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David Cameron calls on LGBT community to live “freely and openly” in UK

David Cameron calls on LGBT community to live “freely and openly” in UK  -  UK Prime Minister David Cameron on Saturday called out to the world's LGBT community to live “freely and openly”. In his first message since he ...

Shawn Mendes speaks out about gay rumours

Shawn Mendes speaks out about gay rumours  -  Shawn posted a seriously candid series of videos to his Snapchat account this week, where he called out fans questioning his sexuality and proudly ..

Turkey uses tear gas to break up gay pride gathering

Turkey uses tear gas to break up gay pride gathering  - Police in Istanbul have used tear gas and have detained activists who gathered to mark gay pride week after authorities banned ...

Jesse Eisenberg Scolds Ant-Gay Protesters In London

Jesse Eisenberg Scolds Ant- Gay Protesters In London  - A video of Jesse Eisenberg getting into an argument with anti- gay ... The Oscar-nominated actor is currently in the English capital as he performs in the ...

Pride parades in the US are expected to draw millions 2 weeks after Orlando massacre

Pride parades in the US are expected to draw millions 2 weeks after Orlando massacre  - Following the June 12 shooting at Orlando's Pulse gay nightclub, police departments across the country have ramped up security for this year's ...

UK Police Officers Publicly Propose To Partners

UK Police Officers Publicly Propose To Partners  - Days before the parade, the Metropolitan Police Service had announced that it was launching an LGBT network in time for this year's pride parade.

Pope backs apology to gays, but says it's not just them

Pope backs apology to gays, but says it's not just them  - On the recent Brexit result, while not directly criticizing the U.K. 's decision to ... “[The Church] shouldn't just apologize to a gay person whom it has ...

10 of adland's LGBT+ role models

10 of adland's LGBT+ role models  - As a new campaign aims to encourage people to celebrate their true selves in the workplace, Campaign asks some successful LGBT+ members of our ...

After BREXIT, American Racists Delight in the Future of Britain

After BREXIT, American Racists Delight in the Future of Britain  - In a vote many have attributed to sweeping populist fears about immigration and a right-wing desire for traditionally white nations to declare ...

We asked university students how they deal with mental health issues

We asked university students how they deal with mental health issues  - I'm not even sure if my university has anything for people struggling with mental health since I've never seen such thing being advertised in any way ...

Mental health 'one of biggest financial problems affecting UK'

Mental health 'one of biggest financial problems affecting UK '  -  Mental health issues and debt are a marriage made in hell. If you or someone you know is hit by this combination, you're not alone. It is one of the ...

Millions of children miss out on family lifestyles spending 32 HOURS a week in front of a screen

Millions of children miss out on family lifestyles spending 32 HOURS a week in front of a screen  - emerged after a study was carried out using thousands of UK parents. ... are increasingly less present and mental health officials have warned about ...

Why Young Britons Embraced the EU—and Their Parents Resented It

Why Young Britons Embraced the EU—and Their Parents Resented It  - But one demographic trend seems clear: The decision to leave the European Union was taken by the U.K.’s older citizens, against the protests of its younger ones. The old left Europe; the young will live without it.

Eight reasons Leave won the UK's referendum on the EU

Eight reasons Leave won the UK's referendum on the EU  - The UK has voted to quit the European Union following a referendum on its ... It suggested far more people felt left behind and untouched by the .... go up that it was older voters which won it for Leave - particularly in the south, ...

A Deeply Divided Britain

A Deeply Divided Britain  - No, the truth is that this was a victory of some groups of British people over other groups. It was a victory of the old over the young: rural and coastal ...

Leave? Remain? Brexit really divided old, young in U.K.

Leave? Remain? Brexit really divided old , young in U.K.  - On Twitter, young people used notmyvote to come together in frustration. ... Here's what some other people , including young celebrities, are saying ...

Gay Marriages Triple After Four Years of Victories

Gay Marriages Triple After Four Years of Victories  - Overall, 30 percent of LGBT respondents said they were married, up from 8 percent .... The vote could even set in motion the break-up of Great Britain .

How Brexit Could Redraw The International LGBT Rights Map

How Brexit Could Redraw The International LGBT Rights Map  - European LGBT activists are concerned that Britain's vote to leave the European Union will weaken a bloc that has been central to promoting LGBT  ...

Brexit vote could adversely affect LGBT asylum seekers

Brexit vote could adversely affect LGBT asylum seekers  - The U.K. 's vote to leave the European Union has sparked concern among activists who say the so-called Brexit referendum results could adversely ...

Here Are a Few Simple Reasons Why We Still Need UK Black Pride

Here Are a Few Simple Reasons Why We Still Need UK Black Pride  - It's a mouthful, but an important way to give people a home for the intersection of the ways they're likely to be "othered" in the UK as both LGBT and ...

We heart Tel Aviv” and we think you will too

We heart Tel Aviv” and we think you will too  - And on a scale of one to gay , it's Liza getting bummed in Halston on poppers ... or from London Heathrow to Tel Aviv from £390.95 per person, elal. uk .

Stuart Milk speaks about Levi's Pride Collection with the Harvey Milk foundation

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Stuart Milk speaks about Levi's Pride Collection with the Harvey Milk foundation  - Yeah, with Baltic Pride I think we have. The LGBT organisations on the ground there have done incredible work, and there's not that many. In Lithuania ...

Sadiq Khan tells London's Europeans they remain welcome

Sadiq Khan tells London's Europeans they remain welcome  - Ruth Hunt, said the organisation was concerned about the impact that a UK withdrawal from the EU would have on the LGBT community in Britain .

Jeremy Corbyn Told To Resign Over Brexit By LGBT Labour Activists At Pride

Jeremy Corbyn Told To Resign Over Brexit By LGBT Labour Activists At Pride  - he was told by angry party members at London's Pride march for LGBT ... “Corbyn got heckled when he turned at LGBT Labour's pride contingent for not ... resign” at the Labour leader for not doing enough to keep the UK in the EU.

An Open Letter to a Gay Christian

An Open Letter to a Gay Christian  - I'd like you to understand that homophobia is not only demonstrated by the shooter, the boys who punched me in the park, or the uncle who called me ...

How Homophobic Is Hip-Hop in 2016?

How Homophobic Is Hip-Hop in 2016?  - So how much has hip-hop's homophobia's changed since Kanye poured his heart out to Sway? Not much. The silence from the mainstream hip-hop ...

A Talking Point That Needs To Die

A Talking Point That Needs To Die  - If we are ever going to make progress in this conversation–whether we are talking about homophobia or terrorism–we must be careful with our ...

Awakening Our Society From Its Heterosexual Trance

Awakening Our Society From Its Heterosexual Trance  - On a recent Sky News program, a gay journalist stormed off the set after the two co-hosts refused to acknowledge the homophobic nature of the ...

Zayn Malik Is A LGBTQ Positive Muslim After Orlando Shootings Despite 'Pillowtalk' Remix Shade

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Zayn Malik Is A LGBTQ Positive Muslim After Orlando Shootings Despite 'Pillowtalk' Remix Shade  - Furthermore, Zayn Malik may have been working against homophobia long before the Orlando nightclub shootings. Although he never directly said so ...

When will there be enough women ministers?

When will there be enough women ministers?  - The sins of sexism, much like racism and homophobia certainly affect people on an individual level, but they are social sins that are socially learned.

Rebecca Davis Is Helping This Cape Town Mosque Address Homophobia

Rebecca Davis Is Helping This Cape Town Mosque Address Homophobia  - The topic of homophobia and LGBT rights had been on the mosque's topic list for some time, but "we looked for a speaker specifically who could also ...

25 Gay Anthems We Need More Than Ever

25 Gay Anthems We Need More Than Ever  - The wildly sexual debut single from this British band was banned in the U.K. , but became an international hit. This banned video, set in a gay leather ...