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Stonewall holds its annual Equality Walk in Brighton

Stonewall holds its annual Equality Walk in Brighton  - And our work will continue until all lesbian , gay , bi and trans people, in Britain and overseas, are accepted without exception.” Performers on the day ...

Mr Gay Syria' defy's Islam with his leather hotpants

Mr Gay Syria' defy's Islam with his leather hotpants  - After crowned 'Mr Gay Syria' in Istanbul earlier this year, 24-year-old Hussein Sabat is going global with his fight for LGBT rights. Hussein is in the ...

Eurovision singer Sergey Lazarev: Russia will welcome gay fans to our country if we win

Eurovision singer Sergey Lazarev: Russia will welcome gay fans to our country if we win  - He was asked: “The majority of the Eurovision audience is part of the LGBT ... In the first Eurovision semi-final on Tuesday, the British Broadcasting ...

Rome's Trevi Fountain lights up rainbow as MPs approve gay civil unions

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Rome's Trevi Fountain lights up rainbow as MPs approve gay civil unions  - Rome's Trevi Fountain lit up rainbow last night, after Italy finally passed a law granting partnership rights to same-sex couples. Yesterday, Italy's ...

Report reveals girls born this year will be 75% more likely to go to university

Report reveals girls born this year will be 75% more likely to go to university  - going to university is due to the rise of female teachers in Britain's schools. ... Writing in the report by the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), Ms ...

The gender gap is getting worse – so how do we get more young men into higher education?

The gender gap is getting worse – so how do we get more young men into higher education ?  - For several years, the number of young men applying for further education courses has been dwindling. British boys are falling behind their female ...

Dangerous and dilapidated' school buildings damaging to pupils' health and performance

Dangerous and dilapidated' school buildings damaging to pupils' health and performance  - School buildings in the UK are of such poor quality that children are ... and teach in conditions damaging to their health and education ,” the report said.

Google and Microsoft are teaming up to investigate how computing can be improved in Britain's ...

Google and Microsoft are teaming up to investigate how computing can be improved in Britain's ...  - Quality computer science education in schools is vital," said Milward in a statement. "This project will help shape and inform computer science ...

The campus mental-health myth

The campus mental - health myth  - Last week, it was reported that money worries are stressing out British students. According to research carried out by the National Union of Students ...

Offshore Firms Forced To Reveal UK Properties

Offshore Firms Forced To Reveal UK Properties  -  "It traps the poorest in the most desperate poverty as corrupt governments around the world syphon off funds and prevent hard-working people from ...

Building Livelihoods poverty project a success, charity says

Building Livelihoods poverty project a success, charity says  - Building Livelihoods tackles the nearly one in four households in poverty . ... Tim Ashill is studying English , maths and IT at the Dove. He now helps out ...

Parents' smartphones harming children's ability to hold conversation, say teachers

Parents' smartphones harming children's ability to hold conversation, say teachers  - Gareth Jenkins director of poverty policy at Save The Children said the report "provides yet further evidence that too many children are not getting the ...

What if it happened here? Hard-hitting video casts British child as fleeing refugee

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What if it happened here? Hard-hitting video casts British child as fleeing refugee (VIDEO)  - Save the Children UK has released a powerful campaign video depicting a British child fleeing a hypothetical war-torn London in a bid to highlight the ...

How urban living affects children's mental health

How urban living affects children's mental health  - To that end, the study followed 2,232 British twins from birth to age 12. ... "We brought together our best measures of children's mental health with ...

Are Greater Manchester's poorest areas getting poorer - while the richest get richer?

Are Greater Manchester's poorest areas getting poorer - while the richest get richer?  - Greater Manchester Poverty Action point out the figures used to look at ... End Child Poverty figures from 2014 put Manchester almost bottom of the ...

Should the state provide free meals to children in the school holidays?

Should the state provide free meals to children in the school holidays?  - Free school meals during term-time have been part of the anti- poverty landscape since the 1900s. In England and Scotland, all school children  ...

Rest home acknowledged for LGBTI inclusivity

Rest home acknowledged for LGBTI inclusivity  - A New Zealand aged care facility has achieved the Silver Rainbow seal in recognition of being an inclusive, safe and welcoming environment for ...

Indonesian lesbian activist honored with award

Indonesian lesbian activist honored with award  - This is mak[ing] LGBTI peoples afraid, living in the fear, feeling unsecure, stress ... especially for those who are come out as LGBT and also LGBTI  ...

Gay and lesbian rights lobbies join forces ahead of election

Gay and lesbian rights lobbies join forces ahead of election  - The gay and lesbian rights lobbies in Victoria and New South Wales are coming together to campaign for key issues affecting LGBTI Australians ...

The 15 worst countries to be gay in Europe

 The 15 worst countries to be gay in Europe  - The most LGBTI -friendly European nations were Malta, Belgium and the UK David Silverman 1 The most LGBTI -friendly European nations were Malta, ...

Scotland is best in Europe for LGBTI equality and human rights

Scotland is best in Europe for LGBTI equality and human rights  - SCOTLAND remains the best country in Europe for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex ( LGBTI ) equality and human rights for the second ...

Italy has joined the civilized world but gay civil unions are still under threat

Italy has joined the civilized world but gay civil unions are still under threat  - Several times the European Union and the Italian Constitutional Court have asked the government in Rome to give LGBTI people all the rights they ...

Advocates to mark global day against homophobia, transphobia

Advocates to mark global day against homophobia, transphobia  - Special U.S. Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTI Persons Randy Berry is scheduled to attend events in D.C. and New York next week that will ...

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull takes out award for most for outrageous, ignorant and plainly ...

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull takes out award for most for outrageous, ignorant and plainly ...  - It all used to be so different with many in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex ( LGBTI ) community holding the Prime Minister in high ...

Italy gives green light to gay marriages as prime minister heralds 'day of celebration' despite huge ...

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Italy gives green light to gay marriages as prime minister heralds 'day of celebration' despite huge ...  - Italy's parliament has given the green light to the introduction of gay civil unions, becoming the last major Western country to legally recognise ...

The 15 worst countries to be gay in Europe

The 15 worst countries to be gay in Europe  - Azerbaijan is the least LGBTI-friendly nation in Europe, according to ratings released by a leading rights organisation. It is predominantly post-Soviet ...

Lithuania ahead of Latvia for LGBT rights

Lithuania ahead of Latvia for LGBT rights  - The survey shows Lithuania is doing somewhat better in ensuring LGBTI rights than the majority of post-Soviet countries. However, discrimination is ...

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull takes out the Golden GLORIA

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull takes out the Golden GLORIA  - The PM also took out the award in the Politics section for saying nothing to help defend the LGBTI community from attacks on Safe Schools, and for ...

Scotland named Europe's most LGBTI-friendly country: Here are 12 glorious landscapes to celebrate

Scotland named Europe's most LGBTI -friendly country: Here are 12 glorious landscapes to celebrate  - Scotland would be the most tolerant and LGBTI -friendly destination in ... Scotland continues to be rated the best country in Europe for LGBTI equality is ...

Wisconsin businesses embrace rainbow decals to show they're LGBTI-friendly

Wisconsin businesses embrace rainbow decals to show they're LGBTI -friendly  - Businesses both inside and outside Wisconsin that want to visibly demonstrate that they welcome LGBTI customers can now do so thanks to the ...

Azerbaijan worst place to be gay in Europe, finds LGBTI index

Azerbaijan worst place to be gay in Europe, finds LGBTI index  - Azerbaijan was ranked the worst place in Europe for LGBTI people to live, meeting only five per cent of a rights group's criteria for legal equality.

Substantial doubt' over the future of world's only publicly-traded LGBT company

Substantial doubt' over the future of world's only publicly-traded LGBT company  - In February of this year MMP launched WiRLD.com, a LGBTI news and entertainment website, and in April it relaunched its FrontiersMedia website.