Category: USA
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Advocates Set New Goal to Graduate 90 Percent of Homeless Students by 2030
Yesterday, SchoolHouse Connection, the Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness (ICPH), Civic Enterprises and America’s Promise Alliance launched Education Leads Home, a first-of-its-kind national campaign focused exclusively on addressing the needs of the 1.3 million homeless students enrolled in America’s public schools.
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One Key Factor Raises LGBTQ Teens’ Suicide Risk
Teens who are gay or lesbian but engage in heterosexual sex are at higher risk of a suicide attempt, new research suggests.
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ICE arrests gay Mexican immigrant applying for U.S. citizenship
An undocumented immigrant who was living in the Philly area and was married to an American is fighting deportation.
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United States: State Laws Threaten LGBT Equality
The rash of new “religious exemption” laws passed by state legislatures around the United States represent a thinly-veiled assault against the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. In the absence of robust nondiscrimination protections, these laws function as a license to discriminate rather than a good faith attempt to protect religious liberty and should be repealed.
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Biden Foundation : Focused on Ending Violence Against Women, Advancing LGBTQ Equality
Monday, the Biden Foundation announced the formation of two Advisory Councils that will support its work to end violence against women and advance LGBTQ equality.
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Republican commentator Meghan McCain among newly announced GLAAD National Board of Directors members
GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) media advocacy organization, today announced that Republican political commentator, author, and TV personality Meghan McCain; Executive Vice President, Commercial Services at Hilton Worldwide Jeff Diskin; Harvard Law School professor and venture capitalist with August Capital, David Hornik; and Managing Director at Opportunities for Women, Linda Riley will join the organization’s National Board of Directors.