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Trump's pastor claims Oscar-winning Moonlight is seducing kids into gay 'lifestyle choices'

Trump's pastor claims Oscar-winning Moonlight is seducing kids into gay 'lifestyle choices' - Trump's pastor claims Oscar-winning Moonlight is seducing kids into gay ... He is listed as a trustee of Samaritan's Purse UK , which runs the annual ...

Overseas schools to lose UK 'kitemark' over gay rights

Overseas schools to lose UK 'kitemark' over gay rights - More than 100 British international schools around the world have benefited from an official government badge of quality which helps them to attract ...

6 Gay Books By British Authors That Are Essential Reading for Any Gay Man

6 Gay Books By British Authors That Are Essential Reading for Any Gay Man - March 2 is World Book Day in the United Kingdom , today celebrating its 20th year. Somewhat confusingly, World Book Day is celebrated in a bunch of ...

When gay culture start losing its individualism? When did we all turn into banker w*nkers?

When gay culture start losing its individualism? When did we all turn into banker w*nkers? - In his latest book, The Descent of Man, Grayson Perry cleverly charts the misfortunes of masculinity and their repercussions on both the female and, ...

On Brexit the Lords are standing up for the law – and standing up to bullies

On Brexit the Lords are standing up for the law – and standing up to bullies - Despite the prime minister's threats of dire retribution should peers attempt to amend her Brexit bill, the House of Lords this week demonstrated a ...

Bishops divided on Brexit Bill: moral obligation and ethical liberation

Bishops divided on Brexit Bill: moral obligation and ethical liberation - 'Will the Bishops vote for Brexit ?' was the question posed a few weeks ago. Yesterday the House of Lords voted on an amendment to the European ...

Theresa May to warn SNP to stop playing politics over Brexit

Theresa May to warn SNP to stop playing politics over Brexit - Theresa May will use a visit to Scotland to tell Nicola Sturgeon to stop playing politics with Brexit and also condemn the Scottish National Party's ...

John Howard: Trump and Brexit symbolise cry for 'national sovereignty'

John Howard: Trump and Brexit symbolise cry for 'national sovereignty' - 

Mental health: it's not all 'in your head'

Mental health : it's not all 'in your head' - When I was very depressed one of the hardest things was explaining that I didn't feel sad. My illness was poorly understood by even the most ...

We need to talk about male eating disorders

We need to talk about male eating disorders - While we are being actively encouraged to talk about mental health , there is ... when a social drinker becomes an alcoholic,' Dave told Metro.co. uk .

Age UK launches programme to tackle discrimination against elderly

Age UK launches programme to tackle discrimination against elderly - Paul Goulden, Chief Executive, Age UK London, said he hoped the project will help make London a great place to grow older . He added: “Ageism is ...

Will you retire on £21k a year? Most savers fear they will miss ideal income goal for comfortable old ...

Will you retire on £21k a year? Most savers fear they will miss ideal income goal for comfortable old ... - The majority of workers in the UK's biggest cities are pessimistic that their pensions will provide for a comfortable old age , new research reveals.

The strange case of the fake child prodigy who used his boyfriend's blood to cheat an HIV test

The strange case of the fake child prodigy who used his boyfriend's blood to cheat an HIV test - Encouraged by his mother, “a renowned professor of child and adolescent psychology in the UK ”, he had, he told one journalist, entered Princeton ...

Slow growth and benefit reforms to hammer Britain's poorest families, says think tank

Slow growth and benefit reforms to hammer Britain's poorest families, says think tank - Child poverty in Britain is set to rise for the first time in ten years, because of Tory benefit cuts and a slowdown in growth, according to new forecasts ...

Child poverty rate to hit 30% in Britain after Brexit

Child poverty rate to hit 30% in Britain after Brexit -  The number of children living in poverty in the U.K. will spike to around 30% over the next five years because of government ...

UK welfare squeeze to push more children into poverty - IFS

UK welfare squeeze to push more children into poverty - IFS -  British government plans to squeeze welfare benefits are likely to push more children into absolute poverty over the next five ...

Kennedy grandson to chair trans equality task force in Congress

Kennedy grandson to chair trans equality task force in Congress - In the wake of his actions, the Congressional LGBT Equality Caucus announced that it is re-launching the Transgender Equality Task Force to work to ...

Trump's anti-LGBT Attorney General refuses to quit over secret Russia meetings

Trump's anti- LGBT Attorney General refuses to quit over secret Russia meetings - Trump's Attorney General Jeff Sessions has declined to participate in an FBI investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.

The gay Syrian refugee forming a new life in the UK

The gay Syrian refugee forming a new life in the UK - 

If The BBC Doesn't Look Like The Modern UK, We Can't Represent It Fully

If The BBC Doesn't Look Like The Modern UK , We Can't Represent It Fully - It shows we've met the workforce targets we wanted to achieve by the end of 2017 - more than 10 % of our workforce identifies as LGBT and more than ...

South Dakota House passes bill to legalise anti-LGBT discrimination in adoption

South Dakota House passes bill to legalise anti- LGBT discrimination in adoption - The House of Representatives in the state of South Dakota has passed a bill which would legalise discrimination by adoption agencies based on ...

Two transgender Pakistanis 'tortured to death' in Saudi Arabia

Two transgender Pakistanis 'tortured to death' in Saudi Arabia - Two transgender people were packed in sacks, thrashed with sticks and tortured to death, according to human rights activists. Police allegedly killed ...

Panti Bliss: marriage equality is a vote winner, not a vote loser

Panti Bliss: marriage equality is a vote winner, not a vote loser - Members of the LGBTI community and advocacy groups are currently urging the federal government to hold a free vote and make it a reality as soon ...

Canberra United co-captain Michelle Heyman wins LGBTI sports personality of the year award

Canberra United co-captain Michelle Heyman wins LGBTI sports personality of the year award - Heyman was crowned the sports personality of the year at the first Australian LGBTI awards at the Sydney Opera House on Thursday night.

I've had it up to here with these gender fascists! ANDREW PIERCE on the increasingly powerful ...

I've had it up to here with these gender fascists! ANDREW PIERCE on the increasingly powerful ... - The British Medical Association, long hijacked by Left-wing militants, has ... The answer lies in the fact that in the past 20 years, gay people have ...

Sex education to be made compulsory in schools across England

Sex education to be made compulsory in schools across England - He also said LGBTI issues needed to be included in the new policy, 'in order to fully address the sexual and mental health crisis among young people' ...

Why Trump forced me to resign as a trans teacher in a public high school

Why Trump forced me to resign as a trans teacher in a public high school - Immediately following the passage of HB2 – the North Carolina trans bathroom law – the LGBTI students in my classes felt frightened and targeted.

Emmerdale's homophobia storyline praised by gay rights group Stonewall as newly-wed Aaron ...

Emmerdale's homophobia storyline praised by gay rights group Stonewall as newly-wed Aaron ... - EMMERDALE has been praised by leading gay rights group Stonewall for the way it's handled the issue of homophobia in the prison system. Viewers ...

Beauty and the Beast to feature Disney's first openly gay character

Beauty and the Beast to feature Disney's first openly gay character - Speaking to Attitude magazine, the film's director Bill Condon said LeFou's role breaks new ground when it comes to LGBT visibility on screen.

Could Oprah Winfrey actually run for President in 2020?

Could Oprah Winfrey actually run for President in 2020? - fight for better disability rights, improved LGBT rights, an end to campus assault, protecting and strengthening medicare and for changes to be made ...

Government apology doesn't mean equality for gay men

Government apology doesn't mean equality for gay men - The government's proposed bill to pardon thousands of gay men that were sentenced for crimes that no longer exist has received royal assent.

Leading LGBT charity Stonewall praises Emmerdale for Aaron Dingle's prison homophobia story

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Leading LGBT charity Stonewall praises Emmerdale for Aaron Dingle's prison homophobia story - Aaron initially felt safest concealing his sexuality, despite this killing him inside but when Jason clocked a close moment between Aaron and his visiting husband Robert Sugden, things turned nasty and Aaron was ganged up on.  Aaron stood up to vicious Jason as he was hit with evil slurs and terrifying threats and the situation is destined to get worse as Aaron faces violent beatings which result in him suffering panic attacks.