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Taking to the Streets for LGBT Rights Gains a New Meaning

Fresh Updates from RAC » Civil Rights   |   Jun 6, 2013 12:00 AM
This Saturday hundreds of people will take to the D.C. streets for the annual Capital Pride Parade. But each night, hundreds of thousands of LGBT youth take to the streets because they have nowhere else to sleep. LGBT youth are disproportionately represented in the homeless youth population, making up between 20 and 40 percent. This [...]

Beginning Pride Week with a Broken Bargain

Fresh Updates from RAC » Civil Rights   |   Jun 5, 2013 12:00 AM
Monday marked the beginning of Pride Week, a week of celebration and consciousness-raising about the LGBT community and a range of LGBT issue. For the Religious Action Center Pride Week will culminate with our participation in the Capital Pride Parade on Saturday afternoon (join us if you’re in the area, all the information is here). [...]

Puerto Rico’s Governor Signs LGBT Non-Discrimination Bill: When Will We Catch Up?

Fresh Updates from RAC » Civil Rights   |   May 30, 2013 12:00 AM
If Puerto Rico were an independent country, today it would have surpassed the United States in the struggle for equality and fairness for the LGBT community (speaking of countries who have surpassed the U.S., the first gay couples married in France today!). If Puerto Rico were a state it would have become the 22nd state [...]
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