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a- I noticed that Stonewall Jackson is coming down. I wonder is it George Washington next week and is it Thomas Jefferson the week after? You know, you really do have to ask yourself, where does it stop?” — Donald Trump Today, President Trump is being universally denounced in the media for his insane assertion that George Washington and Thomas Jefferson are next, while numerous think pieces are being prepared for publication tomorrow on why, now that we think about it, tearing down statues of Washington and Jefferson is demanded by the fight against white supremacy, the right side of his...

Lam Nguyen Ho is the Executive Director of CALA (Community Activism Law Alliance), which he founded with a Harvard Law School Public Service Venture Fund seed grant.  He is currently an Echoing Green Global Fellow and will serve as a 2016-2017 Wasserstein Public Interest Fellow. Prior to founding CALA, he was a staff attorney at Equip for Equality, where he defended the civil rights of people with disabilities. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 2008, Lam joined Chicago’s Legal Assistance Foundation (LAF) through a Skadden Foundation Public Interest Fellowship. During his time at ...

Freepik   | Photo Credit: Freepik Educational institutions can help dismantle the structural inequalities inherent in our socio-cultural fabric that perpetuate the cycle of gender-based violence. India is home to the largest population of adolescents in the world — approximately 243 million or roughly 20% of the country’s total population is between the ages of 10 and 19. With discrimination and social stigma attached to sexuality education in India, millions between the ages of 15 and 24 have limited knowledge of sexual and reproductive health, though a considerable proportion of this...

Add this share Two steps forward, one step back. If that sounds like the process of LGBTQ life in Atlanta, it is. That’s why it’s a full-time job. Project Q Atlanta and Q ATLus magazine put one foot in front of the other this week and in every issue. The road to equality seems long, but we found 10 signs of progress along the way. A gay nurse in Emory’s ICU wants help to step out of COVID Hell, and he’s looking at you. In Q Community, walk into the future with Atlanta’s gay rabbi retiring from his LGB-founded congregation. Spelman College strides toward its first-ever Queer Stud...