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Africans asked to Adopt-A-Dane  - An LGBT charity in the US is trying to get its own back on a church that displayed signs advocating the death penalty for gay people - by buying the ...

Why LGBT Education Needs to Be on Every School's Agenda  -  Let's start analysing the work of LGBT poets in English and study the lives of LGBT figures in History. Let's provide books in the school library with ...

Portugal has made street harassment a crime – why hasn't the UK ?  - Portugal has made street harassment a crime – why hasn't the UK ? ... people of colour and members of the LGBT community disproportionately face.

US Centers of Disease Control: 50% of gay African American men at risk of getting HIV  - A new study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns that gay American men of colour have a higher chance of being ...

Swinney's budget will damage jobs and education , unions say  - John Swinney pushed through a budget last night that union members protesting outside Holyrood said would lead to thousands of redundancies and ...

Full scale of London's school crisis revealed as record numbers of pupils miss out on first choices  - More than 28,000 London children will miss out on their first choice of secondary school this year, education experts have predicted. It means that ...

Discrimination at UK universities  - The fact that Oxford has not hesitated to show their disapproval of the new law perhaps reflects wider racism in the UK education system, as much as ...

1 in 5 British women sexually assaulted in school – survey  - Plan UK has called for a number of measures to combat sexual violence at schools, including a comprehensive sexual education program to help ...

Councils and citizens both stand to gain from 'inclusive' IT  - Age UK says many older people are reluctant to claim the support they are entitled to. For example, older people miss out on £3.7bn of pension credit ...

More old people are in work  -  More old people are in work ... This is a higher employment rate for 50-64 year olds than for the UK as a whole, which stands at 70.1 per cent, and ...

Nurseries, more hours and better teachers: Nicola Sturgeon's big idea to give every child a chance  - She spoke to the Sunday Mail after we told last week how many babies born into poverty never escaped it and urged our politicians to give every child  ...

Babies and Poverty : Top 5 Things Presidential Candidates, Voters Need to Know  - We can reduce child poverty by establishing a target to cut child poverty in half in 10 years. In 2000, the U.K. established a national child poverty target ...

Workers sceptical about colleagues who take time off for mental health issues  - One in five British workers (20 per cent) are sceptical about colleagues who take time off as a result of mental health issues such as depression, stress ...

Children wait a year for mental health services  - The treatment of children with mental health issues has been labelled appalling as official figures revealed that dozens wait more than a year to be ...

Devon MPs defend Government changes to child poverty reports  - Devon MPs have defended the Government's controversial changes to child poverty measures, as they warn an overemphasis on income can ...

Ugandan LGBT activists fear post-election crackdown  - The intervention of the U.S. government in Uganda, in particular, has been extremely useful in claiming spaces for the LGBTI community,” said Opiyo, ...

Shamans have cursed the property developers who are killing London's gay saunas  - Patrons and supporters of Chariot's in Shoreditch gathered together to cast a spell in protest against the loss of LGBTI venues in the capital. Many of ...

Candidates for Brisbane's upcoming council election respond to LGBTI community survey  - In a first for Queensland politics, candidates for Brisbane City Council's upcoming election responded to a survey addressing LGBTI issues facing the ...

Labour Party's new business advisor tops list of LGBTI executives  - Ethical banking businessman, Anthony Watson, a GLAAD board member and former CIO for Barclays, has been placed in the number one position of ...

Did Harper Lee reveal she was gay in To Kill A Mockingbird?  - The literary world is not the only ones mourning the passing of the reclusive author Nelle Harper Lee at the age of 89. So, too, are many LGBTI and ...

These People Want You To Know What It's Like To Be A Queer Refugee In Australia  - Australian Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs said LGBTI refugees face “special dangers” in offshore detention at a Sydney Gay and ...

LGBTI people can do more for asylum seekers and refugees: Gillian Triggs  - AUSTRALIA'S leading human rights advocate has called on LGBTI Australians to step up and do more to support LGBTI refugees and asylum seekers, ...

'They should seek a cure for their mental illness': Real estate agent blasted for 'hateful and ...  - Penny Wong said is designed to address 'terrifying statistics' of self-harm, abuse and discrimination against LGBTI students, the ABC reported.

Only one school has quit Safe Schools LGBTI program after parents' objections  - About 495 schools take part in the voluntary program, which aims to stamp out homophobia and transphobia in students.

UK's oldest gay rugby clubs to face-off in commemorative match  - Two of the world's oldest gay rugby union teams will be going head to head to celebrate the history and achievements of the LGBT rugby movement.

NSW Parliament apologises for historical homophobia  - Chris Calcino Reporter Chris studied journalism at the University of Queensland. Worked for the Western Star in Roma. He has worked at The ...

China removes gay teen drama from the internet, sparking furious backlash  - Chinese censors have sparked a furious backlash among internet users after seemingly removing a popular gay teen drama from broadcasting sites.

Violence in Capitol Hill: is this the end of the line for Seattle's gay neighborhood?  - Since 1 January 2014, there have been more than 200 reported bias incidents in Seattle, including a double homicide involving two gay men and a ...

Troye Sivan: “I really want to work with Taylor Swift”  - He said: “I've spoken about this before, but I remember the two specific moments that I've seen gay kisses on TV growing up. The fact that I remember ...

Why gaming's gay male representation needs to change  - But, there is one group that have not had the same advancements in representation: gay men. While we are moving away from offensive and ...

New York Mets announce Pride Night game for LGBTI fans  - The New York Mets have announced that they will be hosting a Pride Night this summer in recognition of their LGBTI fans. The announcement, which ...

Italy PM to drop adoption rights from gay civil unions bill  -  LGBTi group Rainbow Families said the decision to remove the adoption rights amounted to the 'emptying out' of a bill that was already a modest ...

Sydney Morning Herald apologizes to LGBTI marchers for outing them  - The group, known as the 78ers, were among those who took part in the first ever gay pride event in Sydney in 1978 – a predecessor to today's hugely ...

Why the first music video about Homosexuality in Kenyan was banned!  - The video , a refix of same love by Maclemore which was redone by Art ... The video was a cry of the 'marginalized' LGBT community that has been ...