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The UK's Only LGBT Domestic Violence Charity Is Still Fighting For Its Life  - One in four LGB people face domestic violence, and four in five trans people are victims too. Yet the only charity there to help them has been in crisis.

Starr boycotts North Carolina over 'anti- LGBT ' law  - Ringo Starr has joined a growing list of artists and businesses boycotting North Carolina to protest its change to transgender laws. The former Beatle ...

Where In The World Is Homosexuality Punished By The Death Penalty - There are many countries and states where homosexual acts could land you the death penalty. Of these countries all are located in Central Africa or in ...

Half of all people 'could have gay genes,' according to US study  - Half of all people, including straight men and women, could have " gay genes" that are passed on through the generations, a study claims.

Women who wait found to have healthier and better- educated children  - She added that the findings, although based on Swedish data, would be likely to apply to modern developed countries such as the UK . The authors ...

UK's Poorest Kids Bottom Of Healthy Eating Table  - The UK is failing to improve the wellbeing of children from poor ... The UK was also near the bottom on physical activity, while in education the UK  ...

British university graduates from wealthier families earn more, postgraduation, than others in same ...  - Times Higher Education logo The paper's abstract says that while “considerable” variation in graduate earnings is evident across different institutions, ...

UK 'Slipping Behind Developed Countries' In Combating Child Inequality, Unicef Finds  - Child inequality is worse in the UK than many other developed countries, ... Overall, the UK places 25th out of 37 countries in terms of education  ...

Better mental health treatment would boost nations' economies: WHO  - Every dollar spent on better treatment of anxiety and depression produces a return of $4 in better health  ...

Superstar Welsh DJ Sasha opens up about why anxiety issues forced him to leave the limelight  - The Grammy award nominee, who has remixed tracks for the likes of Madonna and The Chemical Brothers, tried to cope with his mental problems  ...

Mental health patients wait 'years' for treatment  - Patients are being asked to wait several years for some specialist mental health ... The British Medical Association in Wales called the delays "unacceptable". ... Mental health charity Gofal said it was frustrated that despite investment, ...

Stephen Fry criticised by charity after telling abuse victims to “just grow up”  -  Mental health charity Mind is reviewing its relationship with its patron ... enormously to change public attitudes in the UK about mental health for the ...

Britain 'lagging behind developed world' on child poverty , Unicef report reveals  -  Britain has been reprimanded by the UN over its record on reducing inequality among children , as a report revealed we lag behind some much poorer ...

Bernie Sanders wants the US to stop having the highest child poverty rate among rich countries  -    One clear illustration that these policies work comes from the Blair and Brown Labor Party governments in the U.K , which pledged to end child poverty  ...

Domestic abuse survivor: 'I emailed myself: If I die tonight, it was my boyfriend'  - A survivor of domestic abuse has told of the moment she wrote to herself to tell her family her abusive boyfriend had killed her. DJ and TV presenter ...

Young people are a 'bunch of time-wasters' who spend an hour daydreaming every day, says ...  - Young people in Britain today are a “bunch of time wasters”, according to new ... The research questioned 2,021 people and found that in each typical ...

Louisiana governor signs executive order protecting LGBTI workers  - Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards on Wednesday (13 April) signed an executive order prohibiting state agencies and state contractors from ...

White House speaks out against 'mean-spirited' anti- LGBTI legislation in states  - Earnest also said this current wave of anti- LGBTI legislation – which began after the US Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal in all 50 US ...

Don't cry over Anglicans who lost the power to oppress  - equality and too little about mistreatment of LGBTI Christians, says journalist Jim Naughton, who specializes in coverage of the United States-based ...

Anti-homophobia booklet for W Cape schools  - The booklet says bullying and harassment of young LGBTI people were not adequately addressed by schools. Terence Khala, a spokesperson for the ...

LGBTIs more likely to buy or sell homes than straight people  - In a representative study Emerald Life, the UK's first full-service insurance provider for the LGBTI community, asked 2,023 adults about their plans for ...

Wickes' DIY experts build Digital Pride partnership  - With Manchester, one of Britain's gay centers, as the place we started out in, we have always been close to the LGBTI community,' Matthew Gaunt, ...

Scottish Greens launches a comprehensive LGBTI manifesto  - Scottish Greens Rainbow Greens, the Scottish Green Party's LGBTI group, launched a comprehensive 'mini-manifesto' aimed to tackle LGBTI equality, ...

LGBTI hate crime victims failed by Romanian authorities  - According to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) an investigation by Romanian police into an attack on two Bucharest Pride participants in ...

Why is the UK government trying to ban images of anal sex?  - No doubt, if pressed, government would be mightily indignant at any suggestion that the target of this thinking was what gay guys and, let's face it, ...

Half of all people could be carrying ' gay genes'  - Around half of all people, including straight men and women, could carry “ gay genes”, meaning that they continue to be passed down the generations ...

Gay Air France cabin crew object to Iran flights over death penalty fears  -  Gay Air France cabin crew are calling for a boycott of the airline's new route to Iran, where homosexuality is punishable by death. The airline resumes ...

Adam Lambert wants more openly gay pop stars in America  - And with stars such as Olly Alexander from Years And Years and Sam Smith flying the flag for openly homosexual British singers, Adam thinks it's ...

Award-winning gay youth activist found dead aged 22 following apparent suicide  - Amongst Parkin's achievements is his influence on his high school's Gay -Straight Alliance club, where he was president. Julie Van Orden, an English  ...

Gay journalist stabbed to death by 'Hitler-loving homophobe' in Russia  - A Russian man who shared Nazi imagery on his social media has been arrested for the murder of a gay journalist. Popular arts and theatre critic, ...

Ilia State University's controversial study claims half of population have ' gay genes'  - Around half of all straight men and women potentially carry so-called homosexuality genes that are passed on from one generation to the next.

Multi-millionaire gay men who shared luxury Mayfair flat fight bitter court row over who gets the ...  - A multi-millionaire former couple are embroiled in a bitter High Court battle over their tanning shop empire and pot plants following the breakdown of ...