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Mother has a record 17 children taken into care by social services  - A woman has had 17 children removed from her by social services over the past 20 years, in what is thought to be the highest number recorded in ...

The App That Could Help Millions of People Get Themselves Out of Poverty  - With over 3 billion people still living in poverty across the globe we have to be smarter. Many of the world’s poorest people remain cut off from access to modern energy and crucial information that could enhance their livelihoods and support their well-being. Put simply, access to information is key to enabling people to lift themselves out of poverty.  

We need to talk about LGBT mental health , right now  - A sad footnote in Straight Jacket points out that Britain's leading LGBT mental health charity, Pace, was recently forced to shut due to government cuts.

People with mental health problems tend to spend more when they're unwell  - Bank customers with mental health problems should be able to elect a family member to take charge if their spending gets out of control, experts say.

Government should give parenting lessons, says public health expert  - to raise their children, according to Britain's leading public health expert. ... One in 10 children has a mental health problem, and a poor relationship ...

Teen's parents not told of suicidal thoughts  - A coroner has said a gifted teenager who took his own life fell through the cracks of an underfunded mental health service. Edward Mallen, a straight-A ...

Homelessness and mental ill health can affect any one of us  - A high correlation between homelessness and mental health problems has always existed but it's affecting more people than ever before. Kat Hopps ...

State falls behind on child poverty  - A government plan to tackle child poverty has failed to reduce the problem in its first two years and the Department of Social Protection (DSP) has ...

Gunman used gay dating app  - The attack at Pulse nightclub took place amid several nationwide events celebrating LGBTI Pride Month. Chris Pycroft of the NSW Gay and Lesbian ...

I might not get killed at Connections but I'm cautious about being gay in WA  -  LGBTI people are told to shut up and be quiet about being gay at work. Told not to hold hands in public. To go along with a joke. To be silent in the ...

LGBTI Africans mourn and protest with grieving US  - Out and Proud Diamond Group ( LGBTI Africans) expressed their solidarity with grieving Americans during today's London vigil in memory of the ...

I Still Don't Feel Comfortable Holding Another Man's Hand  - This week, a horrific hate crime targeting a gay nightclub in Orlando has devastated LGBTI communities and their allies right across the world.

Let's beat the ideology of hate  - For LGBTI people the shock, sadness, anxiety and anger have been particularly personal. Shock that the kind of place – a gay bar – that many of us ...

Where's the empathy?  - COLLECTIVELY, many LGBTI people and communities across the globe have experienced acutely the emotions associated with grief in response to ...

AUT vice-chancellor gives 'profoundly shocking' message in wake of Orlando massacre  - “As an organisation that aspires to be a safe and welcoming place for diverse individuals and groups, including all those who identify as LGBTI , I know ...

Suicide rates the highest for LGBTI community  - The fact that the shooting occurred inside a gay nightclub means it is particularly being felt by our lesbian, gay, bi, trans, intersex ( LGBTI ) community.

14 times I witnessed homophobia in Britain and did nothing about it - Here's 14 times I witnessed homophobia in Britain and did nothing about it. In future I hope I'll be less of a coward. 1. When my friends and I used the ...

Why LGBT People See Orlando Differently  - This story was originally published on Refinery29's U.K. site. ... “delineate” between the Orlando massacre as a terrorist attack or a homophobic attack, ...

Homophobia is now met with the same silence given to anti-Semitism -  Homophobia is now met with the same silence given to anti-Semitism ... The election of Jeremy Corbyn is provoking justifiable fear among British Jews ...

Azealia Banks apologises on Facebook for homophobia and says 'words hurt'  - Rapper Azealia Banks has apologised on her Facebook page for using a homophobic word in the past. The 25-year-old has said she'll never use the ...

The LGBTI Community Must Not Be Written Out of this Tragedy  - When Jones described the attacks as “one of the worst atrocities committed against LGBTI people in the Western world for generations” (which I ...

Africa: In Solidarity With Orlando - While we mourn the loss of life in Orlando, we also remember that attacks against the LGBTI community continue to happen every day around the ...

Solidarity with LGBTI community in Tunisia.  -  In Tunisia same-sex sexual relations between adults is against the law. As a result, lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transexual and intersex ( LGBTI ) people are ...

Christchurch dances, lights rainbow candle in honour of Orlando victims  - A rainbow candle has been lit in central Christchurch as those wanting to pay tribute to the victims of the Florida nightclub attack come together this ...