullied.
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"People are accepting LGBT people more and more," she said.
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He took office and he attacked the LGBT community immediately.
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But for many LGBT+ refugees in Kenya, life isn't better.
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Proud to stand with the LGBT community today and always.
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LGBT groups also said they were "heartened" by Mattis's testimony.
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He said LGBT tourists were still welcome to visit Bermuda.
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On the high end, LGBT advocates put it at 15,000.
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Orlando LGBT community and leaders being held in our prayers!
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Meanwhile, some radical Islamist groups ferment hatred against LGBT groups.
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YouTube's decision has been widely criticized by the LGBT community.
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" She continues, "David doesn't hate people from the LGBT community.
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The rule also opens the door to denial of care for LGBT+ patients seeking surgical transitions or hormone treatment, Jamie Gliksberg, an attorney with LGBT+ rights group Lambda Legal told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
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Yet, this centrist approach to LGBT rights is tied to a dream of its own: that advocates will be able to rely on the Democratic Party's moderate factions to deliver LGBT equality long-term.
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Nico Tortorella, who stars as Josh on TV Land's Younger, responded to President Donald Trump's controversial tweet about LGBT Pride Month, saying the tweet sparked conversation and dialogue about the administration's anti-LGBT policies.
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BuzzFeed News spoke with Baumann, who coordinates the library's LGBT initiatives, about how photography helped to shape the modern LGBT movement as well as the lasting legacy of Stonewall, 210 years after the riots.
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President Donald Trump became the first Republican president to acknowledge the LGBT celebration of Pride Month on Friday, even as his administration works to undo and attack the civil rights of the LGBT community.
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CrossFit further enraged the LGBT community in June, when spokesperson Russell Berger tweeted that LGBT pride is a "sin" and expressed support for the cancellation of a Pride-themed workout at a CrossFit gym.
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Have we ever had a Republican nominee for president who used the phrase, 'LGBT community,' let alone used a major policy address as an opportunity to stand in solidarity with the country's LGBT community?
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Or, when it comes to LGBT issues, there are people who don't know that they have LGBT family members or people in their communities who they don't feel comfortable speaking out on certain issues.
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LGBT rights charity Stonewall says those from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds suffer more, with 34 percent experiencing a hate crime in 2017 alone, compared to 20 percent for white LGBT people.
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The national broadcasting commission reiterated a policy banning TV and radio programs that make LGBT behavior appear "normal", saying this was to protect children and teenagers who are "susceptible to duplicating deviant LGBT behaviors".
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The call was a "welcome glint of leadership amidst officials elsewhere in the region who openly stoke anti-LGBT bigotry", said Kyle Knight, a LGBT rights researcher with New York-based Human Rights Watch.
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LGBT rights group Arcopolis, which holds workshops at the region's schools, said its brochures and classes are aimed at preventing hatred of LGBT people and suppression of one's sexual orientation by schools and families.
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"As the first openly lesbian CEO on the Fortune 500, Beth Ford's appointment sends an incredibly important signal to LGBT people around the world," said Ruth Hunt, head of British LGBT rights group Stonewall.
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So there are quite a few individuals in this country who have massive platforms with direct involvement with influencing legislation abroad, [which has led to the deaths of] LGBT individuals or suspected LGBT individuals.
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The study comes as President Donald Trump's government rolls back LGBT+ rights, banning trans people from enrolling in the military and proposing that firms with federal contracts can shun LGBT+ candidates on religious grounds.
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The channel's decision to cut the song, as well as to pixelate rainbow flags in the audience, was considered particularly shocking to LGBT advocates, as it had previously aired shows touching on LGBT issues.
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Civil rights group Movimento LGBT Leões do Norte expressed concern about "the election of religious fundamentalists and ultra-conservatives into posts that interfere directly with policies to combat prejudice and violence (against LGBT+ people)".
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LGBT students are more likely than their non-LGBT peers to value a commitment to diversity and support for gender equality from their future employers, according to an analysis by employer branding specialists Universum.
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More from VICE: Meet the LGBT Campaigner Who Turned Down an MBE Because They're Hypocritical Nonsense The Glamorous Beauty Queens of Miss Gay Lady Venezuela Austerity Has Killed London's Leading LGBT Mental Health Charity
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"The LGBT population is contributing economically in one way or another (but) it's something which becomes invisible in Latin American countries because of conservatism," Diane Rodriguez, president of the Ecuadorian Federation of LGBT+ Organizations.
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I think LGBT film festivals used to be a place where no-budget and low-budget features really shined, but as indie film has gotten more expensive overall, it's also impacted the LGBT space.
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One of the things that we're seeing is that violence is particularly impacting LGBT communities of color, LGBT youth, transgender, and gender nonconforming people especially, and transgender women of color/women of color especially.
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Her friend teaches teenagers, and worries about how young LGBT kids are going to thrive under this new normal, where many fear hate is being normalized by politicians who are hostile to LGBT equality.
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So if the Christian Right is so impotent that no amount of blue pills can help them and Trump is not a foe to the LGBT community, where does the great LGBT threat reside?
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A spokesperson for Pelosi told The Washington Post that the lawmaker agreed to judge the show in solidarity and support for the LGBT community amid anti-LGBT policies being pushed by the Trump administration.
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In addition to fears about rolling back policies allowing LGBT troops to serve openly, Stacy said they are worried about the message having an anti-LGBT leader will send down the chain of command.
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The Russian LGBT Network, which offers legal aid to gay people, said only eight out of 64 cases of physical violence against LGBT+ people that it received in 2018 were investigated by the police.
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"We're seeing more and more of these LGBT-frIendly hubs popping up across the country and making life a lot more livable for LGBT youth who are within spitting distances of those places," says Allen.
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A group of LGBT activists sent a letter to members of the Glamazons, an LGBTQ+ employee resource group at Amazon, on Monday asking them to pressure company management to fight anti-LGBT laws in Tennessee.
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Its CEO, Arne Sorenson, has been one of the most vocal defenders of LGBT rights in recent years as corporations have been pulled more squarely into divisive social and legal battles related to LGBT discrimination.
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" Boykin thinks top Democrats — who have roundly blasted the administration's recent moves as bigotry — are crying wolf about Trump's latest LGBT stances, saying, "I don't really see anything beyond normal liberal LGBT people being triggered.
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian minister on Wednesday said he had ordered the removal of portraits of two lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists from a public photography exhibition, as they promoted LGBT activities.
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Remembering LGBT history is important because "it's not taught generally, it's not covered in general books," said Jim MacSweeney, manager of gay and lesbian bookshop, Gay's the Word, which stocks a section on LGBT history.
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Working with a team of Kenyan researchers to examine the negative economic impacts of LGBT+ discrimination on Kenya, we found that LGBT+ discrimination can result in inefficient public health outcomes, reduced tourism and lower productivity.
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The collection of personal papers and mementos from the AIDS movement, part of a broader LGBT collection, gives readers an intimate glimpse of the epidemic as it unfolded and as the LGBT movement gained momentum.
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"There's just not enough safe accommodation for LGBT people and we need to find a whole different range of solutions," said Bob Green, head of Stonewall Housing, which provides housing and advice to LGBT people.
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"Not only is the text of the executive order completely agnostic on LGBT-related matters, the Trump administration has now explicitly asserted that there were not plans for a separate order that addressed LGBT issues."
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That new cause was achieving equal rights for the LGBT community both here and abroad, which was also of personal interest to Brinker, whose son, Eric Brinker, is an openly gay philanthropist and LGBT advocate.
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The True Color Fund has identified a startling fact: Only 7 percent of the nation's total youth population identify as LGBT, but LGBT youth make up almost 40 percent of homeless youth across the country.
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"People in the LGBT community think this undermines Obergefell and LGBT rights if the court were to come down in favor of the baker," said Carl Tobias, a University of Richmond School of Law professor.
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HONGKONG-PROTESTS/PRIDE (PIX) (TV) Hong Kong LGBT supporters gather at Edinburgh Place Supporters of LGBT rights in Hong Kong gather at Edinburgh Place after their request to hold a parade was not officially sanctioned.
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But Lambda Legal, a New York group that argues on behalf of LGBT+ rights, said it will challenge the existing law and help protect LGBT+ people in Missouri and other nearby Midwestern states, it said.
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"At the bottom of these violent deaths of LGBT people is exclusion, and sometimes total exclusion," said Marcela Sanchez, head of Colombia Diversa, a Bogota-based LGBT+ rights group that is part of the network.
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To be sure, his arguments were usually framed in terms of offering to protect LGBT citizens from Muslim terrorists, in effect making LGBT rights a wedge issue dividing a sexual minority from a religious minority.
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"A country cannot credibly claim to be a global leader on LGBT rights while it continues to subject LGBT people fleeing persecution to discrimination and indefinite detention," says Paul Dillane of LGBTQ nonprofit Kaleidoscope Trust.
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The dominant Malay Muslim culture makes homosexuality a sensitive - even dangerous - topic, and many LGBT+ Muslims are forced to hide their sexual identity, said Samak, who has interviewed dozens of LGBT+ Muslims in the south.
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Religious and political leaders should do more to speak out in support of LGBT+ rights, Ghoshal told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, adding that LGBT+ activists faced a particularly difficult task building movements in the region.
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"LGBT youth also face disproportionate rates of homelessness, and in rural areas, a lack of services providers with competency serving LGBT youth means this homelessness may be more difficult to recognize and redress," MAP notes.
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"More than 30 young LGBT women the Network worked with experienced this often sexualized form of inhuman treatment because of their sexual orientation," Veronika Lapina from the Russian LGBT Network, said in an emailed statement.
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"LGBT lobbying in Washington has been focused on non-discrimination legislation that has yet to be achieved," said Gregory T. Angelo, president of Log Cabin Republicans, the nation's organization representing LGBT conservatives and straight allies.
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A Commonwealth Secretariat spokesman said there were more LGBT events this year than at the last CHOGM in 2015 including a roundtable on LGBT rights and reception to brief lawmakers on economic developments favoring decriminalization.
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"The victories we've witnessed in the last couple of weeks will improve the lives of millions of LGBT+ people around the world," said Mathias Wasik, director of programs at international LGBT rights group All Out.
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The next few years, however, exist in a space of uncertainty as one of Congress's most notoriously anti-LGBT members becomes our vice president and as LGBT organizations prepare for the fight of their lives.
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The report said a lack of guidelines on dealing with LGBT people in the Philippines police's operational handbook means officers are "left to use their personal judgment" when frisking, making arrests and detaining LGBT people.
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The law sparks concern about discrimination, particularly within the LGBT community.
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This partly explains why she's in London for the LGBT Awards.
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LGBT cinema is moving away from the margins, the director argues.
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"Being LGBT is coupled with xenophobia and racism," she told CNN.
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He has been a staunch opponent of the LGBT rights movement.
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The flag represents a symbol of pride in the LGBT community.
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This new legislation will defend young LGBT people across the state.
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The government says perpetrators of anti-LGBT hate crimes are prosecuted.
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Stonewall was the country's first national monument honoring the LGBT movement.
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Here is a chance not to "fall behind" on LGBT rights.
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But LGBT rights are unlikely to feature prominently in the campaign.
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Logan Kloepfer is one of the LGBT women heeding Stallard's call.
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I spend the majority of my time in the LGBT community.
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No LGBT+ supports me or accommodates, I am invisible to you.
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Twenty percent of respondents identified as members of the LGBT community.
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DH: Yeah, and this community is different from other lgbt subgroups.
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The LGBT community is still fighting for its right to exist.
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I don't know what else LGBT people are supposed to do.
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The company has also been a public proponent of LGBT rights.
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An LGBT rights activist protests the Supreme Court decision of 2013.
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They started the LA Sheriff's department LGBT Advisory Council around 2006.
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Just a few years ago, LGBT media was boasting a renaissance.
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We are at a sharp, sharp tipping point in LGBT media.
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Meghan Trainor has been vocal about her support of LGBT rights.
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"They're human, too," Thelma Clarke told me, referring to LGBT people.
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Despite Singapore's illiberal reputation, its LGBT community has a vibrant history.
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Here are the top 10 cities for LGBT people to retire.
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