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When will I stop feeling self-conscious about being gay ?  - I edited the most widely read gay magazine in the UK for several years and been interviewed on radio and TV about gay issues. And yet – still – I ...

Australian States And Territories Respond To LGBT Anti-Bullying Program Changes  - Australian States And Territories Respond To LGBT Anti-Bullying Program Changes - Is the best way to deal with [LGBTI students] a generic approach ...

Do too many gay characters die on television?  - Lance Powell wasn't the first openly gay character in the long running British police TV series, but he was certainly one of the more memorable.

Saudi man arrested for flying rainbow flag not knowing it symbolised LGBT pride  -  Google's 'Places of Pride' map celebrates love with LGBT rainbow pins. The father had raised the flag on a three metre pole above his home in ...

Teachers threaten strikes over excessive workload  - As the NUT conference in Brighton voted to campaign over the "workload crisis", the Department for Education published proposals to tackle ...

Cross-party move against England's academy schools plan  - Speaking at the NASUWT teacher union conference in Birmingham, Ms Morgan said she would not row back on the government's reform agenda, saying the plans would put control over schools into the hands of heads and teachers.

Majority of school leaders oppose Government's education reforms, poll finds  - A Department for Education spokesman said: "The fact that almost 70% of all open academies have voluntarily become one suggests the concerns ...

Let pupils live dangerously, Health and Safety Executive chief tells schools  - Coping with risk and danger is a key part of a child's education and should be put at the heart of the school curriculum, according to Dame Judith ...

Adopted children to get faster mental healthcare  - Children who are adopted or in foster care will be offered a fast-track route into mental health treatment. Ministers are to set up an expert group this ...

17 billion reasons to leave the EU  - There are almost two million unemployed in the UK , with young people suffering ... Young families are financially stretched, the elderly are unsure and ...

Australian minister Fiona Richardson reveals domestic abuse in own family  - Australia's first minister for family violence has revealed her family's harrowing domestic violence past, spurred by an abusive father in her birth country ...

More teachers giving food, clothes and money to pupils in poverty  - Teachers are increasingly giving food, clothes and money to pupils living in poverty , research has found. A survey of more than 3,250 teachers by the ...

Poverty -stricken children struggling to concentrate at school because parents can't afford food  - Rising numbers of children are going to school hungry and unable to concentrate because they are living in poverty . Alarmed teachers say children's ...

Teachers are feeding pupils who turn up to school hungry amid worsening poverty fears  - Chris Keates, general secretary of NASUWT, Britain's largest teaching union, said: “Teachers and schools are being left to pick up the pieces of ...

Grab your dog and take a leading role in our campaign  - The Recorder has launched a major mental health awareness campaign with charity Havering Mind, which will run throughout 2016. This week, it ...

Could you benefit from taking a ' mental health day'?  - A growing chorus of experts are not only condoning, but recommending taking what's known as a Mental Health Day if and when you feel you need to.

Ecuador Makes Important Strides for LGBTI People  - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa, along with a number of ministers, hosts a meeting with representatives of LGBTI peoples at the presidential ...

12 celebrities showing you can be LGBTI and a Christian  - Talented, successful, LGBTI - and Christian? These men and women show you can be all of the above. 12 celebrities showing you can be LGBTI and ...

San Francisco Mayor bans employees from travelling to North Carolina after anti- LGBTI law passes  - Mayor Edwin Lee condemned North Carolina after Governor Pat McCrory signed into law new legislation which overturned protections for LGBTI  ...

Kansas Lawmakers Want to Pay Children Who Out Trans Students  - Kansas senators have passed a bill that would essentially reward children for reporting trans kids who use certain restrooms and changing facilities.

Uganda cleric vows to fight pro-gay lawmakers  - Sheikh Nuhu Mazaata brought up the subject while addressing prayers at at mosque in Kampala, saying that anyone defending LGBTI people will ...

Free massages offered for veterans of HLR  - HLR30 Hands will provide massage and bodywork by volunteers who are both members of the LGBTI communities, and are professionally trained in ...

IBM condemns North Carolina's anti- LGBTI law  - Pat McCrory signed House Bill 2, which prevents local municipalities from enacting LGBTI non-discrimination laws and blocks transgender people ...

Gay Tory columnist condemns Boris Johnson for courting LGBTI voters  - A prominent gay Conservative commentator has criticized London mayor Boris Johnson for courting LGBTI voters to leave the European Union.

Study Raises Concerns For Young LGBTI  - Whilst there has been significant advancement in the civil and legal rights of LGBTI people in Ireland, we need to address the issues many of our ...

Bookshop Darlinghurst up for sale: New owners sought to take over iconic LGBTI business  - The Bookshop is one of the most iconic stores on Oxford Street and its sale represents a rare opportunity to own a piece of LGBTI history. McDonald ...

Botswana: Court of Appeal Unanimously Recognises Gay Rights Organisation  - It noted that LEGABIBO's objectives are to "further human rights and the wellbeing of LGBTI persons in Botswana and that advocating for the laws to ...

World Psychiatric Association: 'Stop trying to “cure” gay people and legalize their sex lives'  - The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) has this week released its strongest position statement on LGBTI rights to date, calling for the universal ...

Backlash against new anti- LGBTI North Carolina law  - As news broke of the repeal of a law in North Carolina to protect LGBTI people from discrimination, the public backlash has been swift and damning.

Rural LGBTI people feel safer in urban areas  - A new report released by The Rainbow Project found LGBTI people in Northern Ireland have more resources when coming out in urban as opposed to ...

Clay Aiken angry about North Carolina's anti- LGBTI law but more upset about voter apathy  - Maybe so judging from a tweet he posted on Friday (25 March) about new anti- LGBTI law HB2. The one-time American Idol runner-up wrote: 'I'm as ...

Australian States And Territories Respond To LGBT Anti-Bullying Program Changes  - Is the best way to deal with [ LGBTI students] a generic approach across people who potentially aren't qualified [or] have professional capability there ...