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Celebrities and LGBT people share their Sex Education memories

Celebrities and LGBT people share their Sex Education memories  - This is despite 99% of young people saying quality Sex and Relationships Education is needed, and 97% saying that it should be LGBT inclusive.

Is your Kylie collection safe?

Is your Kylie collection safe?  - Supplier failure on the grounds of discrimination – UK's first insurance ... you a cake, offer you a B&B or do your tax return because you are LGBT .

95% of young people didn't receive LGBT-inclusive sex ed classes

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95% of young people didn't receive LGBT -inclusive sex ed classes  - 95% of young people were never taught appropriate LGBT -specific information during sex and relationship education classes, a report has revealed.

Half of Britain's primary schools set to teach maths Chinese-style

Half of Britain's primary schools set to teach maths Chinese-style  - Half of Britain's primary schools are set to copy maths teaching methods ... Speaking at the Advisory Committee on Mathematics Education , Mr Gibb ...

Brexit: Top UK universities facing issues working with European partners

Brexit: Top UK universities facing issues working with European partners  - Some of the UK's top universities have reportedly faced issues working with their European partners, including being asked to leave EU-funded ...

Four things that must happen to protect higher education after Brexit

Four things that must happen to protect higher education after Brexit  - By any definition, further and higher education are international and outward facing. UK education has always had among the most international of ...

Brexit uncertainty starts to affect small British businesses

Brexit uncertainty starts to affect small British businesses  - Richard Hardstaff was on the verge of expanding to a new warehouse for his educational toys business — until Britain voted to leave the EU. Polydron ...

Time to Account for Education

Time to Account for Education  - Nearly three years ago, when Mr Gove was Secretary of State for Education , ... This would surely be an excellent example of the fundamental British  ...

Rise in trans children puts British schools to the test

Rise in trans children puts British schools to the test  - According to the UK's only NHS specialist service provider of gender identity support for under-18s, the number of British children who want to change ...

UK facing steroids epidemic as needle exchanges say up to a MILLION are abusing gym drugs

UK facing steroids epidemic as needle exchanges say up to a MILLION are abusing gym drugs  - New data from needle exchanges across the country suggests up to a million are using anabolic steroids to quickly build up muscles and boost performance in the gym or in sport.

Pokemon Go players say game is helping their mental health

Pokemon Go players say game is helping their mental health  - time of writing the damn thing still hasn't been officially released in the UK . ... reality game is actually having a positive effect on their mental health .

Is theatre doing enough to protect workers' mental health?

Is theatre doing enough to protect workers' mental health ?  - Mark is associate editor of The Stage, as well as joint lead critic. He has written regularly for The Stage since 2005, including a daily online column.

The world's most elderly countries

The world's most elderly countries  - Unsuprisingly, it is the developed world with the elderly population. ... The UK , it may suprise you, is actually one of Europe's more youthful countries, ...

Who will look after YOU? One in five have no idea who will care for them in old age

Who will look after YOU? One in five have no idea who will care for them in old age - Not only that, 24 per cent of UK adults think about what life will be like when they are old a few times a week, with 17 per cent thinking about it every ...

UK welfare state 'mediocre' and in need of reform, think tank finds

UK welfare state 'mediocre' and in need of reform, think tank finds  - Those aged 18 to 24 years old have the highest rate of poverty and social exclusion, but the think tank found the elderly to be especially at risk.

Britain's most dedicated puppy trainers: Couple have raised 48 guide dogs over 36 years

Britain's most dedicated puppy trainers: Couple have raised 48 guide dogs over 36 years  - AN ELDERLY couple were dubbed Britain's most dedicated puppy trainers after ... Mum-of-two Norma, who is currently training a nine-week- old black ...

Ray Liotta 'shocked' his gay kiss went viral

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Ray Liotta 'shocked' his gay kiss went viral  - he told U.K. newspaper The Times. "When I kissed a guy for the first time it went viral. It was all over the place. I was shocked." Despite admitting to ...

Gay HIV-positive actor lands the biggest role on Broadway

Gay HIV-positive actor lands the biggest role on Broadway  - Lin Manuel-Miranda, the creator and star of Broadway smash musical Hamilton, stepped away from the role of revolutionary hero Alexander Hamilton ...

Calls for new hate crime laws as people report assaults and violence because of sexuality

Calls for new hate crime laws as people report assaults and violence because of sexuality  - When we asked people in the LGBTIreland research 'what one thing would help you feel safer as an LGBTI person in Ireland?' the top thing that ...

Record 27 out LGBTI athletes already set to compete in Rio Olympics

Record 27 out LGBTI athletes already set to compete in Rio Olympics  - The Rio Olympics has 27 publicly out LGBTI athletes set to compete, the most ever for an Olympics. The British delegation currently holds the crown as ...

Judge asked to dismiss case against US pastor accused of 'crimes against humanity' for criticizing ...

Judge asked to dismiss case against US pastor accused of 'crimes against humanity' for criticizing ... - The evidence shows that Lively, in a country where homosexuality has been illegal for decades, urged treatment of LGBTI people with respect and ...

Glasgow clergyman calls for an end to homophobic bullying in schools

Glasgow clergyman calls for an end to homophobic bullying in schools  -  LGBTI teachers need to feel safe to teach in every school in the land and Scotland's kids need the whole curriculum to be inclusive of LGBTI role ...

Seizing the Orlando Moment

Seizing the Orlando Moment  - Most of all we need a campaign that shows all LGBTI issues are linked, whether it's trans rights, marriage equality, strong anti-discrimination laws or ...

Brisbane's rainbow footpath is"a symbol of inclusion anddiversity"

Brisbane's rainbow footpath is"a symbol of inclusion anddiversity"  - Brisbane City Council has today unveiled its newest public artwork – a rainbow footpath honouring the city's LGBTI citizens. Similar to Melbourne's ...

Bath & North East Somerset Council among best in tackling homophobia and transgender ...

Bath & North East Somerset Council among best in tackling homophobia and transgender ...  - The list of top performing councils has been put together by Stonewall, the UK's leading charity of anti-discrimination for the LGTBQ community.

Gay Mormon singer asks 'how many more' LGBT suicides before action is taken

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Gay Mormon singer asks 'how many more' LGBT suicides before action is taken  - “These two teenage boys have something in common: they are both gay, they are both Mormon, and then last week they both committed suicide,” he adds.

A Sikh mother and son in UK become the voice of marginalised LGBT people

A Sikh mother and son in UK become the voice of marginalised LGBT people  - With an attitudinal change coming about gradually in society, more and more people are accepting that Lesbian, Gay , Bisexual, ...

Where does the next UK Prime Minister Theresa May stand on LGBTI rights?

Where does the next UK Prime Minister Theresa May stand on LGBTI rights?  - Theresa May is the next Prime Minister of the UK , the second woman to lead the country since ... Her early votes were largely against gay rights.

United Reformed Church in UK Votes in Favor of Gay Marriage Ceremonies

United Reformed Church in UK Votes in Favor of Gay Marriage Ceremonies   - The United Reformed Church in the U.K. has voted overwhelmingly for allowing gay couples to marry in religious ceremonies in its building, becoming ...

Italian broadcaster apologies for cutting How to Get Away With Murder gay sex scene

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Italian broadcaster apologies for cutting How to Get Away With Murder gay sex scene  - Italian broadcaster Rai was forced to apologise to viewers after they sliced out a gay sex scene from the pilot of the TV drama How to Get Away With ...

Angela Eagle says she can unite the Labour party

Angela Eagle says she can unite the Labour party  - One of the first openly gay female MPs launches her bid for Labour's top job. A leadership contest in the Labour Party became a certainty today as ...

Why it's time for gay men to stop body-shaming'

Why it's time for gay men to stop body-shaming'  - After the gym became the third wheel in his relationship, George Palmer began to question his pursuit of the 'perfect' body.