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“We lose when we quit, so no quitting, okay?”

“We lose when we quit, so no quitting, okay?” - Three of us are gay and two are minorities and the children of immigrants. As states were declared blue or red, I found myself making jokes because ...

Mexican congressional committee rejects Pena Nieto's bid to legalize gay m...

Mexican congressional committee rejects Pena Nieto's bid to legalize gay m... - Participants wave a rainbow flag in front of a church during a march in support of gay marriage, sexual and gender diversity in Mexico City, Mexico ...

NHS England has power to fund Prep HIV drug, court decides

NHS England has power to fund Prep HIV drug, court decides - There are more than 100,000 people living with HIV in the UK and, statistically, gay men are the most at-risk group. The average HIV prevalence in the ...

Gay man attacked hours after Trump election win in Santa Monica bar

Gay man attacked hours after Trump election win in Santa Monica bar - A gay man claimed he was bottled in the head and left in a pool of blood by Donald Trump supporters on election night. Chris Ball was in a Santa ...

Here's where Donald Trump stands on education

Here's where Donald Trump stands on education -  Education policy was largely a second-tier issue during his campaign, which focused instead on issues like national security, trade, and Hillary ...

Schools must focus on struggling white working-class pupils, says UK charity

Schools must focus on struggling white working-class pupils, says UK charity - Schools must focus on struggling white working-class pupils, says UK charity ... A study by the Sutton Trust education charity found that disadvantaged ...

Sex education does not cut teen pregnancy

Sex education does not cut teen pregnancy - Most people agree that sex education should start early and focus on ... Dr Mason-Jones said: 'In the UK the only mandatory part of sex education is ...

Engineers must become more creative if UK is to reaise its additive ambitions

Engineers must become more creative if UK is to reaise its additive ambitions - Industry and universities will need to broaden the scope of education and professional development to include greater creative thinking if the UK is to ...

More help needed for teens with mental illness' says Chard campaigner

More help needed for teens with mental illness ' says Chard campaigner - A MENTAL health campaigner in Chard has called for more awareness and ... Mr Harmer-Taylor added: “Men in the UK aged 20 to 49 are now more likely to ... For that to change, the stigma of mental illnesses must be challenged.

Being a scout or guide 'can help improve mental health in later life'

Being a scout or guide 'can help improve mental health in later life' - Such activities, which frequently involve being outdoors, also seem to remove the relatively higher likelihood of mental illness in those from poorer ...

Brexit could leave rural areas facing deep poverty': Nearly a quarter of all people in Wales now ...

Brexit could leave rural areas facing deep poverty ': Nearly a quarter of all people in Wales now ... - Nearly a quarter of all people in Wales now struggling to make ends meet, according to a new report from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which ...

A generation of UK children will suffer in poverty. Suddenly that's normal

A generation of UK children will suffer in poverty . Suddenly that's normal - Go to a playground in many areas – Birmingham, Manchester or London – and out of a group of 10 boys and girls, four or five will be in poverty .

4340 kids are living in poverty in Inverclyde

4340 kids are living in poverty in Inverclyde - A TOTAL of 4,340 children are living in poverty in Inverclyde – one of the highest levels in the country. A report by the End Child Poverty Coalition ...

Research says not enough homes for retired people are being built in the UK

Research says not enough homes for retired people are being built in the UK - Housing policymakers in the UK are too focussed on providing for first time ... 'Increasing the provision of housing suitable for older people will have ...

Rise in complaints about adult social care

Rise in complaints about adult social care - Janet Morrison, chief executive of older people's charity Independent Age, said: "The sharp increase in complaints about adult social care is yet more ...

Trust vacuum' may explain Trump win

Trust vacuum' may explain Trump win - The AoEC study revealed that distrust of politicians was particularly high among older people in the UK , with less than 7 per cent of over 55s saying ...

Donald Trump wins: 12 reasons to still be cheerful if your 2016 just got even worse

Donald Trump wins: 12 reasons to still be cheerful if your 2016 just got even worse - With first the UK's decision to commit Brexit and then the US's vote to elect ... Clearly for 52 per cent of the voting British public and 58.7 million ... Voters in Oregon elected openly LGBT governor Kate Brown, the first time that has ever ...

This is what President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will do to LGBT rights

This is what President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence will do to LGBT rights - The Republican winners of the election have vowed to turn back the tide on LGBTI rights and activists are preparing to fight back. During his campaign ...

Tory hits out over SNP's 'dangerous obsession' with linking hate crime to Brexit

Tory hits out over SNP's 'dangerous obsession' with linking hate crime to Brexit - Annie Wells also accused Nicola Sturgeon of "tokenism" in her work with LGBTI anti-bullying groups and called for more work to be done in tackling ...

LGBT Ugandans Argue Against US Hate Pastor in Federal Court

LGBT Ugandans Argue Against US Hate Pastor in Federal Court - SMUG and the LGBTI community have stood tall in the face of such ... “The evidence demonstrates that Lively worked to erase LGBTI Ugandans from ...

LGBT activists abroad 'devastated' by Trump election

LGBT activists abroad 'devastated' by Trump election - “Internationally it is of the utmost importance that a Trump administration stays actively involved in furthering the rights of LGBTI people,” said Boris ...

Victorian MPs divided over bill to protect queer workers from religious discrimination

Victorian MPs divided over bill to protect queer workers from religious discrimination - The bill makes amendments to the Equal Opportunity Act, preventing religious organisations and schools from discriminating against LGBTI  ...

Project aims to tackle isolation in LGBT over 50s

Project aims to tackle isolation in LGBT over 50s - Jean Monaghan, a development worker at LGBT Age, said: “The situation for most LGBTI people in the UK is now more positive‚ secure and affirming ...

LGBTIQ groups demand parliament take action on marriage equality

LGBTIQ groups demand parliament take action on marriage equality - A network of more than 90 LGBTI organisations and leaders across the nation have today signed a joint statement calling on supporters of marriage ...

Premier League stars are afraid to reveal they are gay

Premier League stars are afraid to reveal they are gay - NBA legend John Amaechi has revealed he knows a number of gay ... to announce that they were gay but did it after leaving their English clubs.

America's largest LGBT rights group vows to fight on after 'devastating' Trump victory

America's largest  LGBT  rights group vows to fight on after 'devastating' Trump victory - Well this is it. After one of the most vitriolic election campaigns in modern history, Donald Trump is the new President-elect of the United States of ...

Oregon LGBT Governor-Elect Is First Openly Bisexual Candidate Voted Into ...

Oregon  LGBT  Governor-Elect Is First Openly Bisexual Candidate Voted Into ... - Kate Brown is the first open member of the  LGBT  community to be elected governor in the United States. Brown, a Democrat who is bisexual, became ...

Here's how President Trump could undermine LGBT rights

Here's how President Trump could undermine  LGBT  rights - Now the  LGBT  community is back on defense; the campaign is over and it's time to dust ourselves off and prepare for the myriad fights ahead.

I'm scared': CNN's Hilary Rosen explains how 'economic protest' vote will hurt LGBT families

I'm scared': CNN's Hilary Rosen explains how 'economic protest' vote will hurt  LGBT  families - CNN's Hilary Rosen worries that she and many other Americans will be “collateral damage” in the “economic protest” that got Donald Trump elected.

Northern Ireland plans to pardon men for historic gay crime offenses

Northern Ireland plans to pardon men for historic  gay  crime offenses - Sugden has said Northern Ireland will do the same as the rest of the  UK . ... 'It was only in 1982 that the criminalization of  gay  and bisexual men in ...

HRC will “continue fight for equality” despite “devastating” Trump victory

HRC will “continue fight for equality” despite “devastating” Trump victory - Human Rights Campaign, who formally endorsed  LGBT -friendly Democrat Hillary Clinton for president earlier this year, have released a statement ...

The stars who will be celebrating Donald Trump's victory

The stars who will be celebrating Donald Trump's victory - He seems very much behind the  LGBT  community because of what happened in North Carolina with the bathroom issue. He backed the  LGBT  ...