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Prudential report: LGBT community is financially sound.

Our 2016/2017 LGBT Financial Experience  research report explores a range of changes in the financial lives of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Americans since last year’s landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision mandating states must permit same-sex marriages and our groundbreaking 2012 survey.

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Key West & Cuba, the LGBT connection

From September 7-13, the rich relationship between Key West and Cuba will come into the spotlight during the LGBT Art and Cultural Revolution. For the first three days, attendees can participate in activities that explore the Cuban-influenced heritage of Key West, which welcomed its Cuban neighbors as early as 1831 with its first cigar factory.

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Victory for LGBT rights in South Korea.

South Korea’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to allow an LGBT rights foundation to legally register as a charity, reaffirming respect for LGBT rights in the country, Human Rights Watch reports.  The Beyond the Rainbow Foundation has faced discriminatory rejection from multiple government agencies over the past three years, preventing the group from receiving tax-deductible donations.

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UK National Trust volunteers threaten boycott over gay campaign. Trust backs down.

The National Trust has reversed a decision to bar volunteers from public-facing duties at a Norfolk stately home if they refuse to wear rainbow sexual equality symbols. Staff at Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk were offered behind-the-scenes roles after saying they were “uncomfortable” wearing multicoloured badges and lanyards for a “Prejudice and Pride” event marking 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality.