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5 Things to Know About LGBT Issues in Indonesia  - The lesbian, gay , bisexual and transgender population of Muslim-majority Indonesia has long faced homophobia, but attacks and harassment have ...

12 celebrities showing you can be LGBTI and a Christian  - Originally from Britain , with a theology degree from Oxford University under ... the condemnation of homosexuality is against the Christian message.

Where YOUR taxes are going: Foreign aid for vice girls in Belize and gay rights of Turks  - ANGER over Britain's multi-billion pound foreign aid bill hit boiling point last night when it was revealed how some of the money is being spent.

UK school leaders 'overwhelmingly opposed' to Government education plans, NUT survey reveals  - Some 93% of headteachers, their deputies and assistants polled by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) agreed it was “inappropriate” for the ...

Recruitment crisis poses 'serious threat' to education quality  - But the Department for Education has insisted that there has already been substantial spending on recruitment and that vacancies are not that high.

Superheads boost results but leave schools in chaos  - Parachuting a “superhead” into a school causes havoc in the long term and is only a quick fix for exam results, academics warn in a report seen by ...

Why EU says we 'could do better' on kids' education  - The UK and Ireland, assessed on social progress, rank higher than any of the other 28 EU countries, except Sweden, Finland, Denmark and the ...

Hospitals treating five young self-harm patients every day  -  Mental health should have been a priority in this mandate but it's clear from these figures on self-harm, and others on suicide, that young people in ...

Archers actress lifts lid on why domestic abuse storyline is so terrifying  - Louiza Patikas said that when she is recording domestic abuse scenes with Timothy Watson, the noise of his chunky wristwatch as he raises his hand ...

Wentworth Miller pens powerful essay on mental health in response to body-shaming Facebook ...  - The British -born actor wrote that the meme “stands out" from others as it reminds him of a particularly difficult period in his personal life when he was ...

One in five UK workers sceptical about sickness absence due to mental health  - One British worker in five (20%) admits to being sceptical about colleagues who take time off as a result of mental health issues such as depression, ...

Mental Illness : Let's get rid of this pointless stigma  - With one in six British adults experiencing mental illness in their lifetime, isn't it about time we got rid of the stigma that surrounds it? There is no ...

Mental illness mostly caused by life events not genetics, argue psychologists  -  Mental illness is largely caused by social crises such as unemployment or ... of medical research in the UK but if you look at the things that they fund, by far the ... “The issue here is that mental health is a very complex issue and the ...

Poverty alleviation key for Tibet  - The per capita disposable income of the region's population now considered to be living in poverty would increase annually by 16 per cent in the next ...

5 Things to Know About LGBT Issues in Indonesia  - The lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender population of Muslim-majority Indonesia has long faced homophobia, but attacks and harassment have ...

We might have found out new favourite city in Germany  - Cologne isn't the first place that springs to mind when you think of gay holiday destinations. The German city has always brought to mind wonderful ...

Young People Can Swing EU Vote Just Like Ireland's Gay Marriage Vote, Says Minister  - And I'd encourage young people here in the UK to do the same – tell your grandparents why you want Britain to remain in the EU and why they ...

UK -based LGBT 'PinkNews' plots US growth from Berkeley  - And PinkNews, one of the most widely read LGBT news sites in the world, has been there to cover it all. Through the United Kingdom's fight for ...

Teen asks DUP to explain why they voted against legalising same-sex marriages in ...  - Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK where same-sex marriage is not legal. The Republic of Ireland also voted in favour of legalising the unions ...

US governor rejects Georgia bill deemed anti- gay  - It made Nathan Deal the second Republican governor this month to oppose legislation deemed to discriminate against the LGBT as North Carolina ...

LGBTI activist facing deportation is released  - A Namibian-born LGBTI activist, who was facing deportation with her son after being removed from her Glasgow home last week by imigration officials, ...

Parents proud of their LGBTI kids' bravery  - Sam Bouzanquet from Noosa State High School has started a LGBTI group at school. He is pictured with his parents Jonathan and ...

North Carolina makes it legal to discriminate against LGBT people  - The state based law was introduced in response to a law passed in the city of Charlotte that provided protection for LGBTI people and stopped them ...

Georgia Governor will veto 'anti- LGBT ' bill that risked massive business boycotts  - Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has vetoed legislation allowing clergy to refuse performing gay marriage and protecting people who refuse to attend the ...

Gender-neutral housing on campus to expand with LGBT -focused program  - Starting Fall Semester 2016, OU Housing and Residence Life will introduce an LGBT Living Experience community that will provide residential ...

Should schools ask students about their sexual orientation to protect LGBT rights?  - Researchers are calling on the federal government to begin collecting information about LGBT students' experiences at the nation's schools, arguing ...

Lab Theater play looks at lives, experiences of local LGBT youth  - The play's scenes, stories, poems, monologues and songs are based on about 150 interviews with local LGBT people from ages 14-25 years old.

The Fight for Equality in the South Is Not Hopeless  - Data shows that the Deep South has been steadily growing in its acceptance of LGBT equality for the past decade, highlighting some of the strong ...

What It Feels Like for a Queer North Carolinian  - At the potential risk of affording N.C. House Republicans too much credit, I do not think a fair number of them harbor genuine malice toward LGBT  ...

Dominicans see LGBT rights advancing with gay US diplomat  - Wally has become an iconic figure in the LGBT movement because the movement does have strong local figures," said prominent activist Alexander ...

LGBT groups file lawsuit against North Carolina over 'Bathroom Bill' for discriminating against ...  -  LGBT groups have launched a federal lawsuit a new law passed in North Carolina that forbids transgender people from using the public bathrooms of ...