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The homeless men have put on their own art exhibition - and it's amazing  -Yet more and more people are finding themselves sleeping rough. Annual figures released yesterday showed numbers had tripled across Greater ...

Trans kids with family support have positive mental health , study shows  - A new study from the U.S. shows that trans children with family support have positive mental health compared to those who don't. The study by the ...

NHS bed cuts are failing millions of mental health patients  - Sadly, this is an all too frequent experience for children and adults with acute mental health problems. In the UK about 500 patients a month have to ...

How best to look after theatre workers' mental health ?  - Fake It 'Til You Make It was one of several shows that addressed the subject of mental illness at last year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Photo: Richard ...

Student is expelled for opposing gay marriage  - A Christian who opposed gay marriage in a Facebook post has been expelled from a postgraduate social work course. Felix Ngole, 38, a father of four, ...

Girls' Lena Dunham plays the grown up as Hannah's dad's gay hookup goes wrong  - Her supportive parents are the only reason Hannah Horvath can afford to chase her dreams, stepping in to pay her hideous New York rent and bail ...

Dustin Lance Black reminds Sam Smith he too is an openly gay Oscar winner in scathing tweet  - Like a number of people watching the 2016 Oscars, Dustin Lance Black was unimpressed by Sam Smith's suggestion that he could be the first publicly ...

Football 1 Prejudice 0: Aberdeen set to lead the way as they launch first ever LGBT supporters group  - The Dons will lead the way in the drive against homophobia and promotion of ... league and cup double last year, seeing off teams from across the UK .

UK government's ' poverty of ambition' on broadband blasted  - The Institute of Directors have criticised the UK government's ' poverty of ambition' in relation to its broadband targets, with the business body calling ...

Britain in the 'internet slow lane'  - Business leaders today accused the UK government of a “ poverty of ambition” when it comes to broadband speeds, claiming Britain was lagging other ...

William and Kate will visit streets from Slumdog Millionaire to see reality of poverty  - Prince William and wife Kate will visit the Mumbai slums made famous in Slumdog Millionaire during their upcoming trip to India. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are determined to see for themselves the poverty in which millions of the city’s inhabitants live.

Scottish Labour will double the money to help bring up the baby  - While the cost of the grant hasn't increased, the cost of having a baby ... The idea that mums living in poverty in England are going to be charging up ...

Older people are 'happier in their late 60s'  - Previous studies have found that people in their 60s and 70s were more content than those in their 50s, and a recent survey of UK adults found those ...

Full employment drive can help over a million more UK over-50s into work  -  Older people have contributed the fastest jobs growth of any age group over the last decade, leaving employment rates for workers aged 50-64 and ...

Number of older people in work rises by more than 2000  - Baroness Ros Altmann, the minister for pensions, welcomed the news that the number of older people in work in Warrington has risen by more than ...

END of chuggers? Charities warned to stop hounding people in the streets  - The warning is, in part, a reaction to the revelation that Age UK , Britain's largest charity for the elderly , made £6million by offering pensioners a fuel ...

Sam Smith Backtracks Over ' Gay Men' Comments - But Still Gets His Facts Wrong  - Sam has now claimed he is actually the second gay man to bag an Academy ... Speaking on 'Good Morning Britain ' on the red carpet of the Vanity Fair ...

This short film about a trans kid at a Welsh school will move you to your core  - Over four out of five trans people consider suicide at one point in their life. This is one of the chilling statistics that form the heart of this latest moving ...

Erosion of human rights and rise of homophobia takes gloss off Mardi Gras festivities  - Unfortunately, the impacts of these attacks are very real, particularly for young and already vulnerable LGBTI people, who should be protected and ...

A chance to reflect on reforms still needed  - It's an annual celebration of Australian LGBTI community pride and diversity, and one of the biggest celebrations of its kind in the world. In the March ...

Over 30000 sign petition in support of Safe Schools  - The program aims to address issues surrounding bullying and discrimination agisnt LGBTI students and has recently come under attack by the ...

We Must Look Behind The Glitter To See The Violence That Still Exists  - Safe Schools is an opt-in program that serves as an anti-bullying initiative for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex ( LGBTI ) students.

Mardi Gras: Ian Thorpe, Matthew Mitcham and other elite athletes speak candidly about ...  - When more LGBTI athletes come out and they do start getting those big endorsements and they do start getting their faces on Kellogg's boxes and ...

Indonesia's largest Islamic group calls on government to criminalize gay sex, activism  - Indonesia's largest Islamic group, which is known for its moderate interpretation of the religion, has joined the bandwagon to attack LGBTI people in ...

LGBT History Month: How One Bookshop Battled Homophobic Attacks While Supporting The ...  - A year after its establishment Scotland would decriminalise gay sex and ... the world has changed completely for lesbian and gay people in the UK , ...

Police Scotland most friendly employers for LGBT ...  - In 2015, the Force held its first professional development events for LGBTI Allies, and has continued to promote the No Bystanders campaign ...

Burberry and Inditex join global business coalition pushing for LGBTI rights  - The coalition is a collection of companies advocating for global LGBTI ... from multi-national corporates rather than LGBTI grassroots activists.

This gay imam is on a mission to make other LGBTI Muslims feel less alone in the world  - Plenty of people know what it is like to grow up gay in a conservative, homophobic household, but every single one of them at some point felt like they ...

Italy civil union bill passes hurdle, rights removed  -  LGBTI rights groups say many of the legal protections for same-sex couples have now been removed from the bill. Marilena Grassadonia of LGBTI  ...

Everything you need to know about the controversial LGBT program  - "A majority of young LGBTI people report bullying and 80% of those say that it happens at school," it said. "All young people should be able to feel safe ...

Liberal senator Dean Smith asks colleagues to have empathy for LGBTI teens  - WA Liberal senator Dean Smith has asked his colleagues to show greater empathy for LGBTI teens as debate over the Safe Schools Coalition goes ...

Gay Star News looks at what is and what has been gay about the Oscars  - Also of LGBTI interest this year: gay singer-songwriter Sam Smith is also vying for Oscar gold for co-writing the theme to the James Bond film ...

Cape Town ready to feel proud  - In her post, Soldaat said last year Free Gender joined all the LGBTI organisations under the umbrella of Alternative Inclusive Pride to picket at the ...