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New survey finds more US cities protecting LGBTQ rights - The number of cities with perfect scores in 2016 was up from just 11 cities in 2012, the first year of the rating system, said the HRC, a civil rights organisation in Washington, D.C.

IITs are showing Indian institutions how to become more LGBT friendly - Sadly, that didn't happen when it came to LGBT issues. ... Then, in 2009, a year after I moved to the UK , an Indian high court ruled that section 377 of ...

Leading pro-indy group endorses calls for LGBT education in Scottish schools - A leading pro-independence group has endorsed calls for LGBT education in Scottish schools, as pressure mounts for the Scottish Government to ...

BBC Autumnwatch presenter 'sidelined for being too white and middle class' - have half the faces on screen be women by 2020, 15 per cent be black or minority ethnic, eight per cent disabled and a further eight per cent LGBT .

Education and Career in the UK - I'm also, typically, not a fan of school so don't do well and I have a feeling I would struggle attending UK schools. So I am stuck without an education  ...

New education site will put important information about schools at parents' fingertips -  UK , Ofsted and the schools themselves, enhanced by features and ... The new education site is embedded as the education channel within all 160 of ...

UK science community must develop strong international collaborations - In recent years there has been a greater focus in both the UK and the US on more quickly turning discoveries made in the lab into treatments for ...

Heart disease risk for deprived women smokers says new study - WOMEN with lower levels of education who live in more deprived areas of the UK are at greater risk of coronary heart disease, largely due to smoking, ...

Knowing and doing: fighting UK poverty - As I sat down to attend a panel discussion on poverty reduction at the Tory Party Conference last week, the chair, Fraser Nelson of The Spectator, ...

Celebrities help support HIV positive people back to work - While HIV has changed hugely since Matthew was diagnosed, around one in four people living with HIV in the UK is unemployed. The programme ...

Mental health problems to blame as more youngsters admitted to South Cumbria pupil referral unit - Councillor Anne Burns, cabinet member on Cumbria County Council for children's services, thinks that mental health problems in children are being ...

Risks 'severely underestimated': Mental health trust criticised over patient killings - Daley - who admitted stabbing Mr Lock to death and claimed diminished responsibility for his actions, suffered chronic mental health problems.

Instagram's New Support Feature Is Keeping An Eye On Your Mental Health - The app then offers suggestions to support your state of mind, including talking to a friend, contacting a local helpline or receive some mental health  ...

Elderly Britons forced to quit work because of 'inflexible' businesses, government's new older ... - Andy Briggs, CEO of Aviva UK and Ireland Life. He has recently been made the Government's Older Worker's Tsar Credit: Charlie Forgham-Bailey.

Victim Support and National Centre for Domestic Violence "Break the routine" - Ellie Goulding supplies the soundtrack in a film for domestic abuse charities Victim Support and National Centre for Domestic Violence . The dancers in ...

To be honest the violence in the relationship started quite quickly" - how domestic violence ... - Nationally, the NSPCC says 25 per cent of children in the UK have been exposed to domestic abuse . In families with children where domestic violence  ...

LGBT stories come out fighting for their rightful place in mainstream cinema at London art fest ... - GFEST 2016 films explore themes of fighting back from margins, with a line-up that includes recently completed LGBT works and some UK and ...

FA chairman Greg Clarke says football still has a homophobia problem - The Mirror also alleged a Premier League player came out to his team-mates in 2011, but did not go public after a homophobic slur was painted on his ...

Gay co-founder of PayPal donates $1.25 million to Trump campaign - The openly gay co-founder of PayPal has been a longtime supporter of Republican presidential hopeful Trump, despite his questionable policies and ...

One of most influential gay men ever' urges teens to push LGBT rights to the fore - He helped organise the UK's first ever Gay Pride in 1972, was a key figure in the Gay Liberation Front, and now works with the Peter Tatchell ...

European LGBTI conference in Nicosia - Hundreds of people from more than 50 countries are expected on the island over the next few days to attend the 20 th annual European LGBTI  ...

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir is turning 25 and is putting on a massive show to celebrate - As a person who did not read music, he took on the daunting challenge of forming an LGBTI choir in Sydney and as the SGLC is about to celebrate its ..

HouseProud and helping LBGTI youth - Every dollar you can contribute will help and is tax deductible. Your donation will go directly towards supporting LGBTI youth, and putting them on the ...

The New UN Secretary General, António Guterres And International LGBTI Rights - I've been following this election more closely than our national one, mostly because of how the previous UNSG's support of LGBTI rights has brought ...

Putin's PR chief's daughter blasts Vlad over gay rights and slams Russia's 'hellish' school system - And she uses her high-profile to slam a number of Putin's flagship policies including his gay marriage ban and Russia's “hellish” education system.

'Kim Kardashian made me gay ' Undressed star reveals date with reality babe turned him off - "I would say she looked too good to be true and although I could appreciate her beauty, I knew that if I didn't fancy her then I must be gay . I just didn't ...

10 ways to reduce your risk of brittle bones -  Gay UK :  Osteoporosis is known as the “silent disease” affecting around 3 million people in the UK . It mainly affects older people by weakening bone strength ...

24000 people from opposition groups campaign over same-sex marriage - TENS of thousands of people supporting and condemning same-sex ... over a bid to repeal of the law which was passed in 2013 to allow gay unions.

British Government Shuts Down Muslim School For Girls That Teaches Gay Men Should Be Executed - to learn and make progress and receive effective preparation for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life in British society”.

Sinn Fein seeks DUP support for public consultation on gay marriage Bill - A DUP veto is currently preventing a change in the law to allow gay ... Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK or Ireland to still maintain a ban.

Belfast man attacked in city centre for being gay - James Hall, 24, was walking home after a night out when two men hurled homophobic abuse at him before launching an attack. The call centre worker ...

This Pastor Decided To Leave His Denomination So His Church Could Support LGBTI People - We've had members of the LGBTI community as part of our church for quite a long time, also in leadership positions. We knew from the outset that ...

'God's Love Is For Everybody': Gay Vicar Battles With Vandals To Keep LGBTI Flag Above Church - A campaigning vicar has hit out at the Church's "institutional homophobia" while outlining why he is determined to keep erecting LGBTI flags above his ...