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Same-sex unions are not enough, say Italy's exiled gay parents  - We travel with the contact details of the British Foreign Office and the Adoption Order in case anyone starts questioning 'why the mother is not ...

There's only one openly gay CEO in the Fortune 500...There has to be more'  - My father was a British Army officer who later worked for Anglo-Persian Oil [now BP] so we were constantly travelling. After much resistance from my ...

Pucker up Putin – This amazing mural is going viral  - With that in mind, we can only imagine what might happen when the pair come across this new mural of them sharing a tender kiss in Lithuania.

The luxury of a holiday should never come before a child's education  - It is about deciding who is responsible for a child's education . The court ... When will Britain make more of an effort to achieve budget transparency?

Plan for more new universities and higher fees  - The government's proposals for higher education will also confirm plans to allow tuition fees to increase above £9,000 from autumn 2017. This will ...

Government wants new laws on universities that need to recruit more disadvantaged youngsters  - In a White Paper published today – and expected to be a centrepiece of the Queen’s Speech on Wednesday – universities are told they should publish information about application, offer and progression rates, broken down by ethnicity, gender and socio-economic background.

Soaring cost of teaching migrant children: £3 BILLION bill 'another reason to quit EU'  - Anti-Brussels campaigners are further frustrated that a Government analysis of the impact of migration on the education system is not expected to be ...

Best universities in the UK 2016  - As is common in the UK , the university offers a number of joint honours ... Nobel prizewinners and more than 120 Olympic medallists were educated at ...

UK poverty : the charts that show the true state of low income Britain  - The UK has 3.9 million people in "persistent poverty " according to a report released from the Office for National Statistics today. Persistent poverty is ...

Fight poverty and injustice by getting involved in Christian Aid Week  - As the longest running community fundraising event in the UK , Christian Aid Week unites over 20,000 churches across the country to achieve ...

Celebrated British filmmaker "shocked" at US poverty  -  British filmmaker Andrea Arnold said on Sunday the "shocking" poverty she saw travelling across America drove her to make her Cannes ...

Charity Save the Children urges 'new deal' for child refugees  - Save the Children is calling for greater international commitment to ensure child refugees remain in school. The charity's new report, A New Deal for ...

Report warns of wealth gap between older and younger pensioners  - Independent Age said this gap was due to low levels of saving among older pensioners. It found that three quarters of over 75s had no source of ...

Silent generation' of older pensioners are living in poverty  -  Older people's charity Independent Age examined the financial circumstances of a cohort of older people who lived through the Second Word War, ..

Silver Week launched to combat 'hidden epidemic of loneliness' in line with the Queen's 90th birthday  - The Silver Line, a helpline for older people , is launching Silver Week ... of over-90s calling our helpline is double the proportion in the UK population.”.

Nearly 1m over-75s living in poverty, report says  - The charity Independent Age says ministers should do more to make older ... Independent Age's chief executive Janet Morrison said the UK's 11.8m ...

Less tourists travel to North Carolina and Mississippi since the passage of anti- LGBT legislation  - Mississippi and North Carolina have seen a drop in people wanting to visit their states since anti- LGBT legislation was passed. Last month, the UK  ...

Castro's daughter leads Cuba's biggest ever Pride parade amid calls for LGBT reforms  - President Raúl Castro's daughter has led Cuba's largest Pride event ever – as LGBT activists call for recognition in the country. Mariela Castro is a ...

LGBTI people from 21 countries around the world explain why they fight for equality  - For International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), the United Nations asked LGBTI people around the world to film a ...

Time's up for LGBTI village  - Moorabool Shire Mayor Allan Comrie, founder Peter Dickson and Victorian Gender And Sexuality Commissioner Rowena Allen at the Linton Estate ...

Paving the way for respect  - will join in the anti-discrimination effort, with members of the public invited to leave positive messages about the LGBTI community in chalk along the ...

Man arrested for murder of Bangladeshi gay activists  - A MAN has been arrested for the violent murder of the editor of Bangladesh's only LGBTI media publication and another gay activist. Three weeks ago.

Volunteers crowdfund this year's Istanbul LGBTI Pride Week  - Istanbul Pride Week, organized by a group of independent activists and volunteers, will take place on June 20-26. While the lambdaistanbul LGBTI  ...

Azealia Banks sorry for racist and anti- LGBTI rant  - It took some time, but Azealia Banks figured out bigotry is never a good look. The performer went on Instagram to apologize for her racist, and anti-gay, ...

Find out more about The Greens  - The Greens LGBTI Community Panel is your chance to put your questions to The Greens politicians and find out where they stand on key issues and ...

Can international business really help promote LGBT rights worldwide?  -  LGBTI persons undergo a real Apartheid in Africa – that is a state which puts all its strengths of protection against one of his communities. We think ...

Albanian Gay Activists Pedal for Equality  - At the end of the ride, activists stopped at the doors of the Prime Minister's office and unfurled a large banner reading "equal rights for LGBTI families.”.

Mississippi faces suit for anti- LGBTI legislation  - The legislation allows civil service employees, businesses, and social workers to deny services to LGBTI customers if they believe marriage is ...

Mariela Castro leads Cuba LGBT march  - The Cuban Foundation for LGBTI Rights and other independent advocacy groups launched a campaign late last year that encourages Cubans to sign ...

Germany declares three countries that criminalize gay sex to be 'safe' for gay asylum seekers  - Germany's biggest LGBTI organization, the Lesben- und Schwulenverband Deutschland (LSVD) called the government's new stance a 'human ...

These messages left by LGBTI veterans of mental health might just be the hope that saves lives - They say pictures can speak a thousand words, but one message of hope can change the way we see the world and sculpt our future in an infinity of ...

Bigots and bullies": Pre-election hostilities reignite over Safe Schools  - The initiative is expected to be even bigger than San Franscisco's LGBTI centre, showcasing the community's art and history, as well as house free ...