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Brighton College headteacher calls on schools to fight homophobia  - Richard Cairns issued a blog post through the Independent Schools Council, which was sent to over a thousand head teachers around the UK .

The end of 'gaytrification': are gay villages becoming a thing of the past?  - Affluent and unhampered by children – or so the myth goes – LGBT ... the UK it is a phenomenon that is being played out across many western cities.

Better late than never: LGBT advocates embrace Obama's presidential evolution  - Badges featuring then president-elect Barack Obama during a demonstration to condemn the ban of same-sex marriages in Los Angeles in 2008.

Underground Film Club screens Labyrinth, with proceeds going to Stonewall  - Underground Film Club have teamed up with LGBT charity Stonewall to pay a very special tribute to the late, great David Bowie. The one-off screening ...

Giving LGBTI people in regional Australia a voice  - The stories of LGBTI people living in country Australia were chronicled in Daniel Witthaus' book Beyond Priscilla will be brought to life onstage as part ...

Remembering the Man doco comes to Sydney for Mardi Gras Film Festival  - The Mardi Gras Film Festival launches tonight and to celebrate the fantastic line up of LGBTI films in this year's event the Star Observer will feature one ...

Lush throws its scented support behind Sydney Mardi Gras  - Last year, Lush was widely applauded by LGBTI advocates for producing a limited-edition 'Gay is OK' bar of glittery, gold soap. Proceeds from sales of ...

Has The Scottish Parliament Fails LGBT Children?  - The group of MSPs said it was unable to ask the Scottish government to force through LGBTI inclusion in its schools. The co-founder of the TIE ...

Charity for older LGBTI people has short-term future secured by £0.5million lottery cash  - Studies have found that older LGBTI people are three times more likely than their heterosexual counterparts to be single and live alone, less likely to ...

New Axe campaign sets out to appeal to all men – whatever their sexuality  - praised by David Paisley of San Francisco-based Community Marketing – an organization that helps corporates to market to LGBTI communities.

Stonewall Housing to investigate how the older LGBT community live  - At present there are no older LGBT housing schemes in the UK and we will be looking to Europe and the USA for examples of how such schemes can ...

Can you be LGBT and Catholic? This documentary investigates  - A documentary has gone inside the walls of an LGBT -friendly church in Baltimore to dispel myths that people cannot be both gay and Catholic.

Sadiq Khan says London's LGBT hate crime record is “badge of shame”  - Labour mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan has said that he views London's record on anti- LGBT hate crime as a “badge of shame”. In an interview with ...

The Ellen DeGeneres Show is coming to the UK  -  DeGeneres often uses the show as a platform to talk about LGBT stories and issues as part of the line-up, and has interviewed a number of prominent guests – from Caitlyn Jenner to Barack Obama.

The Oak in Middlesbrough closes, customers take to social media to praise the pub   - The pub has organised many events to help the local LGBT community, including organising the first gay pride march through Middlesbrough town.

Indiana Attorney General: It is 'doubly inappropriate' to say if pro- gay laws are consitutional  - The Attorney General of Indiana has shut down any debate over whether laws passed there are constitutional. Republican Representative Bruce ...

Ben Carson: Gay people 'perhaps are abnormal'  - Carson, who has seen his once strong standing in the polls drop dramatically in recent months, talked about LGBTI rights with the Catholic network ...

Fiji Prime Minister accused of criminal action against LGBT community  - One thing I can say with certainty is these comments have inflamed members of our society against the gay, LGBTI community and comments by the ...