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Not into Asians” – Facing stereotypes, fetishism and constant racism  - From the stereotypes of Asian guys being 'femme' or having a small penis, to the 'preferences' some gay men have, Colin and Marvin give everyone a ...

Milk' director shoots gay history series for US TV  - He said Lance Black, who is engaged to British Olympic diving star Tom Daley, was the driving force behind the series, which some have compared a ...

2 Lovely Gays go cray cray for clay clay  - Our long held love of ceramics has suddenly morphed into full on desire of late. What with the BBC's Great Pottery Throwdown on our screens earlier ...

Londoners 'are the best at maths'  - Only one quarter of people across the UK were able to work out the numbers ... including numeracy skills, amongst the public, education providers and ...

Boko Haram targets geography teachers for assassination  - Western education's principles of geography and social science contradict the eccentric teachings of group's founder, Mohammed Yusuf, says the ...

Government to miss 2020 Higher Education Target  - Widening participation in Higher Education is a topical component of government education policy in the UK and Europe. Its aim has been to increase ...

Inter-Muslim faith hate is a small issue compared to the widespread intolerance of Muslims in Britain  -  Britain , in many ways, is a more tolerant place than it has ever been before; people are more mindful than ever about gender issues, LGBT sensitivities ...

GLAAD calls on music industry to take a stand against Tennessee's anti- LGBT bills  -  LGBT advocacy organisation GLAAD and the Tennessee Equality Project gathered in Nashville to call on the country music industry to take a stand ...

Politicians urged to fight for HIV drug which could prevent virus spreading  - A CHARITY boss has written to three MPs and a House of Lords peer calling on them to use their influence to overturn a decision not to roll out an HIV  ...

Most parents have a favourite child and it's likely to be their first-born, study finds  - A study conducted at the University of California shows that out of 768 parents surveyed, 70 per cent of mothers and 74 per cent of fathers admitted to ...

UK Must Help Europe's Refugee Children  - Between 1938 and 1940 nearly 10,000 Jewish children arrived in Britain on the Kindertransport — their parents sending them away from Nazi ...

The eldest child is the favourite, according to researchers  - Researchers have found that 74% of mothers and 70% of fathers admit to having a favourite child - and children say there is a bias towards the eldest ...

Tragedy as nine young people died while patients in mental health units  - Nine children and young adolescents are now known to have died while being treated in mental health units in England since 2010. And a leading ...

As a Nation, We Have a Short-Sighted Approach to Children's Mental Health  - One in ten young people have a mental health problem. That's the equivalent of three in every classroom, yet less than 1% of NHS funding is spent on ...

Scotland needs a fresh plan to tackle poverty  - A leading coalition of charities has called for a new anti- poverty strategy as part of 17 priorities for tackling poverty to mark the Scottish Parliament's ...

Women of certain age who defy our lazy stereotyping  - Just who are these " elderly " we talk about so much? ... at the very top of the Establishment in Britain as Prime Minister and Archbishop of Canterbury ...

Go behind the scenes with Grace and Frankie  - If any other series tried to cover same-sex romance, divorce, growing old, testing friendships and family comedy it would probably get a little bit lost ...

Scottish Greens Back Calls For LGBT Inclusivity Training In Schools  - The Scottish Greens have backed a campaign by Time For Inclusive Education (TIE) which aims to introduce teacher training in LGBT+ inclusivity for ...

Mississippi church a window into national gay rights debate  - In the same sanctuary — sometimes just a few wooden pews away — are Jan Smith and Donna Phillips, a same-sex couple who are also active in the ...

Norway's Lutheran Church backs same-sex marriage  - A meeting of delegates passed the bill which will see gay weddings take place in the churches. On Monday 88 delegates out of 115 in total backed the ...

Poll finds more than half of British Muslims believe homosexuality should be illegal  - The poll carried out by ICM and commissioned for Channel 4 found that more than half of British Muslims think homosexuality should be illegal.

Bruce Springsteen and Bryan Adams stand up for LGBTI rights  - LEGENDARY singer Bruce Springsteen has been labelled a bully for condemning the controversial anti- LGBTI laws in the Us state of North Carolina.

Promised Land: Authors of LGBTI fairytale thrilled 'long overdue' story has met crowdfunding target  - An LGBTI -themed fairytale book, about a prince named Leo and a farm boy named Jack who meet and fall in love, will be officially published after ...

Botswana progress, Kenya rescue, Malaysia raid  - A group of 16 LGBTI refugees and asylum seekers from Uganda were recently relocated from Nairobi in Kenya, where they were reportedly facing ...

How Gay Slurs Toward Cristiano Ronaldo Speak Millions About Sports  -    Not because homophobia is a blunt, inaccurate baseball bat—though that as well—but because homophobia is used as a way of policing all men's ...

Students make a colourful stand against homophobia in football  - HIGH school students have laced up their boots for a national campaign aiming to rid football of homophobia . Bedford High School in Leigh has joined ...

Overcoming India's Official Homophobia  - Sixty-six years after adopting one of the world's most liberal constitutions, India is being convulsed by a searing debate over a ...

Indonesian Government nominated for homophobia award for trying to ban gay emojis  - The Indonesian Government has been nominated for an LGBT award in Australia. But it's not exactly the kind of award anybody would want to win ...

Sydney Uni studentsto march in support of a 'Rainbow Campus'  - We are calling on Sydney University to implement six concrete steps to counter homophobia and transphobia on campus, and provide real leadership ...

Fighting homophobia with art in Nigeria  - Mike Daemon, host and founder of the Nigerian LGBTIQ podcast No Strings and a contributor to Erasing 76 Crimes, announces a new project on the ...

Coming Out On Facebook May Soon Be A Death Sentence In Saudi Arabia  - PinkNews, an LGBT-centric publication based in the U.K., is reporting that the Middle East nation may reinstitute the death penalty for homosexuality , ...

Mississippi's restaurants protest anti- LGBTI religious liberty law  - Following the lengthy list of businesses that have made their opposition known to North Carolina's religious freedom bill, HB 2, a growing number of ...