Man Sentenced to Death Possibly Because He’s Gay And The Justice’s Could Care Less

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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/opinion/charles-rhines-gay-jury-death-row.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FHomosexuality&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection Overview: Charles Rhines, a man that is a part of the LGBTQ community was sentenced to death row because of the fact that he’s gay. When sent to trial because of a crime he had committed all the jury mentioned was the fact that he’s gay and when talking about it they made their feelings of disgust … Read more

Gender Equality

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https://news.vice.com/article/gender-equality-is-still-a-huge-problem-in-the-global-news-media    

The Bible’s #MeToo Problem

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/opinion/sunday/women-the-bible-metoo.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region   This is written by a pastor, who is asking about the stories of women in the Bible who experienced sexual assaults.

Why isn’t FIFA holding Russia accountable for their heinous crimes against those identifying as LGBTQ?

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https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/06/15/discrimination-has-no-role-world-cup FIFA is the international governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer and every four years they organize an international soccer tournament with different host country. This year’s world cup is being played in Russia. The problem with this is that just last year in the Chechen republic, apart of the Russian Federation, … Read more

Public Health Emergency

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Drug overdose deaths continue to be a leading cause of death throughout the United States, especially opioid related overdoses. According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, Americans are dying at the rate of approximately 115 deaths per day from an opioid overdose. This is 5 times higher than the rate in 1999. How … Read more

Women in Politics: The Better Option?

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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180615094850.htm   Studies have found less corruption in countries that have more women in government positions. A study conducted across 125 countries has proven that there is less corruption in government policy when more women are in positions of parliament. In the United States, only 19% of the representatives in the House of Representatives are … Read more

Gender Letter

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A judge has been recalled after he gave a light sentence to a student found guilty of sexually assaulting a women while she was unconscious. Do you think the judge gave him enough jail time? Why or Why not?

After Crackdown, Egypt’s LGBT Community Contemplates ‘Dark Future’

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Article: https://www.npr.org/2018/06/18/620110576/after-crackdown-egypts-lgbt-community-contemplates-dark-future Overview: Ahmed Alaa (from Egypt) raised a rainbow flag during a concert in Cairo in last September. He absolutely loved it, calling it “the best moment” of his life. He, of course, posted pictures on social media and immediately got death threats. A few days after that, he was then arrested for “dangerously deviant behavior”. … Read more

Texas Abortion Clinic Ruling Stirs Huge Online Applause

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On June 27, the Supreme Court ruled to keep open reproductive health clinics in Texas that provide abortions. The abortion law previously had shut down half of the 40 clinics throughout the state. If the they hadn’t ruled against it the number was expected to drop to 10. This ruling hopes to weaken the restrictions … Read more

Canada moves to make its national anthem gender-neutral

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https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/01/americas/canada-gender-neutral-national-anthem-trnd/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_latest+%28RSS%3A+CNN+-+Most+Recent%29&utm_content=Yahoo+Search+Results   Recently, Canada has approved to change their anthem to a gender neutral anthem. The line changed is “in all thy sons command” to “in all of us command.” Currently, it is still waiting to be approved by the government. Many people feel that this change will help the stop the gender issues in … Read more