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10 inspiring transgender icons to celebrate Trans Awareness Week

10 inspiring transgender icons to celebrate Trans Awareness Week - Chaz was and continues to be a prominent LGBT activist, and even served as an Entertainment Media Director for the Gay and Lesbian Alliance ...

Proposal for a LGBT church inclusion group

Proposal for a LGBT church inclusion group - I'm exploring the possibility of setting up a support network for LGBT people, over 18 years of age, who wish to see the Presbyterian Church in Ireland ...

Wounds take longer to heal in older people because of a breakdown in communication, study finds

Wounds take longer to heal in older people because of a breakdown in communication, study finds - It's long been known that cuts and grazes take longer to heal as we get older . But until now, the reason as to why our body's tend to mend slower as ...

More need, less money: how older people are missing out on the care they need

More need, less money: how older people are missing out on the care they need - There are currently 1.2 million older people in the UK living with some basic need unmet. That's 48% more than six years ago. Basic needs include ...

Rising pension age will have 'disproportionate effect' on Scots

Rising pension age will have 'disproportionate effect' on Scots - Age UK has warned that some Scots would lose out to planned rises in the State ... "In some areas of Scotland it barely exceeds 67 for men, and some of our older people might receive little or no State Pension if the qualifying age is ...

Don't worry that you get distracted easily in old age - it actually makes you more creative, study finds

Don't worry that you get distracted easily in old age - it actually makes you more creative, study finds - Despite older people finding it harder to focus, this makes them more creative - just ask multi-millionaire entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, 66.

Health Secretaries spanning 20 years 'alarmed and dismayed' over inaction on mental health care

Health Secretaries spanning 20 years 'alarmed and dismayed' over inaction on mental health care -  Health secretaries spanning the last 20 years in Britain have written a letter to The Times newspaper launching a scathing attack on the lack of ...

Almost a quarter of children in Bexley are living in poverty, charities say

Almost a quarter of children in Bexley are living in poverty , charities say - Tower Hamlets is the local authority with the capital's highest child poverty rate (43.5 per cent), while the City of London has the lowest (18.1 per cent).

Late HIV diagnoses still a problem

Late HIV diagnoses still a problem - Speaking ahead of National HIV Testing Week, chief executive of the Terrence Higgins Trust Ian Green has called for an imperative “culture shift” in attitudes towards HIV testing in a bid to “demystify” the virus and save lives.

Harassment, hate speech reported across Iowa in week after election

Harassment, hate speech reported across Iowa in week after election - While racism, sexism and homophobia weren't invented in the 2016 campaign cycle, some have said they feel like what was once practiced or ...

Homophobic abuse victim fears similar crimes are happening 'more and more' across London

Homophobic abuse victim fears similar crimes are happening 'more and more' across London - A gay man subjected who captured a stranger's tirade of homophobic abuse on camera over the weekend says the incident was not the first time he ...

Bernie Sanders Calls for Trump to Ax Bannon; Urges New Admin to Reject Racism, Sexism ...

Bernie Sanders Calls for Trump to Ax Bannon; Urges New Admin to Reject Racism, Sexism ... - Senator Bernie Sanders gave his first major address since the election on Tuesday. Since challenging Clinton in the Democratic primary, he has ...

Minister who survived 2011 earthquake denounces Brian Tamaki's homophobic sermon

Minister who survived 2011 earthquake denounces Brian Tamaki's homophobic sermon - A minister who survived the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake but lost his home, has spoken out against Brian Tamaki's sermon blaming gay ...

Survey Finds Dramatic Gap in Perception of Racism on Campus

Survey Finds Dramatic Gap in Perception of Racism on Campus - This disparity suggests that there is incongruence on perception of the climate around homophobia between those most likely to be affected by ...

In Brazen Hate Crime, Men Hurl Rock And Homophobic Slurs At UC Student

In Brazen Hate Crime, Men Hurl Rock And Homophobic Slurs At UC Student - A case involving a student subjected to homophobic slurs and struck in the head by a rock at the University of California at ...

Jim Obergefell Says He Doesn't Trust Trump On Marriage Equality

Jim Obergefell Says He Doesn't Trust Trump On Marriage Equality - His vice president, Mike Pence, is one of the most anti- LGBTI politicians in the country and just the fact he says 'it's settled' does not make me feel ...

Alarming Numbers of Straight People Don't Realize They Have HIV Until Too Late

Alarming Numbers of Straight People Don't Realize They Have HIV Until Too Late - Overall, 40 percent of all people diagnosed with HIV in the UK last year ... In 2015, 3,320 of the 6,095 new diagnoses in the UK came from gay and ...

We need National HIV Testing Week now more than ever'

We need National HIV Testing Week now more than ever' - Rates of late diagnosis of HIV remain worryingly high, making National HIV Testing Week an essential campaign for every gay and bisexual man.

50000 gay and bisexual men are living with HIV in the UK

50000 gay and bisexual men are living with HIV in the UK - And according to new public health figures, around one in seven are unaware they have the virus. The number of men who have sex with men newly ...

Potential Supreme Court nominee who wants gays jailed denies posing nude for gay adult site

Potential Supreme Court nominee who wants gays jailed denies posing nude for gay adult site - One of Trump's possible picks for the Supreme Court, who has said in the past that he wants gays who have consensual sex in private to be jailed, ...

Donald Trump's potential Supreme Court judge pick thinks gay people should be jailed for having ...

Donald Trump's potential Supreme Court judge pick thinks gay people should be jailed for having ... - One of Donald Trump's prospective picks for the Supreme Court believes gay people should be prosecuted for having sex because they are not ...

This is why LGBTI people in Romania are going out onto the streets to fight for their rights

This is why LGBTI people in Romania are going out onto the streets to fight for their rights - Local LGBTI NGO Accept, submitted a memorandum to the Parliament, signed by over 80 organizations from the civil society, public figures came out ...

Uruguay is Urugay — and More Good News From Around The World!

Uruguay is Urugay — and More Good News From Around The World! - The senior-level position is part of the coordinated, strategic approach to improve LGBTI inclusion and gender equality through the Bank's work.

where to visit, eat and party in the sexy Spanish city

where to visit, eat and party in the sexy Spanish city - This time around, I was visiting for Pride, and the experience underlined just how great a city this is for any LGBTI individual. (No surprise, given ...