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Jeremy Clarkson claims trans children have minds “poisoned” by parents  - In a column for The Sunday Times, titled “Transgender issues are driving me nuts”, the former presenter expressed his limited knowledge of the trans ...

Belstaff want you to worship the ground you walk on  - The boot itself is made of hand waxed leather, and despite it's modern appearance has it's design roots firmly in the British military boot. This, rather ...

Straight stars pose as gay couples in bid to tackle homophobia  - A thought-provoking new photography project captures a host of international celebrities posing as same-sex couples. The photographer behind the ...

Gay conversion therapy victim Mathew Shurka forbidden from speaking to mum and sisters  - A gay man was not allowed to speak to his mum or sisters for three years because councillors thought this was part of the reason he was attracted to ...

More teachers and more training needed for Holocaust education , say MPs  - More teachers need to be trained to teach the Holocaust, according to a report published today by the Education Select Committee. It said that more ...

UK Islamic school bans student for conversing with member of opposite sex  - The UK Department for Education (DfE) launched an investigation into the incident amid concerns that the school's policy may be in breach of the ...

UK could take more refugee children in migrant camps, Conservative MP Justine Greening says  - The British Government is seriously considering taking thousands of ... refuge in the UK , but to also provide them with proper homes and education .

96% of social work education programmes did not meet HCPC standards  - Fast track programmes like Step Up and Frontline had to make more changes than traditional programmes in higher education institutions in order to ...

Domestic violence victim fears for life  - Those were the harrowing words of a domestic violence victim in a statement read to a court as her ex-partner was sentenced for two terrifying ...

It's all just poison now': Flint reels as families struggle through water crisis  - Like 41% of Flint residents, Williams has endured this crisis in poverty ; like 56% of residents, she is black. She has no income and hitches rides three ...

Shameful inequality must end  - A thriving private sector plays a key role in lifting people out of poverty . ... The UK has fulfilled that promise, but so far only one overseas territory and ...

It's time we introduced mental health education to the national curriculum  - ON 22 January, a petition on the UK Government website calling for the introduction of mental health education to the national schools curriculum ...

Homophobia allegation strikes Italian football  - Sarri admitted “it's possible” he used those words, but said allegations of homophobia were “over the top”. “I was just irritable. I said something out of ...

Radical Elderly People's Housing Coming To London With An Anti-Loneliness Mission At Its Heart  - Architects believe their building design - which reimagines the age-old British concept of the 'almshouse' - will put older people at the heart of urban ...

Summit to debate isolation in older people in Leeds  - Ageing Without Children was founded by Kirsty Woodard in 2014 in response to the growing numbers of older people over 50 without children.

Family company making snuff tobacco for 90 years to continue for a fourth generation  - Susan said: "It's a very niche market, but there is scope for more growth." She said that while snuff tended to mainly be used by older people in the UK , ...

Bisexual Jamican wins battle for asylum in UK  - Jamaica has strict laws against gay people, with sexual activity between men illegal and those who engage in it being subjected to up to ten years in ...

Rallies in Italy for gay civil unions  - Thousands of Italians take to the streets in support of gay civil unions, ahead of a bill to be debated in parliament. Yiming Woo reports.

Mumbai launches India's first LGBT taxi service  - From begging at the traffic lights of Mumbai to now being trained as a driver for India's first cab service operated by members of the lesbian, gay, ...

Cricket club accused of homophobia after making a Twitter comment about TV weatherman Sean ...  - AYR Cricket Club were also hit by a suspended ban of two match wins by the Western District Cricket Union after their comments on the social media ...

'Progress has been made over gay police but I'm not naive'  - Many claim that 1967 was a pivotal year for gay rights in the UK with the passing of a bill that "decriminalised" homosexuality. However, this bill only ...

RuPaul to host new trivia game show Gay For Play  -  Gay For Play is a half-hour comedic trivia game show where a panel of six celebrities help two contestants answer pop culture questions to win cash ...

Gay man lifts lid on controversial 'conversion' therapy designed to make him straight  - A gay man has revealed that he went through HALF A DECADE of therapy and was banned from talking to close family members in a futile attempt to ...

Indonesia minister wants LGBTI students banned from university  - He made the comments in response to the recent controversy over a poster advertising counseling services for LGBTI students at the University of ...

Viewers storm out of Daniel Radcliffe's new 'farting corpse' movie featuring gay kiss  - Sundance Film Festival has seen audiences walk out from a showing of the highly anticipated ​Swiss Army Man​ – featuring a farting corpse.

The Gay Man Who Saved A Man With His Bone Marrow  - as the current blood donation rules, which effectively bans gay men who have sex from donating, think again.

Woman filmed hurling racist abuse says her drink was spiked in Gay Village  - A woman who was filmed hurling racist abuse against two women on a tram has said she believes her drink was spiked while in Manchester's gay  ...

Bisexual Jamican wins battle for asylum in UK  - In Jamaica, three out of four LGBTI people want to leave to escape persecution, according to a new study. The UK Home Office has been accused of ...

Global business at Davos told to challenge LGBTI discrimination  - Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, the US's largest LGBTI civil rights organisation, said business leaders should take the ...

Challenging homophobia on stage  - The play, Beyond Priscilla, is written by Gavin Roach, based on the book Witthaus produced from 266 days on the road exploring Life for LGBTI  ...

Awareness is half the battle  - Next Friday two women will be the first to enter into a formal civil partnership in Cyprus, so it is clear the rights that the LGBTI community fought for for ...

UN rights office tells Malawi: halt 'worse than dogs' anti-gay rhetoric  -  The U.N. rights office urged Malawi on Friday to protect LGBTI people after it quoted a Malawian political ...