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Gay couple win custody battle against Thai surrogate mother  - A same-sex American-Spanish couple have won a high-profile custody fight against a Thai surrogate mother who decided she wanted to keep the ...

Peter Tatchell urges next Stormont Assembly to overturn same sex marriage ban  - Prominent gay human rights activist Peter Tatchell has called on the next ... of the UK or Ireland where civil marriage is denied to same-sex couples.

ITV's 'The Durrells' criticised after turning gay character straight for TV  - ITV drama The Durrells has come under fire for making a gay character straight in the television adaptation of Gerard Durrell's autobiographical book ...

UK's LGBT travel advisories, which name US states, might also note machete attack in Bangladesh  - It probably should, as Bangladeshi gay rights activist and Julhas Mannan and a companion were hacked to death Monday by Islamic extremists, who ...

University of St Andrews ranked top education institution in Scotland  - SCOTLAND'S oldest institution came fifth in the UK and was the only university north of the border in the top 10, according to the latest Complete ...

Academies plan could see Tory defeat as opposition grows  - Labour said the plans needed more clarity and asked the Education Secretary to say “yes or no” whether good or outstanding schools will be forced to ...

Liberia - the country that wants to privatise its primary schools  - The country's education system was branded "a mess" in 2013 by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf after all 25,000 high school graduates that year ...

Stoke-on-Trent academy chain doubles in size to oversee education of more than 3600 pupils  - It means the City Learning Trust (CLT) is now overseeing the education of more than 3,600 pupils across Stoke-on-Trent ranging from nursery ...

LSD and magic mushrooms could beat domestic violence by making men more peaceful ...  - Psychedelic drugs could stop violent men from from beating up their wives or girlfriends, researchers have claimed in a sensational study.

Doctors look after our mental health but who looks after theirs?  - A new study from Cardiff University has revealed that nearly 60% of doctors have experienced mental illness and psychological problems at various stages in their career. That is bad enough in itself, but what is much worse is that very few of the 2,000 surveyed said that they had sought help.

Do antidepressants work better when taken with supplements? Fish oils, folate and vitamin D found ...  - It's long been reported what we eat is vital to our body but now it seems the nutrients can also play a vital role when it comes to mental health .

Kate Middleton, Prince William, Prince Harry talk about the importance of mental health in this ...  - Launched by seven UK -based mental health non-profit organisations, the Heads Together campaign seeks to focus on crushing the stigmas ...

Amnesty International highlights homophobia in Turkey with gay turtles  - Amnesty International has launched the 'Gay Turtle' campaign to highlight homophobia and transphobia in Turkey, where crime rates against the ...

National Children's Day to highlight adult wellbeing  - There are currently 3.7 million children living in poverty in the UK in 2013 -14. That's 28 per cent of children, or 9 in a classroom of 30 – with London ...

Time really DOES go more quickly as we get older  - As we get older, we have limited time left, so we don't want to linger. Older people also have more disposable time and want to get on and use it.

How the frugality of the rationing generation made millennials better at saving money  - Plus, of course, poverty in old age , though not an immediate concern for Her ... Even Age UK itself estimates that one in five older people owes money, ...

The path to achieving family dreams  - FOR the first time ever, LGBTI Australians seeking fertility and IVF treatment will be able to attend newly-opened centres designed especially for ...

Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas cancel North Carolina shows over anti-gay bill  - North Carolina shows on their “Honda Civic Tour: Future Now“ today over the state's recent anti- LGBTI legislation known as House Bill 2 (HB2).

Members of Congress criticize Saudi Arabia over LGBT rights  - The report notes that Saudi authorities arrested several people in Jiddah last June after they raided “two parties involving LGBTI individuals.” It also ...

Police, Gangs Major Perpetrators of LGBT Violence in El Salvador: Activist  - Data collected by activists suggest security forces and gang members are the principal perpetrators of violence against members of the LGBTI  ...

Photographer says United Patriots Front misuse of her images is vile  - The anti-Islam group counter-protested the rally on Saturday shouting abuse at the LGBTI community members. Now they've posted Mohammedali's ...

Pink Lady adds rainbow to its apples for Pride  - The LGBTI community is an important one, and commercial considerations aside, I tend to feel quite strongly, if you're in any sort of commercial ...

Gran Canaria mayor responds to fears that new rules and regulations could kill the gay scene  - Marco Aurelio Pérez Sanchez, the mayor of Maspalomas – the municipality where the Yumbo Centre, the hub of LGBTI life on the Spanish island ...

US Embassy worker, LGBT editor hacked to death in Bangladeshi capital - The brutal killing today of an editor of an LGBTI publication and his friend, days after a university professor was hacked to death, underscores the ...

Amnesty International highlights homophobia in Turkey with gay turtles  - Amnesty International has launched the ' Gay Turtle' campaign to highlight homophobia and transphobia in Turkey, where crime rates against the ...

Migrant Smuggling Suspect Applies For UK Asylum  - Migrant Smuggling Suspect Applies For UK Asylum ... LGBT History Month: We took to the streets of Brighton to hear if you think enough is done to ...

Contestant claims Russian authorities ripped up passport for being Gay  - Hovi Star – The Israeli entrant for this years Eurovision Song Contest – has claimed that Russian authorities at passport control ripped up his passport and laughed at him as he arrived in the country to perform at a Eurovision promo event with other contestants.

College Campus Pulls Screening Of Zoolander 2 Over LGBT Mockery  - A college campus in the US has pulled a screening of 'Zoolander 2' from a forthcoming film festival over what it reckons are inappropriate jokes at the ...

Are these new rules going to destroy Gran Canaria's gay scene?  - The Town Hall, also known as the Ayuntamiento, of the Spanish island's main LGBTI area is cracking down to make sure bars, clubs and other venues ...

Editor of Bangladesh's first LGBTI magazine hacked to death  - Xulhaz Mannan, the editor of Roopbaan – a source for LGBTI news and entertainment in the country, was one of two people who were killed by machetes in the attack in the capital, Dhaka.

Malaysia police chief says gay people can't become cops  - Until today, the LGBTI culture is not accepted in this country, so based on that principle, we still maintain the current quota for men and women,' he ...

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