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Wednesday, June 1, 2011

In The Life: A Message of Hope

June Pride is an opportunity to celebrate one's authentic self. IN THE LIFE features stories of gay and lesbian people who bring their whole selves to church and to work, creating real change within their communities.

As we continue to look at more grassroots indepth analyisis of LGBT issues up north this month's entry is welcomed indeed, on my other blog Gay Jamaica Watch I decided to repost last year's entry on Pride month with some modifications as not much has helped to make us collectively be really proud about, the disparities and segregations within the LGBTQI communities are disturbing to say the least.

Have a read here:

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A Message of Hope: Gospel Music About HIV & AIDS (00:13:57)

Messengers of Hope is a gospel choir from Oakland, California that engages African American churches in conversation about HIV and AIDS.

"This is what HIV looks like; strong people, people of faith, black people." - Ernest Larkins, Messengers of Hope


Bringing Your Whole Self to Work (00:14:07)

There is no uniform federal law in the United States on discrimination against LGBT people in the workplace. In the absence of protective laws, progress has come from a surprising source, corporate America.

"The company sees the benefits of supporting LGBT employees. We're a basic chemical business in middle America. If we can make it work, any company can." - Bill Hendrix, Dow AgroSciences










Celebrate yourselves none the less but also bear in mind the collective

Peace and tolerance

H

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