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Hong Kong may host the Gay Games in 2022

Hong Kong may host the Gay Games in 2022  - Now, the South China Morning Post reports that the federation behind the Gay Games may choose Hong Kong to host the games in 2022 in order to ...

Gay Eurovision contestant claims Russian officials 'tore up his passport'

Gay Eurovision contestant claims Russian officials 'tore up his passport'  - Israel's openly gay Eurovision contestant Hovi Star has complained that Russian border officials tore up his passport and laughed at him as he ...

The gay Anzacs who refused to stay silent

The gay Anzacs who refused to stay silent  - Stuart Martin looks back with pride on his six years as a nursing officer in the Royal Australian Air Force. But he also recalls having to "not be gay ".

Bishop defies Church to perform gay marriage

Bishop defies Church to perform gay marriage  - Speaking before the ceremony he told Buzzfeed News the church's views on homosexuality were "immoral, unjust, and oppressive, and they no ...

Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali Continue To Be Taught In UK Schools

Punjabi, Gujarati, Bengali Continue To Be Taught In UK Schools  - The UK's Department for Education confirmed this week that the four languages will continue to be among the choice of subjects. (Representational ...

St Andrews University is top of the class again

St Andrews University is top of the class again  - THE University of St Andrews has been ranked as Scotland's best performer in higher education and the fifth best for the UK as a whole, newly ...

Glasgow private school unveils new rector

Glasgow private school unveils new rector  - The school provides a broad and challenging education to pupils that stretches each child to be the best they can be. This philosophy is why I already ...
Why We Need to Work With Women to Prevent Violent Extremism - Of course, the issue is complex - well- educated young men and women also fall prey to extremism, including in the UK . But fear of empowerment ...

Thousands of Yorkshire families are living in crisis'

Thousands of Yorkshire families are living in crisis'  - Charity Buttle UK has handed out more than 11,300 emergency grants to ... are seeking help, leaving families “grappling with unseen child poverty ”.

5 ways Britain's richest 1000 people could give their money to the poor

5 ways Britain's richest 1000 people could give their money to the poor  -  Britain's 1,000 richest people have more than the poorest 40%, the Sunday Times Rich List shows. ... End fuel poverty AND pay every energy bill.

Southern and coastal areas face 'hidden' poverty

Southern and coastal areas face 'hidden' poverty  - Northern cities are home to the highest numbers of vulnerable children and ... to an analysis of 10 years of applications to the grant-giving charity Buttle UK . ... risk factors such as child neglect, drug and alcohol abuse and poverty ." ...

How Prescribing Books Can Give Teenagers Better Mental Health

How Prescribing Books Can Give Teenagers Better Mental Health  - Doctors and mental health experts have turned to books and novels to help ... Young Minds, a charitable organization in the U.K. , found that around ...

Glasgow among UK cities with most 'families in crisis'

Glasgow among UK cities with most 'families in crisis'  - Glasgow is among the UK cities with the highest number of vulnerable ... drivers of family crisis" - parental problems with physical or mental health , ...

Sheffield 'has highest number of vulnerable families in UK'

Sheffield 'has highest number of vulnerable families in UK '  - The report says: “The principal driver of family crisis in the region is due to parental problems, including parental physical or mental health problems, ...

How The Archers Helen Titchener Has Britain Talking About Domestic Violence

How The Archers Helen Titchener Has Britain Talking About Domestic Violence  - A brilliantly written domestic violence storyline in 'The Archers,' Britain's long-running, popular BBC radio soap, has become the rallying heart of a ...

Elderly put at risk as care homes shut in cash crisis

Elderly put at risk as care homes shut in cash crisis  - Last night Caroline Abrahams, charity director at Age UK , said: “These ... “ Older people who need care without the funds to pay are at extreme risk.

The Beatles' Ringo Starr defies his 75 years as he looks impossibly youthful

The Beatles' Ringo Starr defies his 75 years as he looks impossibly youthful  - In North Carolina, a new law prevents local and state government from mandating protections for LGBT people in the private sector or at stores and ...

Obama says daughters changed his position on gay marriage after they made him realize issue ...

Obama says daughters changed his position on gay marriage after they made him realize issue ...  - We don't recognise non-binary people under the UK Equality Act so if I am discriminated against I have no rights. 'I've been working for the last nine ...

BBC pledges to hire more LGBT staff and talent in a drive for diversity

BBC pledges to hire more LGBT staff and talent in a drive for diversity  - The corporation said it will “go further than ever before” to represent women, the LGBT community, disabled people and ethnic minorities in new ...

Where does the SNP stand on LGBTI issues?

Where does the SNP stand on LGBTI issues?  - There is a remarkable consensus among most Scottish political parties on many LGBTI issues. There are however some differences between the ...

Christian Lobby's speaker told: "You have blood on your hands!"

Christian Lobby's speaker told: "You have blood on your hands!"  - Dressed in a concentration camp prisoner of the Nazis, LGBTI rights protester Simon Hunt – AKA Pauline Pantsdown – took a stand against the ...

Hong Kong bids for the Gay Games, hopes to improve LGBTI rights in the region

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Hong Kong bids for the Gay Games, hopes to improve LGBTI rights in the region  - Out in HK, the LGBTI sports organisation responsible for the bid, explains to Gay Star News that the Gay Games could bring about great impact for ...

Tim Hopkins, director of Equality Network

Tim Hopkins, director of Equality Network  - A The Equality Network aims to help the voices of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex ( LGBTI ) people right across Scotland to be heard by ...

Competing protests at Save Safe Schools rally

Competing protests at Save Safe Schools rally  - Speaking to Equal Love supporters, Clare Francis from the National Union of Students said the supporters of LGBTI rights clearly outnumbered their ...

Norway Catholic Church may stop performing state weddings after Lutheran gay marriage vote

Norway Catholic Church may stop performing state weddings after Lutheran gay marriage vote  - It's after the Lutheran Church in Norway voted overwhelmingly to recognise and begin performing same-sex marriages earlier this month. It rejected a ...

Netherlands must issue US travel warnings like the UK, demand Dutch LGBTIs

Netherlands must issue US travel warnings like the UK, demand Dutch LGBTIs  - Members of leading Dutch LGBTI groups have called for the Netherlands government to issue travel advice following the fallout over anti-gay laws in ...

Is This The Sign Of A Less Homophobic Jamaica?

Is This The Sign Of A Less Homophobic Jamaica?  - One of the artists that have managed to confirm this is none other than Mr. Ninja Man, who has spoken out against LGBTI people on numerous ...

Caribbean Tourism Organization hosts panel discussion on 'How to reach the LGBT market'

Caribbean Tourism Organization hosts panel discussion on 'How to reach the LGBT market'  - Said Reid-Smith: 'It's fantastic that representatives of one of the Caribbean's biggest industries want to engage with the LGBTI community. We talked ...

Obama says North Carolina's HB2 is wrong, should be overturned

Obama says North Carolina's HB2 is wrong, should be overturned  - employees if they refuse to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple and sanctions the use of "conversion therapy" to "cure" LGBTI people.

Log Cabin Republicans supports Donald Trump record on LGBTI rights

Log Cabin Republicans supports Donald Trump record on LGBTI rights  - The Log Cabin Republicans, a pro- LGBTI group within the Republican party, has backed Donald Trump as a pro- LGBTI Republican candidate.

Education Minister Peter Collier no need for LGBTI anti-bullying program

Education Minister Peter Collier no need for LGBTI anti-bullying program  - Hon Peter Collier headshot Education Minister Peter Collier has ruled out any support for the Safe Schools Coalition anti-bullying program from the ...

The Commonwealth is working to undo the British empire's homophobic legacy

The Commonwealth is working to undo the British empire's homophobic legacy  - The majority of Commonwealth states criminalise gay sex with laws passed in colonial times. How can that association of nations right the wrongs of ...