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Source: Dallas Voice
By David Taffet
Two gay Iraqi refugees who are living in Houston came to Dallas for the Creating Change conference earlier this month seeking assistance.
After being kidnapped, raped, robbed and stabbed in Baghdad, Yousif Ali and Nawfal Muhamed escaped to Syria and were given refugee status by the United Nations. The United States granted them asylum.
But after arriving in the United States, Catholic Charities, which administers many of the federally funded programs for refugees, provided only limited assistance.
Other refugees are given furnished apartments. Ali and Muhamed were sent to different cities.
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I have post many posts about how Q-notes writes and reports on things that are charlotte based. I have taken some heat from the editor on this issue, however to prove my point if you go to this link, you will find that all the events list on the front page happen in Charlotte.
The link is to the HRC NC Steering Committee...
So here is a snapshot of the past events
Please tell what the fuck is so damn special about Charlotte's LGBT Community..
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The entrance to the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Resource Center (LGBTRC) on campus was vandalized Friday night with spray paint and derogatory phrases.In addition, early last week, a swastika was carved into the door of a first-year student in a Tercero residence hall. The sign was approximately two inches and was carved next to the door of a Jewish student residing in the dorms.UC Davis Police are currently investigating both crimes.Police have not yet identified suspects for either crimes and request that any information regarding who might be responsible be brought forward.In a letter sent to the UC ... Flag post Flag post
All Out Arts is dedicated to the belief that diversity enriches us all, and that the LGBT community has a unique perspective of the world that should be expressed and celebrated through the arts.
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On February 19th 2010, The Justin Campaign are launching an initiative, Football v Homophobia, to raise awareness of homophobia in amateur and professional football; to unite clubs, players and fans internationally by using the game of football to bring communities together in opposing hate and intolerance in the world’s favourite sport.The Justin Campaign believe that to tackle homophobia in football effectively a collective show of opposition needs to be made by all involved to get a message of zero tolerance across to the perpetrators of homophobic insults and abuse.They intend that Football v Homophobia on Feb 19th will become ... Flag post 
The Arizona LGBT Political Coalition is a collaboration between several gay-rights groups who have united to further the rights of the LGBT community in Arizona.
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Photo by Ashley Bedford
Kendall Clawson, executive director of the Q center, has been referred to as Gay-prah—aka the gay Oprah—by Portland gossip extraordinaire Byron Beck. After meeting her myself in her cozy corner office at the Q, I am compelled to second that notion….to an extent.
Without a doubt, she radiates an Oprah-esque charisma, resolve and allure. But the conceitedness and ostentation? It just doesn’t exist in Clawson, whose primary concern is the LGBT community, not her own self-interest. The minute I met her, I suspected I would spend the next hour of my time doing ... Flag post
Lindsay Harmon says she may never get full vision back in her right eye after she was stabbed outside a Buffalo gay bar Police in Buffalo, NY have charged Suzanne-Deanna Grover, 21, with second-degree assault and a bias-motivated crime in connection with a New Year’s Day fight outside a Main Street nightclub, Buffalo News reports. The News and other media quote police sources who say Grover admitted to stabbing Lindsay C. Harmon, 29. But Grover claimed she acted in self-defense after Harmon’s group had attacked her verbally and physically. Harmon's right eyelid and eyeball were severely cut ... Flag post Flag post Flag post Flag post
The Rainbow World Fund, an international LGBT relief agency, has committed $35,000 in relief funds to Haiti after the magnitude 7.1 earthquake leveled that country. You can contribute to the Rainbow World Fund here. ... Flag post Flag post
James Kirchick's cover story in the current issue of The Advocate delves into the growing disaffection with the LGBT community and the Democratic Party. “They’re fond of your checkbooks — and deaf to your demands for equal rights. What will it take for the Democratic Party to step up?” You can read the entire article here.
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