Women in Network is an organization founded in 1987 to empower women, specifically lesbians, to overcome stigma and discrimination and live a fullfilling life. WIN was established in Forth Lauderdale in July 1987. "The Archive Project" is to preserve and organize all the original materials as part o...

In this chapter of the AIDS Chronology, the World AIDS Museum (WAM) highlights the life and career of celebrities stricken by the HIV/AIDS virus in cinema, the silver screen, sports, fashion, music and the arts.The World AIDS Museum will be the first museum dedicated to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The Ed...

The winning design has been announced for the planned National Pulse Memorial & Museum in Orlando, Florida. It features “a spiraling, open-air museum and educational center with vertical gardens, public plazas, and a rooftop promenade.” Its soaring tower will be visible for miles around. The winning

This is the trailer for the film BENT (1997) - the film is based on the 1979 play of the same name by Martin Sherman who also wrote the screenplay. It is about the persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany after the murder of SA leader Ernst Röhm on the Night of the Long Knives.

Six million Jews were murdered in the Holocaust, yet the names of close to 2 million remain anonymous. Since the 1950s, Yad Vashem has worked tirelessly to collect and commemorate the names of men, women and children who were murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators.

Individuals submit hand...

Pope Francis takes part in service at 9/11 museum's Foundation Hall.

Russian extreme sports star Valery Rozov successfully carries out the world's highest base jump, leaping off the north face of Mount Everest. The extreme sports enthusiast leaped off Mount Everest to mark 60 years since Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay conquered the world's highest mountain.

A Brief History Of Ukraine (And Why Russia Wants To Control It) In this animated video, historian Matt Lewis tells the story of Ukraine's turbulent and often surprising history. Beginning over a thousand years ago with the formation of the Kyivan Rus state, Matt tracks the development of Ukraine dur...

In a very emotional dedication ceremony, President Barack Obama praised the new Sept. 11 museum on Thursday May 15, 2014 as "a sacred place of healing and of hope" that captures both the story and the spirit of heroism and helpfulness that followed the attacks. He said: Terrorism Can't Break Us.

In the age of cyberspace Community of Lights has been at the forefront of innovation and the inevitable merger of television, internet and social media. The world wide web allows people from all over the world to join together and exchange knowledge, ideas, innovation and work in unison in humanitar...