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Mormon state elects first lesbian mayor  - Jackie Biskupski was yesterday sworn in as the new mayor of Salt Lake City, becoming the first openly gay person to hold that office. Her partner sat ...

How do I cut my homophobic friend out of my life?  - I don't want to confront this person face to face but at the same time, I'd like to make it clear that they no longer have a place in my life. What should I do ...

Born that way' may not be best way to reduce homophobia : Study  - Here's something new: How not to counter homophobia . A new study has found that the argument that sexual orientation is inborn may not be the most ...

Twitter clamps down on homophobia and abuse  - Twitter's Director of Trust and Safety, Megan Cristina, outlined new guidelines for the microblogging site – clarifying what the company considers “to be ...

Head of Ucas expresses concern as recent data reveals gender gap in UK higher education is ...  - The head of Ucas has expressed concern for the low number of boys securing places in education compared with girls on the day the organsation ...

Teacher shortage means pupils travel to other school  - Labour's shadow education secretary Lucy Powell said: "Whilst ministers continue to bury their heads in the sand over teacher shortages, we are ...

Popular exams in UK to be rescheduled to avoid Ramadan  - Headteachers fear that Muslim pupils could suffer as a result of having to sit exams during Ramadan. Photograph: Alamy. Richard Adams, Education  ...

Let pupils set classroom rules and punishments, says education expert  - Sands School, founded by Mr Bellamy and Sybilla Higgs, is one of only a few 'democratic schools' in the UK , where a council of pupils and staff make ...

A psychological thriller with a mental health message  - Despite how common mental health problems can be, understanding them, or even just discussing them without prejudice, is something of a modern invention. Unsurprisingly then, as a relatively young medium, video games haven't had the best track record when it comes to dealing with such complex issues. Games like Far Cry 3 and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (to name but a few) have used

Put counsellors in all schools, says children's commissioner  - About one in 10 children is believed to be affected by mental health ... An evaluation of the service by the British Association for Counselling and ...

America Needs to Start Talking About Mental Health  - It seems in healthcare that mental health is still falling behind further and further even more than the United Kingdom , even after the brilliant ...

World Bank warns about global economic outlook  - The World Bank has warned of new threats to efforts to reduce poverty in the developing world. In its twice-yearly assessment of global economic ...

Can capitalism cure poverty ?  - America is more unequal today than ever before, and inequality is on the rise in China and India too. Is capitalism the cause of inequality – or the best ...

Why 2016 will have less poverty , hunger and disease than any year in human history  - In 2012 and 2013, The Spectator opened its Christmas special issue with a leading article counting the ways in which the world had never been a ...

Spanish archbishop Braulio Rodriguez - 'Disobedient wives' to blame for domestic violence  - A Spanish archbishop has been accused of 'inciting violence ' after claiming that domestic abuse takes place because 'women do not obey men.'.

Actors bring hard-hitting play about domestic violence to the stage  - A cast and crew have been hard at work rehearsing for their latest play. which is about domestic violence and is called And Then You Kissed Me.

Gay men touch boobs for the first time – with hilarious results  - Now four gay men have agreed to touch breasts for the first time – and the results are every bit as hilarious. Once the awkwardness of the situation ...

This Is the Steven Universe Moment That Cartoon Network UK Doesn't Want British Kids to See  - Which suddenly makes this look an awful lot like Cartoon Network UK is ... in the wake of the controversy, given to UK -based LGBT site Pink News:.

Same-sex marriage: Gay Chinese man launches legal bid for right to marry in landmark case  - A court has accepted China's first same-sex marriage case, lodged by a gay man against a civil affairs bureau for denying him the right to marry.

Celebrity Big Brother 2016: Giving Winston McKenzie a platform is wrong  - As part of the LGBT community, seeing public figures like this on popular TV shows is incredibly concerning. Channel 5 are treating homophobia as a ...

LGBT activist from Cumbernauld seeking Holyrood seat  - inclusive education, and having been so heavily involved in the community during this time - I know the serious impact that LGBTI -phobia can have.

There are still 8 US states that ban discussion of gay issues in school  - While same-sex marriage is now legal in all 50 US states there ares still some remaining anti- LGBTI laws functioning at a state level in the United ...

Worry Not, Qiliho Tells LGBTIs  - Our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex ( LGBTI ) community will be provided the same protection like any other Fijian citizen. This is the ...

Transgender Man Was Forced To Remove Prosthetic By Airport Security  - According to Daily Mail, the 2015 incident was featured in a complaint the Australian National LGBTI Health Alliance submitted to a senate inquiry ...

Map shows Europe still divided over equal marriage  - As of 2015, same sex marriage is recognised in the UK (excluding Northern Ireland), Iceland, Norway, Sweden, France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, The ...

HIV charity appoints former head of YMCA England as its new chief  - According to the latest available figures, around 103,000 people in the UK are living with HIV (at the end of 2014). There were 6,151 new diagnoses of ...

Celebrity Big Brother': Winston McKenzie Homophobia Row Addressed By Emma Willis And Rylan ...  - The former boxer-turned-wannabe politician sparked outrage among viewers, when he made a homophobic remark in his VT, as he entered the ...

Presidential hopeful 'would consider' banning gay people from military again  - Dr Ben Carson is trying to 'shake up' his Presidential campaign… by appointing a new chair who thinks gay people should be re-banned from the ...

Londoner sets up gay -friendly tour firm after too many 'awkward experiences'  - With the legalisation of gay marriage in the UK and in many countries worldwide, there is great potential for us to lead the way in the gay honeymoon ...

Bria And Chrissy video shows what happens when gay men touch boobs for the first time  - We've seen lesbians touching penises and kissing men. It's only fair that we know get to find out what happens when gay men touch breasts for the ...

Gay Nigerian Hiding In UK Fears Death After Deportation  - After being lynched by six anti- gay vigilantes in 2007, Nigerian asylum seeker Abraham says that he will be killed if he is s made to return to his home ...

What Was 2015's Most Streamed Song In UK ?  - If you want proof that the music industry has endured a seismic shift to streaming, here's a stat that will make your eyes water: 50000 songs were ...