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Mental health education and bereavement support is key to suicide prevention - Suicide rates and levels of mental illness in Northern Ireland are among the highest in the UK , with 318 suicides recorded last year alone, a 19 per ...

Mental health services failing older people - According to a new Age UK report, mental health services currently available in the UK do not meet the high demand from our rapidly ageing ...

Same-sex marriage plebicite block over mental health "ridiculous" says Turnbull - Are we going to say that we may not have a public debate on a topic when it is alleged that there will be a minority, some small groups, that will act ...

70% of UK Lawyers More Stressed Than Ever - In aid of World Mental Health Day, the legal industry's agile working pioneer, ... associates and partners, from top 50-100 law firms across the UK .

Solving poverty : the promise of inclusive growth? - In this, she is touching on a point that many of us have known, and sought to respond to, for decades – that poverty and inequality persist, that this is ...

Welsh Government's anti- poverty scheme scrapped - It was set up to spread millions of pounds of cash into deprived communities across the country, including the six North Wales counties. But today ...

We will help your lonely older neighbour says charity - It's an unusual problem for a charity, but the UK -wide befriending services now has more trained volunteers than it has older people to match with.

We will help your lonely older neighbour says charity - There is one older person suffering from chronic loneliness in every postcode in the UK . Charity Contact the Elderly says it has a solution but it needs ...

Straight people, this is what you should to do celebrate National Coming Out Day - For LGBT people, coming out is one common experience we all have, which means we talk about it quite a bit. But, whether you're gay or straight, it's a ...

Same-sex marriage plebiscite debate 'putting LGBTI community members at risk' - Members of the LGBTI community say they are relieved the plebiscite is not going ahead, but are worried same-sex marriage opponents will ramp up ...

Victoria's first LGBTI History Month launched - THIS month, Victorian schools will be able to highlight the history of sexual and gender diverse people in Australia as part of the state's first ever LGBTI  ...

LGBTI people need doctors to leave their prejudice at the door - I had my first pap smear at the age of 20. I had been so afraid to get one that I waited until I was worried about something my body was doing, and ...

Belarus leads group of about 17 nations to block LGBT rights in UN citie... - A group of up to 17 countries led by Belarus has blocked a plan to include the rights of gay, lesbian and transgender communities in a new urban strategy drawn up by the United Nations, according to sources close to negotiations.

Pope Francis Walks With LGBTQ People, One Step Forward, Big Steps Back - experiences of LGBTI persons.” Rev. Rodney McKenzie of the National LGBTQ Task Force added that many people were “deeply hurt by what Pope ...

Marriage Equality Has Been Delayed, And LGBTI People Are Cheering - Marriage Equality Has Been Delayed, And LGBTI People Are Cheering. LGBTI Australians weren't duped into opposing the plebiscite – they chose to ...

Russia shuts down support group for LGBTI teens - The media watchdog has shut Children 4o4 down, one of the only support groups for young LGBTI people in the country. It was found the group had ...

Millennials are the most openly gay generation yet – now that's something to celebrate - On the other hand, we just narrowly avoided watching the whole country vote on our rights, while religious leaders insist on comparing kids of LGBTI  ...

God caused Noah's flood because of gay marriage - Republican congressman Louis Gohmert has claimed that God might have flooded the world in Biblical times because of gay marriage. Gohmert sits ...

Brace Yourself for More Homophobic Attacks on Anderson Cooper - The out journalist's tough questioning of Donald Trump will make him a target for criticism, but the media should ask for the basis of the critique.

Gay X Factor contestants booted off show following weeks of homophobic abuse  - Bradley and Ottavio – otherwise known as Bratavio – became the first X Factor act to be eliminated this weekend, after failing to impress viewers.

Neo-Nazi posters circulate at Swinburne University - Students arriving at the university's Hawthorn campus on Monday morning were confronted with an illustration of a skeletal man wearing a t-shirt reading "Gay and Proud", with a bullet through his head. The poster, which included a Swastika, was titled "Get the sodomite filth off our streets".

Gay cops targeted in drug probe - Christian McDonald began working at the station in 2009 and had recently been promoted to the rank of Senior Constable ...

Consider hosting an LGBT asylum seeker - Since 2012, Center Global, a program of the DC Center for the LGBT ... Since 2013, I've hosted gay asylum seekers from Africa, the Middle East and ...

How to help Syrian LGBTI refugees preserve a safe space in Turkey - The Tea&Talk gatherings serve as a resource where LGBTI Arabic-speaking refugees and asylum seekers can learn about housing, employment, sexual health, their legal rights, and the processes for refugee registration and/or application for resettlement abroad.

The Powerful Way Logo TV Is Censoring Itself On National Coming Out Day - In many countries today, LGBTI people can't turn on their TV, go online or open a newspaper and see relatable and positive images,” she said.