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Solace International to sell wares at San Diego Pride Festival, benefiting global communities in need

John Greenwell - Special to SDGLN
July 20th, 2012

Beni Ghale, a woman in Nepal, was abandoned by her husband with no source of income and two children to care for on her own.

Rather than resort to prostitution, and with only herself to rely on, Beni began to ask local restaurants in Kathmandu for their used rice sacks. She worked hard to replicate the traditional grass baskets by making tote bags and purses from these recycled sacks.

VIDEO: Barefoot runner to spread environmental awareness in San Diego

SDGLN Staff
August 15th, 2011

SAN DIEGO -- Professor Henry Sanchez, known as the Tacolist.com Barefoot Eco-Runner, has just run barefoot through 14 countries.

The mathematics and environmental engineering professor from Columbia, who will be crossing from Tijuana into San Diego on Thursday, Aug. 18, is running from Argentina to Alaska to bring awareness of protecting and reforesting the planet.

Upon entering each city, Sanchez works with local community organizations to plant trees, recycle and present educational talks.

In Colombia, Bogotá opens two more LGBT community centers

Andrew Dier - Colombia Diversa
June 27th, 2011

BOGOTA, Colombia -- In 2007, Bogotá became the first city in Latin America to open an LGBT community center. This week, just after the annual commemoration of Bogotá Pride, the city government is tripling its commitment with two more.

Colombia's highest court affirms right of sexual identity expression

Andrew Dier - Colombia Diversa
June 18th, 2011

BOGOTA, Colombia -- In a case concerning a male prisoner who self-identifies as a woman in the rural eastern plains of Colombia, the Colombian Constitutional Court announced this week that it had overturned a lower court ruling that prohibited her from wearing makeup and earrings.

In the lawsuit, Lastra Ortiz, reported intense and constant harassment by prison guards because of her gender identity.

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