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First of July Celebration and UMMC LGBT Health Division

Next month, UMMC will open the Division of Gender, Sexuality and Health, dedicated to improving the health and well-being of women and LGBT individuals through research, education, clinical practice and …

Next month, UMMC will open the Division of Gender, Sexuality and Health, dedicated to improving …

• June 30, 2015

Jackson OKs Hate Crime Reporting Rule

Amid tensions following the mass shooting in Charleston, S.C., and over the legalization of same-sex marriages across the nation, the Jackson City Council this morning passed an ordinance requiring the …

Jackson City Council President De'Keither Stamps' hate-crimes reporting ordinance passed June 30, 2015. The ordinance …

• June 30, 2015

Mississippi state flag flies over a building in Tupelo, Miss. Photo courtesy Jim Lund/Flickr

• June 30, 2015

Nathan Edwards (left) and Ray Welborn (right) pose at the PRIDE event outside the Mississippi …

• June 30, 2015

People celebrate together at the Pride event.

• June 29, 2015

Soul is the owner of Soul Wired Café and said that it was hard to …

• June 29, 2015

What was your reaction to the Supreme Court’s ruling? “I’m happy and surprised because I …

• June 29, 2015

Precious Jim (left), Lacey Willis (middle) and Shaunicka Nickey (right) came to the event together. …

• June 29, 2015

Evelyn Clay (left) and her partner, Cathy James (right), have been together four years and …

• June 29, 2015

What was your reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision? “I woke up ecstatic. I thought …

• June 29, 2015

Deirdra Harris Glover is pastor at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Jackson. “This is a …

• June 29, 2015

What does the Supreme Court’s decision mean to you? “Today means a great deal—now that …

• June 29, 2015

“Change never comes easy in Mississippi,” Ryan Brown (right) said. “But it is coming, and …

• June 29, 2015

What does the Supreme Court’s decision mean to you? “To me it means that the …

• June 29, 2015

Mississippi Pride Celebration 2015

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• June 29, 2015

Citizens Rally to Change 'Traumatizing' State Flag

On Monday, June 29, citizens, activists and officials rallied in the shadow of the Confederate Women's Memorial, located at the Mississippi Capitol, to call on political leaders to remove a …

Jonathan Phelps (left) Photo courtesy Justin Sellers

• June 29, 2015

People in the crowd engage with the speakers at the rally. June 29, 2015

• June 29, 2015