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Christian campaigner urges change in equality law to avoid Ashers' gay cake 'mistake' - Christian campaigner Simon Calvert stated that the equality laws in the U.K. must include "reasonable accommodation" to avoid repeating the ...

UK Government steps up regulation against 'rogue' adult websites -  UK Government steps up regulation against 'rogue' adult websites ... the lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) community site for UK Liberal ...

Cutbacks leaving LGBT people without specialist mental and sexual health support - The report, commissioned by UNISON from NatCen Social Research, presents a damning picture of how the needs of the LGBT community in Britain  ...

LGBT Group Calls For Action In Ronaldo 'Faggot' Row - A leading Spanish LGBT support group has called for the Spanish league to take action over alleged homophobic comments made to Cristiano ...

Do You Believe in the Learning Potential of Minecraft i. - Ahead of the launch, Engadget reports that an expert for the U.K. 's Department of Education is skeptical about the game being a learning tool and ...

Over a quarter' of UK universities divest from fossil fuels - The number of UK higher education institutions vowing to exclude fossil fuel from investments has grown to 43, according to research conducted by ...

Kent school cancels talk by journalist linked to Donald Trump over extremism advice - But the Canterbury school announced today that it had received advice from the Department for Education (DfE) to call off his visit tomorrow due to ...

Dementia risk falls as education improves - The findings come after British scientists found this year that men's chances of getting dementia at specific ages had dropped 40 per cent in two ...

Unemployment falls to lowest level for 11 years - The latest UK jobs figures show the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level for 11 years. Self-employment has increased by 213,000 since the ...

Masculine men likely to suffer mental health problems - Men who subscribe to traditionally masculine traits like the desire to win, violent tendencies and sexual promiscuity were more likely to suffer from ...

Sexist' men more likely to have mental health issues, study finds - Men who behave like promiscuous playboys or feel powerful over women are more likely to have mental health problems than men with less sexist ...

Monitoring of prisoners to be reviewed after deaths - Of these, 417 were recorded as having a mental health illness and a further 740 prisoners recorded as having an addiction - just over 75% of the ...

Street teams half mental health -related arrests in North East - Street teams of nurses and police have halved the number of mental health -related arrests. In the North East about 1,200 people are detained under ...

How Old People Are Skewing British Politics - However, that's not the whole story, because older people also turned out in higher numbers than initially reported. Among 55 to 64-year-olds, turnout ...

Four in five UK councils struggle to provide older people's care - Four in five UK councils struggle to provide older people's care – survey ... Reported in the Guardian (21 November): More than 6.4 million people ...

Research provides new insight into possible causes of AMD among older people - AMD currently affects more than 600,000 people in the UK and 50 million ... This figure is expected rise significantly as our society grows older .

Gay mayor of Massachusetts town receives homophobic abuse twice in one week - It read: “Alex, you are one of the most selfish people that I know due to your ' gay ' lifestyle. You are going down.” Writing on Facebook Alex said: “Well, ...

Gay parental rights in the US and how that affects gay parents in the UK - For gay and lesbian couples looking to marry in the US this reversal is ... UK law currently prevents surrogacy arrangements being brokered and ...

Donald Trump Scares LGBT People Worldwide and More, in This Week's Global LGBT Recap - Amid a broad assault on political opponents by the Turkish government, LGBT News in Turkey reports that Levent Pişkin, a lawyer and LGBTI activist, ...

Lambda queers get feather in the cap but not from Mozambique government - Having successfully lobbied to have the country's colonial-era antihomosexuality laws repealed, Lambda wants to be declared a registered LGBTI  ...

From gays at work to union pride - From the beginning, LGBTI workers knew that our rights at work not only were worth fighting for, but had to be fought for. From Gay Liberation joining ...

First Look At Upcoming Gay Rights Miniseries 'When We Rise' - Jones – portrayed by Guy Pearce – and will chronicle the rise of LGBTI rights in the US, starting with the history-making Stonewall Riots in 1969.

Victory as UN votes to keep LGBT rights expert despite major opposition - The UN's human rights committee voted 84-77 with 12 abstentions to keep a role working on LGBTI rights. 850 non-governmental organizations from ...

African states fail to block United Nations' LGBT rights protector - Vitit Muntarbhorn of Thailand has a three-year mandate to investigate abuses against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex ( LGBTI ) people.

UK's Corbyn: Trump a 'rich white man' faking anti-elitism - We can see the choice taken by politicians on the hard Right — to whip up division against migrants, Muslims, Mexicans, women, LGBT people, ...

Sisters Uncut block bridges across the UK to protest cuts to domestic violence services - Sisters Uncut block bridges across the UK to protest cuts to domestic ... migrant, disabled and LGBT survivors who remain more likely to be trapped in ...

How Does The UK Television Industry Equal Its US Counterpart? - The UK is brimming with talented, ambitious individuals. ... The issue facing these individuals, in particular in the UK , is the industry's adversity ... at the moment that young people are passionate about: Brexit, LGBT rights, feminism.

A definitive list of everything Obama has done for the LGBT community - Minorities around the U.S. and the world have staged protests worried about what this office might hold for them. The LGBT community in particular are ...

Video game to have groundbreaking number of LGBTI characters - A new update of video game Overwatch is believed to be breaking ground, with more LGBTI characters in storylines than every seen before.

Trump could roll back LBGT and family planning policies, warns former USAID general counsel - In October, USAID issues policy guidance forbidding USAID implementers from discriminating against LGBTI beneficiaries. Simpkins said this could ...

Mariela Castro Regards LGBTI People's Rights in Cuba's Social Justice - The work for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex ( LGBTI ) people has been based on the experiences accumulated in these years ...

The 5 best blockbuster gay winter sun hotspots - Here, we team up with Heathrow Airport to look at five LGBTI -friendly hotspots – all from vastly different corners of the world – that boast year-round ...