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My Boyfriend Has Pictures Of Other Men On His Phone

My Boyfriend Has Pictures Of Other Men On His Phone  - This week the internet's most vicious agony aunt helps or hinders a reader who finds that his boyfriend has pictures of other men's penises on his ...

Queens Wants To Tackle Exclusion In The Commonwealth

Queens Wants To Tackle Exclusion In The Commonwealth  - There are two countries which still have the death penalty as a punishment for homosexual acts and 18 which imprison people for homosexual acts.

Head defends 'gay play' at her primary school and stands up to homophobic comments on social ...

Head defends ' gay play' at her primary school and stands up to homophobic comments on social ... - AN Atherton head teacher has defended a ' gay play' staged at her primary school after it sparked homophobic comments on social media.

The Vatican's ban on romantic gay drama 'Weekend' appears to have backfired

The Vatican's ban on romantic gay drama 'Weekend' appears to have backfired  - The independent British film, directed by Looking's Andrew Haigh and released in the UK back in 2011, was restricted to just ten cinemas in the ...

Why Chinese PhD students are drawn to the UK

Why Chinese PhD students are drawn to the UK  - Nevertheless, for some students, the desire to come to the UK will be about more than just higher education . One student's answer was simple.

Children should learn mainly through play until age of eight, says Lego

Children should learn mainly through play until age of eight, says Lego  - Toy company funds research suggesting educational development can be hindered by early formal schooling. So are UK schools getting it wrong?

Universities 'most reliant' on teaching-only staff named

Universities 'most reliant' on teaching-only staff named  - The UK universities that are “relying most” on teaching-only staff have been named by a group campaigning against casualisation in the higher ...

Enthusiastic volunteers wanted to make a difference at Age UK Oldham

Enthusiastic volunteers wanted to make a difference at Age UK Oldham  - Age UK Oldham provides opportunities for older people in the local area including traditional day care services, falls prevention classes, and disability, ...

HIV drug could stop skin cancer becoming drug-resistant

HIV drug could stop skin cancer becoming drug-resistant  -  HIV drug could stop skin cancer becoming drug-resistant ... Professor Nic Jones, Director of Cancer Research UK's Manchester Cancer Research ...

Together we can combat self-harm', says Cambridgeshire psychiatrist Dr Jorge Zimbron

Together we can combat self-harm', says Cambridgeshire psychiatrist Dr Jorge Zimbron  - The Mental Health Foundation says the UK has one of the highest rates of self-harm in Europe, at 400 per 100,000 of the population. As a psychiatrist ...

What Can We Do About Soaring Anti-Depressant Use Among Adolescents?

What Can We Do About Soaring Anti-Depressant Use Among Adolescents?  - Those five countries include the United States, the United Kingdom , the ... The UK and much of Europe agrees that mental health care needs closer ...

Sociable teenagers are 'LESS likely to binge drink or smoke cigarettes and cannabis'

Sociable teenagers are 'LESS likely to binge drink or smoke cigarettes and cannabis'  - A team at the University of Dundee in Scotland surveyed more than 1,000 high school students between the ages of 13 and 17. The study showed that having strong connections with those three key groups - family, classmates and friends - lowered the likelihood of a teenager falling victim to substance use.

Support for perinatal mental health illnesses through PANDAS

Support for perinatal mental health illnesses through PANDAS  - PANDAS, Pre and Postnatal Depression and Advice, offer an Online Community to chart and talk to others experiencing perinatal related depression.

A Different Mindset Is Needed on Mental Health

A Different Mindset Is Needed on Mental Health  - The landscape of mental health services in England is bleak. Pressures in care reveal a stark dichotomy, from the human cost being unacceptable to ...

Mind Your Mental Health: Joyce of Elm Park speaks of battle with anxiety, panic attacks and ...

Mind Your Mental Health : Joyce of Elm Park speaks of battle with anxiety, panic attacks and ...  - The Recorder has launched a major mental health awareness campaign with charity Havering Mind, which will run throughout 2016. Through Mind ...

MindEd Trust conference puts mental health issues in the spotlight

MindEd Trust conference puts mental health issues in the spotlight  - An international conference on mental health issues among young people will be staged by a Meldreth father who lost his son to suicide next Friday.

Malta will use Commonwealth chairmanship to promote LGBTIQ right...

Malta will use Commonwealth chairmanship to promote LGBTIQ right...  - Wake up lgbti are joseph lifeline. Can you explain why none of them presented any proof or sued dcg? John Azzopoardi. stop diverting the ...

Kansas City, Missouri gets dedicated LGBTI domestic violence support center

Kansas City, Missouri gets dedicated LGBTI domestic violence support center  - Kansas City in the state of Missouri has become one of the only cities in the United States to have its own dedicated support center for LGBTI victims of ...

Plebiscite could cost Australian economy $525 million::

Plebiscite could cost Australian economy $525 million::  - The total cost is conservatively estimated to exceed $20 million with an estimated 50,000 LGBTI (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex) ...

Transgender woman makes history with White House promotion

Transgender woman makes history with White House promotion  - On Monday (14 March), the 28 year old became the first transgender person to be named as The White House's top liaison to the LGBTI community.

Victoria announces 'Australian first' LGBTI Multicultural grants

Victoria announces 'Australian first' LGBTI Multicultural grants  - The Victorian government says it is working to reduce the discrimination and everyday challenges that LGBTI people from what it describes as ...

Call to arms on suicide

Call to arms on suicide  - While things have improved significantly for LGBTI people in recent years, there's still widespread discrimination and LGBTI people still experience ...

Police to be given specialist training on LGBTI hate crime

Police to be given specialist training on LGBTI hate crime  - Research by the charity Equality Network found two thirds of those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex had been verbally ...

Scotland: 60 police to train for LGBT hate crimes

Scotland: 60 police to train for LGBT hate crimes  - Scotland's leading LGBTI equality charity the Equality Network will train police to form a new network of LGBTI liaison officers that will support the ...

Charity trains police to tackle hate crime

Charity trains police to tackle hate crime  - A charity is working with the police to train 60 officers in how to deal with hate crime faced by lesbian , gay , bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) ...

Youngsters take pride in LGBT month

Youngsters take pride in LGBT month  -  LGBT history month has been celebrated in the UK since 2005 and this year the young people of Slough wanted to celebrate it within their own ...

A Romeo and Juliet for the Aids era

A Romeo and Juliet for the Aids era  - This award recognises Accenture as one of nine UK organisations that has consistently demonstrated exemplary practice to support lesbian , gay , ...

When governments curtail our freedoms, LGBT people are first in the firing line

When governments curtail our freedoms, LGBT people are first in the firing line  - The message is the same: LGBT people offend the majority, and so their existence ... In these countries, where LGBT people are already marginalised, this .... However, whilst we have come a long way in the UK there is still so much ...

Prince William and Kate give support to gay suicide awareness

Prince William and Kate give support to gay suicide awareness  - On average 17 people a day take their own life in the UK and among the LGBT community, 44% of 16 to 24-year-olds admit to considering it. If you or ...

Fans revolt after gay TV character killed off

Fans revolt after gay TV character killed off  - When a gay character on a popular TV show was killed off, fans orchestrated an enormous online campaign. " LGBT fans deserve better" was tweeted ...

Win tickets to BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival world premiere of The Pass

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Win tickets to BFI Flare: London LGBT Film Festival world premiere of The Pass  - Two young Premier League footballers are seen on three nights over 12 years. A fumbled pass (of the sexual kind) and everything changes, on and off ...

Hounslow raises awareness of hate crime against LGBT

Hounslow raises awareness of hate crime against LGBT  - The move is in response to a report which highlighted around 35,000 cases, go unreported every year, of hate crime committed in the UK against ...