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Tom Daley's partner blasts singer Sam Smith for texting diver in Twitter row over gay Oscar winners  - The openly- gay star also took the opportunity to publicly blast Sam for ... He beat the likes of British star Eddie Redmayne, Bryan Cranston, Matt ...

Children's search engine causes controversy  - Young people regularly use the internet to find information on LGBT issues," a Stonewall spokesperson said. "Attempting to stop young people finding ...

Eddie Redmayne speaks out for homeless LGBT youth  - Eddie Redmayne sat down with centre's CEO Lorri L. Jean to learn about the different services offered that support and empower LGBT youth.

More LGBT foster carers sought by agency  - This year marks six consecutive years of being recognised in the Stonewall Top 100 employer's listings as one of the UK's most gay friendly ...

Boys, as well as girls, perform better in single-sex schools'  - The recent publication of the 2015 GCSE performance tables has put the performance of single-sex and mixed gender schools in the spotlight once ...

EU referendum: too many 'known unknowns'?  - This is because we simply don't know what deal the UK would be able to negotiate post-Brexit. A sense of this frustration was in the air when a roomful ...

Why UK universities are returning to the public debt markets  -  The University of Leeds has recently become the latest higher education institution to raise money by issuing a public bond. The bond is worth £250m, ...

Fall in numbers of young jobless  - The number of young people not in education , employment or training (NEET) is at its lowest for the time of year since 2001, UK -wide figures show.

Why are so many British actors privately- educated ?  - While 42 per cent of British Bafta winners went to a fee-paying school, just 19 per cent of British winners at the Brits were educated privately.

Active lifestyles and health worries for 70-somethings - The study of 2,000 people aged between 70 and 79 years old from across the UK also found that a Ford is their typical car of choice. People in this age  ...

70-somethings earning the same as 30-year-olds, research finds  - life is not so cash-comfortable for others, with many still in debt in old age , found the study of 2,000 people aged between 70 and 79 across the UK .

Older people feel 'more serene' than younger adults - study  -  Older adults have more positive responses about feelings such as serenity, sadness and loneliness than young adults, according to a new study by ...

Richard Gere proves he's still a gentleman at the UK premiere of Time Out of Mind  - The suave silver fox extended his hand to a delighted elderly woman on his way into the Glasgow Film Theatre, putting a huge smile on her face.

Number of elderly people suffering from two or more chronic illnesses is rising  - Researchers found the number of people in England aged over 50 living with more than one chronic condition could have risen by 10 per cent in the ...

Majority of UK believes overseas aid should rise, survey says  - A slightly higher percentage of Britons than the EU average think tackling poverty in developing countries should be a government priority.

India's economy: five things you need to know  - India is the world's biggest democracy and one of its biggest markets, but it has struggled to haul its 1.2 billion people out of poverty . Millions of people ...

Japan, US should spearhead fight for rights of sexual minorities, urges US envoy  - He also said that when issues related to the LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) community become overly politicized, problems ...

Facebook's first “cause-related frame” to show support for Australian marriage equality  - Facebook also revealed the number of “likes” for Australian LGBTI pages rose by more than 20 per cent last year and even had an increase in likes ...

Panti Bliss talks marriage equality safe schools and marching at Mardi Gras  - Bliss is equally vocal on the need to protect our LGBTI youth from bullying and questioned the ethics behind those people who would see Australia's ...

Tony Abbott Wants Safe Schools Funding Cut, Despite His Goverment Launching The Program  - Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has labelled the Safe Schools Coalition LGBTI framework a "social engineering program" and ...

Melbourne's call to action:"We as the people have thepower"  - We weren't expecting this level of interest,” LGBTI activist Starlady tells Same Same. “This has really struck a chord in the community because there ...

Meet The People Fighting Homophobia And Transphobia In Africa  - Photographs of LGBTI activists in Kenya, South Africa, Cameroon, Zambia and Uganda are currently exhibited on the streets of Spain's industrial city ...

Tony Abbott says Safe Schools LGBTI program's funding should be 'terminated'  - The former prime minister Tony Abbott's attack follows Malcolm Turnbull's plea for MPs to consider the impact of their words on young people.

Out of the bars and into the streets: how Mardi Gras is returning to its roots - Evelyn Gray and Nancy Mills are mothers with different experiences of raising LGBTI children. They are proud to be marching in the Sydney Gay and ...

Transgender Fitness Model Aydian Dowling Covers ' Gay Times'  - Transgender fitness model Aydian Dowling covers the latest issue of UK gay glossy Gay Times. “I am SO happy to finally be able to announce this ...

Fairytale Vienna, where the LGBTI community puts a fresh spin on tradition  - It’s been named the city with the world’s highest quality of life in a recent ranking and is famed for its fairytale atmosphere – but there’s more to Vienna than initially meets the eye.

You need to read this Christian's response to an anti-gay Ugandan Archbishop  - If anyone should feel betrayed it is LGBTI Anglicans in Africa, who have suffered a holocaust of violence and cruelty, incited by people such as you.

Albanian Gays Party to Defeat Isolation  - The party, whose slogan was 'Someone you love is LGBTI [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex]', was attended by several dozen people as ...

Student expelled from British university for biblical opposition to gay marriage  - Davis spent five days in jail last summer for her faith-based refusal to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples. She became a heroic symbol of ...

7 openly gay Academy Award winners that aren't Sam Smith following those LGBT 'first' claims at ...  - In fact, the Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter - who won Best Original Song for Spectre's "Writing's on the Wall" - isn't even the first openly gay  ...

Lancashire's LGBT history mapped out on interactive website  - Lancashire's lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) history has been mapped out on an interactive website. The Lancaster and Morecambe ...

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 , ...