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It's time to retire retirement

It's time to retire retirement  - Life for older people is better than it has ever been. ... estimates that over a quarter of the UK population will be aged 65 by 2030. So what can we do? Abolishing the compulsory retirement age in 2011 allowed older people to enjoy ...

Lessons in how to avoid poverty should be written into the national curriculum

Lessons in how to avoid poverty should be written into the national curriculum  - The latest data gained for me by the House of Commons Library show that poverty isn't inevitable, although the official data show that there are on the ...

George Ferguson :How Cities Can Tackle Poverty

George Ferguson :How Cities Can Tackle Poverty  - Increasing social inequality is, along with a healthy environment, the most pressing issue facing the world, the UK and growing cities like Bristol.

Seven million children will be hit by benefit freeze

Seven million children will be hit by benefit freeze  - A new report has warned four million low-income families will be affected by the freeze in benefits, pushing more children into poverty . The research ...

Students look out for peers' mental health at The Magna Carta School

Students look out for peers' mental health at The Magna Carta School  - Students look out for peers' mental health at The Magna Carta School ... by students, for students - and is thought to be the first of its kind in the UK . ... "We have a brand new mental health and wellbeing mural on the wall to get the ...

Mental health is an easy target' says head of one of largest NHS trusts

Mental health is an easy target' says head of one of largest NHS trusts  - Her trust, one of the largest in the UK , delivers 300 different health services for people with a range of physical and mental health needs across 150 ...

Mental health patients wait 18 weeks for help

Mental health patients wait 18 weeks for help  -  Mental health patients in Scotland are being forced to wait 18 weeks or more for psychological therapy services, a new report has warned. It has led to ...

Campaign launched in order to cut number of suicides

Campaign launched in order to cut number of suicides  - In a blog for the website, she called for the stigma around mental health to be broken down and said she "would not hesitate" in seeking support for ...

HIV and sexual health sector unites against government budget cuts

HIV and sexual health sector unites against government budget cuts  - Charities from Liverpool to Leicestershire to London have come together with the British Association For Sexual Health And HIV and the British HIV ...

Dan Savage blasts Democrats still holding Clinton's past gay marriage stance against her

Dan Savage blasts Democrats still holding Clinton's past gay marriage stance against her  - Columnist and LGBTI activist Dan Savage has had enough of Democrats who are holding against Hillary Clinton the fact that she was once against ...

Safe Schools LGBTI program researchers 'receiving abusive emails' after Christian lobby campaign

Safe Schools LGBTI program researchers 'receiving abusive emails' after Christian lobby campaign  - Safe Schools – an anti-bullying education program to promote the rights of LGBTI students – is under review by the government. Photograph: Peter ...

Pat Robertson irate trans rights discussed when 'we are facing thermonuclear annihilation'

Pat Robertson irate trans rights discussed when 'we are facing thermonuclear annihilation'  - Robertson, who has consistently railed against LGBTI equality, spoke out against students using bathrooms according to their gender identity.

Listen to the powerful African gay rights rap anthem they're trying to ban in Kenya

Listen to the powerful African gay rights rap anthem they're trying to ban in Kenya  - In the song Art Attack give a shout out to the various LGBTI communities in Africa but single out Uganda and Nigeria for special mention. 'This song ...

Yet to RSVP to the sorry party

Yet to RSVP to the sorry party  - Over the past 25 years, our Gay and Lesbian Liaison Officer (GLLO) program has worked with the LGBTI community to address numerous issues ...

Turnbull orders review of LGBTI Safe Schools program

Turnbull orders review of LGBTI Safe Schools program  - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is facing pressure from some of his own M-Ps to withdraw Commonwealth funding from a national program designed ...

Amnesty International notes 3 problematic issues in its annual report on Latvia

Amnesty International notes 3 problematic issues in its annual report on Latvia  - In the first nine months of 2015, Latvian NGO Mozaika recorded 14 attacks against LGBTI people. None resulted in serious injuries. Victims told ...

Germany opens LGBT shelter after number of attacks towards gay refugees rises

Germany opens LGBT shelter after number of attacks towards gay refugees rises  - The gay rights group Schwulenberatung runs the 122-bed dormitory with help of the city of Berlin. Together with Nuremberg's eight-bed home they are ...

LGBT Ugandans explain what love means to them

LGBT Ugandans explain what love means to them  - An emotional short film titled Love Is delivers a powerful message about acceptance from LGBT Ugandans. Homosexuality is illegal in the African ...

Tiny theatres tackle big LGBT themes

Tiny theatres tackle big LGBT themes  - I couldn't help but think of Angels in America with the Mormons-and- LGBTI subplot, and, again it rams home the damage done when organised ...

Bishops welcome same-sex couples

Bishops welcome same-sex couples  - While this is a first step, any step which moves towards inclusion and tackling the stigma against LGBTI people should be welcomed, and seen as a ...

North Carolina governor threatens to quash Charlotte's LGBTI protections

North Carolina governor threatens to quash Charlotte's LGBTI protections  - The the American Civil Liberties Union applauded the city council for expanding the city's non-discrimination ordinance to include LGBTI people.

Report: Hollywood still 'straight, white, boy's club'

Report: Hollywood still 'straight, white, boy's club'  - Just 2% of speaking characters were LGBTI and a mere seven transgender characters appeared in the sample of content – four of whom were in the ...

Do you have somewhere to add to Google's amazing Places of Pride map?

Do you have somewhere to add to Google's amazing Places of Pride map?  - Launched during Fair Day at Sydney Lesbian and Gay Mardi Gras, the map looks to celebrate the LGBTI community while also creating a collection of ...

Malcolm Turnbull calls snap review of Safe Schools LGBTI program

Malcolm Turnbull calls snap review of Safe Schools LGBTI program  - A majority of young LGBTI people report bullying and 80 per cent of those say that it happens at school,” she said. “All young people should be able to ...