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| | Obama ends HIV travel ban
Friday, Oct. 30—President Barack Obama announced today that his administration will end the long-standing policy at Health and Human Services (HHS ) that banned immigration by people with HIV. He announced the policy change during a ... | | 
| | Knight Review: Precious
The critical buzz, word of mouth and heavyweight names ( Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, etc. ) attached to the indie drama Precious are so overwhelming that it's become a movie that arrives—as did Brokeback Mountain, Slumdog ... | |
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Club Hindi-Urdu Honoring Ifti Nasim
Club Hindi-Urdu honored Ifti Nasim at "Yeh Shaam Mastani," an event celebrating accomplishments of the South Asian Diaspora living in the US and encouraging the emergence of Hindi-Urdu speaking professionals in the fields of academics, business, ... | |
| | LGBT activists meet about immigration inclusion
At a meeting last month, LGBT and immigration activists urged U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez to include protections for same-sex partners in immigration reform legislation he plans to introduce in the House of Representatives. Although no promises ... | |
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Minorities come together at LGBT summit
High above the city, Chicago twinkled below as soft lighting and light music gave ambience to the room. On Nov. 3, more than 50 leaders within the LGBT minority community mingled with each other, discussing everything ... | |
| | Teen's Murder Stuns Gays
The brutally murdered body of a 19-year-old gay man was found in the late evening of Nov. 13 in Puerto Rico. It has set off a storm of activism across Puerto Rico and the mainland United States. Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado ... | | 
| | Chicago holds vigil for Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado.
Chicago's LGBT community held a vigil on Sunday Nov. 22 for Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado, the 19-year-old who was murdered in Puerto Rico. It began with a peace walk starting at the corner of Division and ... | |
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Project examines Black, LGBT struggles
Marilyn Bennett and the Rev. Gil Caldwell see the dialogue between the LGBT and African-American Christian communities as a challenging one. Caldwell is a 75-year-old heterosexual African-American clergyman, and Bennett is a ... | |
| | Sankofa Way dissolves
Local pro-LGBT spiritual organization Sankofa Way has dissolved, citing money-related difficulties. In an e-mail to members and supporters, Treasurer Jonetta Choi said, "We just do not have the financial [ wherewithal ] any longer to remain ... | |
| | VIEWS Pastor Donnie McClurkin's gay church
The Church of God in Christ (COGIC ) is the largest African-American and largest Pentecostal church in the United States. And as the largest denominational Black church in the country it is also the loudest in ... |
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