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The U.K.'s Health Secretary Wants To Ban Sexting For Under-18s

The U.K. 's Health Secretary Wants To Ban Sexting For Under-18s - Jeremy Hunt, the health secretary for the British government, has suggested that ... and sexual imagery is negatively affecting young people's mental health . ... Though it was just a suggestion, Hunt's ideas are in tune with the U.K.  ...

Prevention in mental health demands equity and justice

Prevention in mental health demands equity and justice - Prevention in mental health demands equity and justice ... Prevention and Intervention that the British Psychological Society and other national bodies ...

People expected to die 10 years earlier in poorer parts of UK, new figures reveal

People expected to die 10 years earlier in poorer parts of UK , new figures reveal - Many studies have shown poverty to be linked to earlier death but this is the first time regional life expectancy data has been collected for the whole ...

Paying people to climb out of poverty would work if billionaires get involved

Paying people to climb out of poverty would work if billionaires get involved - Kenya child poverty A young boy from the remote Turkana tribe in Northern Kenya plays to the camera as villagers wait their turn to see if they will be ...

Hard up east Londoners are most likely to give to charity

Hard up east Londoners are most likely to give to charity - The poorest boroughs also have some of the worst rates of child poverty in the UK , 44% in Tower Hamlets and 38% in Newham, with many children ...

Battles to end poverty, inequality will falter in Trump era, experts predi...

Battles to end poverty , inequality will falter in Trump era, experts predi... - Global goals to end poverty and aid to the developing world are at risk of severe setback under U.S. ...

More people are going hungry': tackling food poverty in the UK

More people are going hungry': tackling food poverty in the UK - Food poverty is officially defined as the inability of a person or household to ... He paints a picture of a UK where more and more are going hungry.

Number of LGBT Students Living in Fear of Hate Crime Rises 95%

Number of LGBT Students Living in Fear of Hate Crime Rises 95% -  LGBT anti-violence charity Galop reported that four in five LGBT people ... Nik Noone, Galop chief executive, said: “ UK responses to hate crime are ...

Study of hate Tweets reveals Midlothian is UK's most racist region and Northampton is sexist

Study of hate Tweets reveals Midlothian is UK's most racist region and Northampton is sexist - The worst areas in Britain for homophobic, racist and sexist abuse online .... But despite positive and neutral discussion of LGBT rights dominating ...

Are cohabitation agreements useful for LGBT couples?

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Are cohabitation agreements useful for LGBT couples? - Whether you're getting ready to live with your partner or you've both decided to take the plunge and invest in property together, taking the next step in ...

Stop this homophobic football banter, demands Leeds MP

Stop this homophobic football banter, demands Leeds MP - A poll of 1,250 sports fans for LGBT charity Stonewall earlier this year suggested that 72% had heard homophobic abuse while watching football in the ...

Anti-LGBTI 'religious freedom' provision stripped from US defense spending bill

Anti- LGBTI 'religious freedom' provision stripped from US defense spending bill - Republicans in the US Congress have backed away from trying to include an anti- LGBTI 'Religious Freedom' provision to a $619 billion military ...

New Delhi's LGBTI Community Marches For Their Rights

New Delhi's LGBTI Community Marches For Their Rights - Hundreds marched in India's New Delhi Queer Pride Parade on the weekend, calling for the repeal of discriminatory laws in the country. It's the ninth ...

New film & website puts spotlight on violence in LGBTI relationships

New film & website puts spotlight on violence in LGBTI relationships - Produced by ACON, NSW's leading HIV prevention, HIV support and LGBTI health organisation, Red Flags is a short film that explores how the ...

Hong Kong: Equal Rights for LGBTI People

Hong Kong: Equal Rights for LGBTI People - If Hong Kong aims to continue to be 'Asia's World City' and attract foreign talents, it needs to tackle discrimination against LGBTI people. […] LGBTI  ...

Over 500 participants in LGBTI world conference in Bangkok

Over 500 participants in LGBTI world conference in Bangkok - Decriminalisation of LGBTI people, combating violence, violations and protection of rights of LGBTI refugees are key issues that NGOs from around the ...

Critics say Mariela Castro LGBT documentary 'glosses over' Cuba's rights abuses

Critics say Mariela Castro LGBT documentary 'glosses over' Cuba's rights abuses - A new HBO documentary detailing Mariela Castro's fight for LGBT equality in Cuba has been described as “pure propaganda” by critics and accused ...

Gay charities hit out at school apologising to 'homophobic' teaching assistant

Gay charities hit out at school apologising to 'homophobic' teaching assistant - Several gay rights charities have voiced concern about an apology issued by a school to a woman who expressed homophobic views. Brannel School ...

Physios urged to value diversity and support people with multiple minority identities

Physios urged to value diversity and support people with multiple minority identities - The event in London, where members from the society's black minority ethnic (BME), lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) and disabled ...

Donald Trump appoints Obamacare's biggest opponent as Health Secretary

Donald Trump appoints Obamacare's biggest opponent as Health Secretary - om Price, an harsh critic of Barack Obama Affordable Care Act - and of LGBT rights - to begin scrapping his predecessor's landmark legislative bill.

Australian musician pens song to honour young LGBT suicide victim

Australian musician pens song to honour young LGBT suicide victim - Sydney-based Colwell will donate 100% of funds from the sale of his single to Life, a project of the National LGBTI Health Alliance who provide crucial ...

Majority of LGBT South Africans live in fear of discrimination

Majority of LGBT South Africans live in fear of discrimination - There are very few societal programmes to address LGBTI prejudice and hate crimes‚ most notably in schools. When it comes to responses‚ the ...

Man shouts 'Trump's won! Straight White Men Rule!' before attacking couple

Man shouts 'Trump's won! Straight White Men Rule!' before attacking couple - The wave of white supremacist antigay hate that rose up following the election of Donald Trump as president of the U.S. has apparently reached as far ...

iPhone users are liars, Android users are not: Study

iPhone users are liars, Android users are not: Study - Researchers also found that iPhone users have lower level of honesty and humility compared to the Android users.  "Key differences in personality were also observed with iPhone users displaying lower levels of Honesty-Humility and higher levels of emotionality." The research was originally conducted in September at the British Psychological Society Social Psychology Section annual conference. "This study provides new insights into personality differences between different types of smartphone users," said Heather Shaw, from the University of Lincoln in the U.K. "Smartphone choice is the most basic level of smartphone personalisation, and even this can tell us a lot about the user," she added