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Shura celebrates LGBT love in adorable new music video  - Shura celebrates LGBT love in adorable new music video . The synth-pop star puts a twist on high school in the video for 'What's It Gonna Be?' ...

LGBT families share about what makes their family unique  - In the video , both the adults and the children share that they recognise that their family is unique and different from the rest of society because there's ...

Netflix Brazil kicks off LGBT Pride month with heartwarming video  - In celebration of Brazil's LGBT Pride month, Netflix posted a video reflecting the importance of LGBT representation in the media and in their shows.

Pune's gay rights group to host queer play readings  - Khire will invite the LGBT community, celebrities from the Marathi film industry and representatives from the theatre world for the readings. "Since these ...

New Study Examines How Watching Porn Could Affect Condom Usage  - Diversity House, a homeless shelter for LGBTQ youth in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is the first of its kind on the Gulf Coast. The program currently houses ...

Nike will celebrate pride month with new Air Max Zero design  - Nike will release a new Air Max Zero design aimed at LGBT consumers to celebrate Pride month. The shoes aren't your usual color splashed ...

LGBTQ community dismayed by province's Conservative delegates  - Delegates raise their yes vote cards to change the wording of the traditional definition of marriage in the conservative policies at the Conservative ...

Jillian Michaels Opens Up About Adoption Within the LGBTQ Community  - Michaels added, "I have seen tremendous prejudice against LGBTQ couples in this country. Up until very recently, there were only 14 states in which ...

With opioid addiction rising, experts eye medical marijuana  - With opioid addiction increasing at alarming rates, leaders are open to new ideas, including the use of medical marijuana to help mitigate the crisis.

Connecticut advocates cheer passage of medical marijuana law for minors  - Robert Fiore’s childhood onset epilepsy is long under control, but he made it his mission to legalize medical marijuana for those under 18 in Connecticut after watching the CNN special report, “Weed,” which featured the remarkable change cannabis oil made in a young girl with epilepsy suffering some 300 seizures a week.

Rep. Levin: Republican poverty blueprint shouldn't attack poor families  - Fifty years ago, we as a nation declared a war on poverty and began our mission to create policies that help lift families out of poverty, improve nutrition and health care, and promote work. This effort has succeeded in reducing poverty in America by nearly 50 percent in 2014.

Poverty , Stress Put Blacks at Higher Risk for Dementia  -  Poverty , low educational attainment and other socioeconomic factors put blacks at a much higher risk than whites of developing dementia and other ...

Addictions are harder to kick when you're poor. Here's why  - Now, another drug epidemic is afoot, and white America looks economically a lot more like black America in the 1990s: stable, well-paying jobs are ...

World must dial down aggression, stop bullying , pope tells YouTubers  - Help wipe out bullying and aggression by being better listeners and offering concrete gestures of tolerance and patience, Pope ...

Mental Health Community Holds Meeting on Teen Suicide  - Several in the mental health community are pulling together to host a town hall discussion on the rise in suicide among Loudoun teens . The town hall ...

Young people in Nelson empowered to seek health advice as part of Teen Health Fest  - James Graham, of Youth Community Trust, left, and Kaleb Knight play slaps while wearing drunk goggles during the Teen Health Festival at Nelson ...