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A mother in Arkansas is alleging her 6-year-old daughter was kicked out of her daycare because she wore shirts that supported Black Lives Matter and racial justice. READ MORE: Mother sues Franklin County Board of Education for racial discrimination Journei Brockman has attended daycare at His Kids
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A Democratic member of the Nevada Senate, Kelvin Atkinson made history in April 2013 by becoming the fifth openly LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) member, and the first black gay member of the Nevada legislature.  He revealed his sexual orientation during a legislative debate surrounding
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Halle Berry Apologizes For Considering Role As A Transgender Man In A Upcoming Film
The Acadamy Award-winning actress revealed during an Instagram Live interview with hairstylist Christin Brown that she was potentially going to take on the role of a transgender man in an upcoming movie role. She was immediately met with criticism and swift backlash from the transgender community
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NEW YORK — Brayla Stone, a 17-year-old Black trans girl, was murdered in Sherwood, Arkansas near Little Rock on June
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Anti-racism and pro-aging: A Stonewall legacy
As two white gay men leading national organizations focused on older Americans, the killing of George Floyd and many other manifestations of systemic racism in this country have reminded us of a lesson we must not forget this month or in the weeks, months and years to come: There can never be
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NBC Will Host A Virutal Discussion On Parenting Black Children In America
NBC News NOW will stream a virtual discussion with families from around the country on the realities of parenting Black children in
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The Black Trans Lives Taken During Pride Month
The lives of trans people continue to be lost at an alarming rate each year despite efforts by advocacy groups to raise awareness and provide protection to those in need.
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Donna A. James is Managing Director for Lardon & Associates. In this role, James is a trusted resource and advisor for business leaders in the public and private sector, ranging from entrepreneurs to C-suite executives of Fortune 500 companies. Prior to her current role, James was President of
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Lester Holt On Talking About Race With Kids, Including His Own
“Nightly News: Kids Edition” is a twice-weekly online program that breaks down major news stories to help children understand what’s happening in the
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'So Sweet!': Lil Scrappy Fans Swoon After His Wife Bambi Writes This Touching Message
Although Mother’s Day recently passed, Lil Scrappy’s wife Bambi took the day as a cue to celebrate her husband for being an amazing
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TikTok star Tabitha Brown gets her own show on Ellen DeGeneres digital network
Looks like actress and vegan influencer Tabitha Brown snagged her own show on the Ellen Digital Network (EDN) – a digital media platform run by Ellen Digital Ventures, which is a collaboration between talk show host Ellen DeGeneres and Warner Bros’ Digital
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Namibia: Outright Calls for Scrapping of Sodomy Law
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(2004) Bill Cosby, “The Pound Cake Speech”
On May 17, 2004, the NAACP staged a gala celebration at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Brown v. Board of Education. Comedian, actor, and philanthropist Bill Cosby was asked to deliver the main address. Cosby
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If Black Lives Matter, Black Dads Must Matter
Caring about Black boys and men quickly reveals there is no community that has been harder hit by dad-deprivation than the African-American
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17 Rikers Staffers Disciplined Over Trans Woman Layleen Polanco’s Death
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Poll: Texas voters split on police violence protests, Confederate statues - DefenderNetwork.com
Long-held views on the discrimination against Black people and on memorials to the Confederacy are changing in Texas in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in Minneapolis police custody and the protests that followed, according to polling by the Texas Politics Project at the University of
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Imara Jones, the founder of TransLash Media, talks about Black trans issues in the wake of LGBTQ Pride intersecting with protests against police violence.
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Young immigrants land court win but still face uncertainty
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She Has a Mother: Quad Webb Clarifies Her Relationship to Baby Ariana
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Parents rethink practices in education programme
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Bolivia’s first transgender news anchor puts LGBTQ issues front and centre - Stabroek News
LA PAZ,  (Reuters) Leonie Dorado, 26, is blazing a trail as the first transgender news anchor in Bolivia, a traditionally conservative South American nation currently in the grip of the coronavirus
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In a daycare in Arkansas, a young Black girl wearing Black Lives Matter apparel was reason enough for her to be kicked out of the program.
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A 19-year-old Detroit teen has been sentenced to three sentences of life without the possibility of parole after killing two gay men and a trans woman. The post Teen sentenced to life in prison for killing Black trans woman, 2 gay men appeared first on TheGrio.
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