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Betty Who talks gay love, sophomore album, and working with Troye Sivan

Betty Who talks gay love, sophomore album, and working with Troye Sivan - Following the success of 2014’s debut album Take Me When You Go , Betty’s been working hard on the eagerly-anticipated follow-up, and recently returned to placate braying fans desperate for new material with a sparkling re-imagining of Donna Lewis’s classic ’90s anthem ‘I Love You, Always Forever’. We caught up with the pop powerhouse and fierce LGBT ally to find out more about  ‘ I Love You Always Forever’, working with Troye, and just when we can expect that eagerly-awaited sophomore album…

Australia's first openly gay Indigenous politician gives impassioned plea for marriage equality

Australia's first openly gay Indigenous politician gives impassioned plea for marriage equality - Australia's first openly gay Indigenous politician used his maiden speech to the Northern Territory parliament this week to make an impassioned plea ...

From South Africa to the Maldives: Surprising holiday destinations for LGBT travellers

From South Africa to the Maldives: Surprising holiday destinations for LGBT travellers - We've had some people tell us we shouldn't be sending people to countries where it's illegal to be gay ,” he added. “We like to think we're a little more ...

UK to pardon thousands of gay men convicted under defunct laws

UK to pardon thousands of gay men convicted under defunct laws -  Britain is to pardon thousands of gay and bisexual men who were convicted of crimes under sexual offence laws which ...

Why Boko Haram claims Western education is wrong

Why Boko Haram claims Western education is wrong - from Hausa and Arabic into English, told IBTimes UK . "It is true that Western education is against Islamic injunctions, but Boko Haram goes beyond.

After Being Arrested, People Can Seek Education Instead of Jail

After Being Arrested, People Can Seek Education Instead of Jail - A few areas in the United Kingdom are testing out a new, innovative approach to handling drug abusers. Since 1916, the U.K. has had a ...

Pakistan's women-only universities are 'progressive' spaces

Pakistan's women-only universities are 'progressive' spaces - The study, carried out with University of Leicester education academics ... “I am, of course, looking at it through my own lens as a black female UK  ...

Better science education could help avoid the next Donald Trump

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Better science education could help avoid the next Donald Trump - Professor Brian Cox used to want to sound like ­Ultravox. Specifically, how the new-wave band sound on Vienna , their 1980 album. So, aged 12 and too young to afford a synth, he and his bandmate convinced their teacher to help them build a device to reproduce that sound.

It's time for a new bill to help the homeless

It's time for a new bill to help the homeless - This Act gave councils a legal duty to house homeless people who meet certain 'priority need' criteria. This legislation has saved tens of thousands of ...

Glasgow has higher rate of single parents in poverty

Glasgow has higher rate of single parents in poverty - Almost half of single parents in Glasgow are living in poverty . ... Under UK Government welfare reforms, that changes in April next year to just three ...

Poverty and decision-making: How behavioural science can improve opportunity in the UK

Poverty and decision-making: How behavioural science can improve opportunity in the UK - A third of the UK population spent at least one year in relative income poverty between 2011 and 2014. Traditionally policymakers and anti- poverty  ...

Plea for government to top up child benefit to help feed kids who are hungry and poor

Plea for government to top up child benefit to help feed kids who are hungry and poor - The Scottish Government should top up child benefit payments for the ... Shelagh Young, director of Scotland, Home-Start UK added: “The children in ...

The 'Distressing' Condition Affecting Up To One Million Women ...

The 'Distressing' Condition Affecting Up To One Million Women ... - A large number of women in the UK could be suffering from an extreme ... dysphoric disorder (PMDD), affects up to one million women in the UK and can ... refer them to a mental health specialist for further assessment and treatment.

Older people who pay way their own way in care homes struggling to get a

Older people who pay way their own way in care homes struggling to get a - Unfortunately calls to Age UK's information line show just how powerless many older people and families feel when they are trying to arrange and ...

Exercise may help ward off memory decline in older people, study suggests

Exercise may help ward off memory decline in older people , study suggests - The study involved 70 people with an average age of 74 with vascular dementia. This is the second most common type of dementia and causes ...

Why old people can't hear in a crowded room: Researchers reveal ageing brains struggle to ...

Why old people can't hear in a crowded room: Researchers reveal ageing brains struggle to ... - But scientists have found older people find it harder to follow these conversations not because they can't hear, but simply because their brain needs ...

Gay men are battling a demon more powerful than HIV – and it's hidden

Gay men are battling a demon more powerful than HIV – and it's hidden - In the developed world, HIV is no longer the death sentence it once was, although the treatment can cause health complications, and in the UK an ...

One third of the world believe same-sex marriage should be legal

One third of the world believe same-sex marriage should be legal - The research, conducted by the International Lesbian , Gay , Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Association (ILGA), asked almost 100,000 people in ...

Gay men convicted of now-abolished sex offences to be pardoned

Gay men convicted of now-abolished sex offences to be pardoned - It will mean formal pardons for those convicted over consensual same-sex relationships before homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK .

Equality roadshow will champion LGBTI inclusion in rural Victoria

Equality roadshow will champion LGBTI inclusion in rural Victoria - VICTORIA'S first LGBTI Equality Roadshow will hit the road early next month to visit sexual and gender diverse communities in Swan Hill, Shepparton, ...

Reality TV Star RaisesAwareness For LGBTIQ MentalHealth

Reality TV Star RaisesAwareness For LGBTIQ MentalHealth - Bruno, the experience of appearing on national television came with a strong sense of responsibility to young members of the LGBTI community.

LGBTI advocates call on Senate to reject plebiscite as bill passes Lower House

LGBTI advocates call on Senate to reject plebiscite as bill passes Lower House - In light of the bill passing the Lower House, LGBTI advocates are calling for all supporters of marriage equality to contact their local senator to urge ...

Here is what you can do to help homeless LGBTI youth

Here is what you can do to help homeless LGBTI youth - Widespread homophobic and transphobic harassment and violence in Australian society has caused 33 per cent of LGBTI young people to harm ...

Transgender activist shows her spirit with Icon nomination

Transgender activist shows her spirit with Icon nomination - this Sunday's Icon Awards in Glasgow, which launched last year to celebrate those who make an important contribution to LGBTI rights in Scotland.

Doctrine causes great harm

Doctrine causes great harm - Anti-gay religious conservative doctrine can quickly legitimise hate speech and incite violence and exclusion against LGBTI people from local ...

African lay leader to speak at St. Paul's

African lay leader to speak at St. Paul's - He says that he and his LGBTI brothers and sisters are survivors. He said he wrote his book to inform people about the plight of LGBTI people in Africa ...

Gay film screening in Ukraine ruined by right-wing mob

Gay film screening in Ukraine ruined by right-wing mob  - A group of nationalists has violently interrupted an LGBTI film screening in western Ukraine on Tuesday (18 October). About 50 men, some dressed in ...

One In Three People Say Gay Couples Should Be Allowed To Marry, Global Survey Finds

One In Three People Say Gay Couples Should Be Allowed To Marry, Global Survey Finds - in partnership with Logo surveyed nearly 100,000 people in 65 countries for its first annual ILGA-RIWI Global Attitudes Survey on LGBTI People.

Outcry over slaying of openly gay man in Papua New Guinea

Outcry over slaying of openly gay man in Papua New Guinea -  LGBTI community members in Papua New Guinea are seeking a thorough police investigation of the death of openly gay man who allegedly was ...

Ontario Liberals, opposition on same page over bill changing 'mothers' and 'fathers' to gender ...

Ontario Liberals, opposition on same page over bill changing 'mothers' and 'fathers' to gender ... - It happened with her bid to ban so-called conversion therapy for LGBTQ young, before that with an effort to include trans rights in the Ontario Human ...

Ted Cruz tweets then deletes warning of mandatory sex changes if Clinton wins

Ted Cruz tweets then deletes warning of mandatory sex changes if Clinton wins - Ted Cruz tweeted a link to an article on Sunday that claimed that under a Hillary Clinton presidency “we will have mandated sex change operations.”.

Why won't the UN agenda for inclusive cities recognise LGBTQ citizens?

Why won't the UN agenda for inclusive cities recognise LGBTQ citizens? - There cannot be a democratic and inclusive city that does not consider LGBTQ groups as first-class citizens, with equal rights and freedoms.

LGBTQ inclusion makes economic sense

LGBTQ inclusion makes economic sense - Guthrie talked about statistics from Europe that showed more than half of LGBTQ people hide their sexual orientation in the workplace and that ...