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From suicide attempts to happiness and Sámi Pride
Dan Eriksson, who is a proud gay Sámi today, knows what it is all about. He has lived most of his life in denial about his true self, and he had to go through years of mental ill-being and two suicide attempts before he found the courage to talk.
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Outten & Golden Teams Up With Jillian T. Weiss
National employment law firm Outten & Golden LLP is joining forces with distinguished LGBTQ rights attorney Jillian T. Weiss to assist workers who face discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. Weiss will serve as ‘Of Counsel’ to Outten & Golden’s LGBTQ Practice Group.
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Shaun Dellenty New Book «Celebrating Difference»
Shaun Dellenty, a nationally celebrated LGBT+ inclusion in education advocate and educator, who was honoured in 2016 by the U.K. Prime Minister for services to LGBT+ and education communities, has written a ground-breaking book «Celebrating Difference – A Whole School Approach to LGBT+ Inclusion» aimed at empowering school leaders, school governors and teachers to facilitate lasting organisational change within their schools in respect of positive LGBT+ inclusion.
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In a first, a nonbinary person is campus president of this Jewish sorority
In December, the Jewish sorority at the University of Cincinnati elected a new president.
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New Exhibition Highlights LGBTQ Native American Organising
A new exhibition opening January 31 at the GLBT Historical Society Museum celebrates the 20th anniversary of Bay Area American Indian Two Spirits, an organisation committed to activism and service for the Two-Spirit and ally communities of the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Homosexuality at fault for sex abuse not Catholic Church, according to German cardinal
One of the most senior German figures in the Catholic Church has controversially denied that sexual abuse was a problem in the Catholic Church, saying that the problem was caused by gay men rather than catholic priests.