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Gay activists target homophobic B&B owner who refuses to let same-sex couples share a bed  - A B&B owner who refuses to allow homosexual couples to share a bed has called in police over what he calls 'offensive' emails from gay activists.

Victorian premier apologies for 'abominable' laws punishing homosexuality  - In a move that's thought to be a world first, Victoria's premier, Daniel Andrews, has apologised to gay Victorians who were convicted under the ...

Homophobic Uber driver's anti- gay rant made this man fear for his safety  - When this man found himself in a taxi with a homophobic driver, he was shaken and scared. Earlier this month, Lewis Peters took an Uber to meet ...

Britain's Got Talent viewers complain over David Walliams' ' gay act'  -  Britain's Got Talent viewers have accused judge David Walliams of “insulting” fans with his ' gay act'. During Saturday night's episode of the popular ...

London over the North East? Report says our schoolchildren suffer from 'unfair' funding  - The successful turnaround of London's schools shows that educational disadvantage can be tackled though investment, strong leadership and ...

Top 10 European countries for graduate jobs  - With the graduate jobs market in the UK as competitive as ever, new research has analysed the opportunities for British graduates in key European ...

Teenage pregnancies have almost halved in England thanks to sex education  - Rates of teenage pregnancy in some parts of England fell by almost half after the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy (TPS) was introduced in 1999 by the ...

99-Year- Old Thought To Be World's Oldest Person To Beat Cancer After Receiving NHS Operation  - A 99-year- old is thought to be the oldest person to beat cancer in the world after recently undergoing bowel cancer surgery on the NHS. Grandfather ...

Five Lessons For Eldercare From The Childcare Revolution  - Growing numbers of older people need care, but fewer older people are ... That means more and more older people are paying for care themselves, ... as carers and workers, just like the Age UK story re older carers did last week; we ...

Majority Of Brits Think Islam Is Incompatible With UK Values  - Negative views of Islam are most common among the elderly , while people ... A slightly higher portion than in the U.K. , 61 percent, agreed with the ...

Uniting across racial divides to fight poverty  - "I walk three miles from Shaw to Oldham every week no matter ... able to rejuvenate its economy and many of its residents live in poverty .

Forget 'social cleansing' - the problem in London is poverty  - Last year's authoritative London Poverty Profile showed that since 2011 there had actually been a slight fall in the .... In the UK thats about £14k a year.

Texas school board's Mexican-American textbook slammed as 'racist'  - illegal immigrants in a chapter that blames the community for causing 'a number of economic and security problems' in the U.S. that include ' poverty , ...

Claquements enfants pourrait être fait illégale au Royaume - Uni Fonctionnaires Set To Address Nations Unies  - Claquements enfants au Royaume - Uni devraient être rendues illégales, quatre  enfants commissaires sont mis à discuter. Une enquête de l' ONU à la recherche en «droits des enfants» entendra les témoignages des fonctionnaires britanniques lors d' une réunion de deux jours le coup d' envoi le lundi 23 mai.

Free mental healthcare screening advocated for the workplace  - Free mental healthcare screening advocated for the workplace ... More than a third of working people (35 per cent) living with mental ill health say they ...

We Created a Game to Support Young People When Someone They Love Has a ...  - And each year, 1.5M people in the UK are diagnosed with a terminal illness. ... the growing tide of mental health problems for children and young people, ... HuffPost UK Tech is running a two-week focus on our Tech For Good ...

UK actor Ian McKellen: 'India needs to grow up' about gays  -  British actor Ian McKellen has criticized India's use of a British colonial law to crack ... Still, being gay remains deeply taboo in most of India, and many ...

Drachma Parents Group's book to serve as resource  - Drachma Malta includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and intersex people, as well as friends of LGBTI people who wish to meet to pray ...

LGBTI sexual violence support “not good enough"  - New research, funded by It's Not OK, reveals that people from LGBTI communities are struggling to get the right help after sexual and partner violence.

LGBT and trying to come out to your folks? Try it anonymously  - The app by LGBTI group Minus18 and creative agency George Patterson Y&R (GPY&R) was inaugurated on 17 May, the International Day Against ...

Why 'acceptability politics' is the wrong approach for transgender advocates  - Safe Schools is about giving LGBTI students a fair and equal go, no more, no less. Its singular aim is to create schools in which everyone can feed ...

Victorian government apology 'welcomed' by LGBTI rights activists  - Leading LGBTI rights activists have welcomed a move by the Victorian government to make a formal apology for historic laws that criminalised ...

Christianity Must Exorcise Itself of Homophobia  - Leading into the 2016 election, Labor has again vowed to legislate marriage equality and will establish a LGBTI discrimination commissioner.

When the Young Break Free  - When the Young Break Free. Two Marathi films to be screened at 'Kashish 2016' explore issues faced by the LGBTI community from the point of view ...

Ruth Davidson Wouldn't Have Been Able To Do This In One Country In The UK  - The leader of the Scottish Conservative party has announced her engagement to her partner.  Ruth Davidson confirmed the news on Twitter and received a warm reaction from her followers. 

There's 40 days to go - makeour rainbow votes count!  - The 2016 Federal Election to be held on Saturday 2 July is one of the most important in recent memory for LGBTI communities, says the NSW Gay and ...

Uganda lesbian, a victim of 'corrective rape' and forced marriage, granted asylum in the UK  - Two years ago i was facing deportation to one of the worst countries to be LGBTI but now i can proudly say am safe and living in one of the best ...

Converse release limited-edition sneakers for LGBTI Pride season  - Nike has been applauded by LGBTI fans in the past for its Pride-inspired BeTrue range of clothing, while Adidas produced rainbow-splattered ...

Sir Ian McKellen surprises LGBT teens at Stonewall Youth Awards  - Recognition was also given to Burnham Grammar School and York High School for their work during LGBTI Pride fortnight, and for producing a video ...

Over 400 same sex marriages in Ireland since Marriage Equality Referendum  - The report also found that 47% of LGBTI people are between the ages of 14 and 25 with the other 53% aged 26 and over. Mr Rose said: “The goodwill ...

Labor pledges gay and lesbian rights watchdog if it wins office  - Labor on Saturday announced it would appoint a full time LGBTI Discrimination Commissioner to the Australian Human Rights Commission to "help ...

Only 5 per cent of China's LGBTI citizens have come out of the closet  - Family members of LGBTI people most frequently remind them to watch their appearance, force them to change the way they dress, speak or act, and ...