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Mexican players launch campaign against homophobia  - However, FIFA took a stronger stand this year and Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Peru and Uruguay, were fined by the governing body for homophobic  ...

Children living in poverty more likely to feel like failures warns report  - Children living in poverty are more likely to feel like failures and suffer mental health problems than their wealthier classmates, a report warns today.

The case against working till you drop  - On demographics, the author does not deny that the proportion of older people in UK society is increasing. However, he states that this is less the ...

Climate change 'very much a uk health issue', warns alliance  - The alliance said climate change is "very much a UK health issue" because of factors such as the impact of flooding on mental health to the spread of ...

Young poor people 'more likely to have mental health issues than wealthy peers'  - Young people living in poverty are more likely to feel like failures and suffer mental health problems than their more affluent classmates, according to a ...

Need for whole-of-society approach to prevent mental illness developing  - One in four people in England will experience a mental health problem in any given year, ranging from anxiety and depression through to more ...

Poor children at greater risk of mental health problems, says Christian charity  - The Children's Society has released a report saying that poorer children face a greater risk of mental health problems than wealthier children.

I worked in mental health - and after seeing the effects that austerity had on people, I had to leave  - Working and training in mental health was always going to be a fight – but what I wasn't prepared for was walking into the battle naked. My training ...

Wentworth Miller Hits Out Over Fat Meme  - Out A Lister Wentworth Miller has spoken about how the meme released with him a fuller figure was taken the “lowest point of his adult life” when he ...

Chinese censors allow trailer for film of gay love story  - A film about gay lovers appears to have been approved by China's normally strict censors. More than two years after Seek McCartney finished filming, ...

Eurovision reveals what would happen if Russia wins 2016 contest  - Russia enforces a 'gay propaganda' law that arrests and fines LGBTI people for acts authorities consider to be a 'promotion of homosexuality'.

The Royal Commission into Family Violence report: what it means for LGBTI Victorians  - Within the 1900-page report, a number of recommendations were made focusing on family and intimate partner violence in the LGBTI community.

Australian Rugby Union and SKINS Support 'Rainbow Round of Sport' - It comes after the organisers of Sydney's 2014 Bingham Cup (the Gay Rugby World Cup) and a coalition of LGBTI sports commissioned a global ...

 20 years of political homophobia from the religious right  - I wrote the Safe Schools LGBTI program, Tony Abbott. ... After 20 years, LGBTI Australians are still struggling simply for the right to exist and religious ...

North Carolina Attorney General won't defend 'shameful' anti- LGBTI law in court  - North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper said Tuesday (29 March) that he will not defend his state's newly passed anti- LGBTI law which he calls ...

Federal budget restores Court Challenges Program funding  - for our community. And we're looking forward to a positive relationship and partnership with respect to LGBTI issues for the remainder of their term.”.

Same sex marriage 2 years on: Why we're not all popping champagne  -  LGBT people did not all receive equality with a stroke of David Cameron's pen. ... Take the 'spousal veto' enshrined in English and Welsh laws - which ...

Over 40% of gay men are unaware they can donate stem cells  - A survey by blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan has revealed the extent to which the myth that gay men cannot donate their stem cells or bone ...

The Baseball Coach Who Said "We Kill Gay People" Is Now Attempting To Combat Homophobia In ...  - We're all for a story that has a happy ending, especially if it involves a reformed homophobe . Colorado Mesa College coach Sean McKinney was ...

Transphobia, homophobia , ignorance and piss  - To me, HB2 is an act of violent transphobia and homophobia built upon prejudice and bigotry. In the creation of this bill, it is abundantly clear to me ...

My Morocco, Why Are You So Homophobic ?  - Once again, I am writing you a letter. I wish I could tell you that I love you, or thank you, or tell you that I'm proud of you. But it seems that you're better ...

NHL safety director Patrick Burke running to help end homophobia in sports  - The NHL's director of player safety, Patrick Burke, is running three half-marathons for You Can Play, a non-profit seeking to end homophobia in sports.

When will I stop feeling self-conscious about being gay?  - Maybe because homophobia is still there. And because we can still perhaps never predict how someone might react to finding out the fact that one is ...

17 non-white LGBTI celebrities we'd like to see on the cover of a gay magazine  - So here are some LGBTI celebrities of Afro, Asian, Latino or other non-white descent that we think would look great on more hard copy covers.