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Distressing sexual problems 'for tenth of young UK men'  -  UK sex education is often silent on issues of sexual satisfaction, but these are clearly important to young people and should be addressed.

Large number of young people experience sex problems  - Prof Kaye Wellings of LSHTM, a co-author, said: “ UK sex education is often silent on issues of sexual satisfaction, but these are clearly important to ...

Former Extremists Can Help Teachers Educate Young People About ...  - That's why we've launched Extreme Dialogue in the UK , a series of freely available short films and educational resources to get young people, ...

Here's how much poverty costs British schools, hospitals and police  - The report, "Counting the cost of UK poverty ", found that dealing with the consequences of hardship costs the UK government £69 billion (US$90 ...

Most of children's services budgets spent on poverty -related problems  - Responding to poverty -related problems accounts for almost 60% of council spending on children's services in England, research has found.

UK and Australia emerge as global leaders in e-government, UN finds  - According to the survey, the UK government is leading the charge. ... Integrating services, in areas like health, poverty reduction or environmental ...

Older people need the chance to work for longer  - Our population is getting older . State pensions are the biggest cost to our welfare system and the bill will rise: in ten years there will be nearly 20 per ...

Stressing about money makes you look older  - They then brought in 19 other people and had them judge the participants on looks alone. It turns out the people who suffered from money troubles ...

Gregg Sulkin Hopes His Abs Will Help Gay Kids  -So in the great tradition of Nick Jonas, Sulkin, the star of Faking It graces the cover of Gay Times, a U.K. publication, this month. It's his "first ever" ...

Brighton photo biennial: seventh edition aims to cut through stereotypes  - The biennial has also brought together a British and an Indian photographer for a new continent-crossing project documenting members of the LGBT  ...

I went to Europe to get away from British politics – then someone clocked my accent  - I went to Europe to get away from British politics – then someone clocked my accent .... So I don't support gay marriage despite being a Conservative.

Northern Ireland will legalise gay marriage, Scottish Tory leader says  - The painting is part of a campaign across the city to raise the issue of LGBT rights in the only region of the UK or the island of Ireland where gay  ...

Having sex with a man doesn't make you gay  - As the landscape expands from straight/ gay and man/woman to include bisexuality, queerness and trans people, among others, many are finding ...

If Team LGBTI were a country, it would be the 61st largest at Rio Olympics  - Torch Bearer Former Table Tennis Champion Zhang Jike (R) and London Olympics women's 10-meter platform and 10m platform champion Chen ...

Study reveals gay and lesbian Australians earn more and have higher qualifications  - uncommon for scholarships to target disadvantaged groups and suggested there was nothing wrong with offering a scholarship to LGBTI students.

Egypt's Grand Mufti says no to violence against LGBTI people  - He also condemned the murder of 49 people at the gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando in June, where shooter Omar Mateen targeted the LGBTI  ...

Christopher Biggins banned from LGBTI events until he says sorry to bisexuals  - He has also spoken against same-sex marriage equality and said he is a big fan of Margaret Thatcher who banned education about LGBTI issues in ...

The lesbian twin police officers who set up the world's first LGBTI criminal justice summit  - By electing themselves as lesbian faces in the police team, they encourage LGBTI people – if they suffer a hate crime – to directly contact a LGBTI  ...

The breaking down of the European Convention on Human Rights, and the UK's responsibility ...  - Across the globe, individual IDAHO protests attract tens of thousands of activists in a single city, and are crucial for promoting LGBTI rights. In Georgia ...

Watch Royal Navy officer propose to girlfriend at Liverpool Pride  - Come Out of the Shadows [a three-year project to make Liverpool the most visibly LGBT friendly city in the UK ] is a campaign that resonates with me ...

US vice president Joe Biden officiates same-sex wedding  - Mr Biden publicly backed gay marriage in 2012 in the run-up to President Barack Obama's re-election. The announcement put pressure on Mr Obama ...

A double standard sword  -  LGBT rights are not listed among those demanded by Arab "rights" organizations such as Adalah, and there has yet to have been an Arab MK to come ...

What Is Life Like For an Ordinary Gay Muslim Man?  - For LGBT Arabs and Muslims, we often find ourselves at the cross sections of identities that everyone else wants to tell us are incompatible. This is ...

What's gay life really like in the Middle East?  - A new film aims to shed light on the lives of LGBT Arabs in Israel. ... Now, he's opened up about being a gay Arab -Israeli, his thoughts on the “luxuries” ...

Pro- LGBT Companies in Anti- LGBT Countries  - He had heard stories from business leaders and employees who had come up against fierce anti- LGBT laws in African or Asian countries. Some of ...

Ruth Davidson to take 'positive message' of gay marriage to Belfast  - Northern Ireland is the only part of the British Isles where same-sex ... The Scottish Tory leader also visited an LGBT support centre nearby and met ...

Ivory Coast legal plan would aid LGB but not TQ  - Jean Marc Yao, Ph.D., is a human rights activist in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with a strong interest in LGBTI rights issues. He works with the Ivorian League ...