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Gay love in the deaf community to be explored in new play 'NOISE' - The young playwright from Birmingham is helming an innovative new play, NOISE , to help raise awareness of the potential challenges of being deaf amid the frantic setting of university. Mixing humour and tragedy, the loud, visually-engaging show followings the story of five fresh-faced students embarking on their first year at university; one of whom, Evan, is gay and deaf. But it’s not just Evan’s story that sets this production apart from most others: Each performance will be signed, captioned and audio described to let deaf audiences enjoy immersive magic of the show. 21-tear-old Thomas says he was inspired to write the play after a chance encounter with a deaf group while working at a theatre left him painfully aware of his own ignorance surrounding the issue.

Belfast councillors should think again about LGBT window - What has the LGBT movement done for anyone compared with, for example, Professor Pantridge who invented the life-saving defibrillator, or for that ...

Activists call for Moscow to curb anti- LGBT violence in Chechnya - Russian LGBT activist Igor Kochetkov and the deputy director for Human Rights Watch Russia Tanya Lokhina, call on the authorities to stop 'anti- gay  ...

Two gay men face 100 lashes in Indonesia - Shocking video showing two gay men being slapped by vigilantes who broke into their home before handing them over to police has sparked ...

The rise in nationalism after Brexit is nothing new – the proud Englishman has always been patriotic - The rise of English nationalism to the mainstream of British politics in the aftermath of Brexit has surprised many commentators. But despite the unease ...

Northern Ireland 'could join European free trade association post- Brexit ' - The letter stressed that Brexit could not be allowed to compromise cross-border efforts to tackle organised crime and those opposed to the peace ...

SNP 'held more than 80 Europe meetings after Brexit vote' - First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and other senior SNP ministers held more than 80 meetings in Europe in the weeks following last year's Brexit vote.

UK retailers experience further fall in sales as living costs rise - Retail sales in the UK have fallen for the third month in a row as a post Brexit referendum rise in the cost of living appears to be affecting consumer ...

Bilingual children outperform native speakers by age 7 - Children who speak English as a second language outperform their native speaking classmates in a range of academic tests by the age of seven, despite lagging behind when they start school, research has shown. A study looking at the educational development of children of migrants reveals that while they are behind their monolingual peers at age five, they scored higher in maths and writing tests after just two years later. Academics from the University of Sydney tracked the development of 19,000 UK infants up to the age of 11, which showed that those who spoke more than one language had higher cognitive development scores.

Trump's rigorous asylum proposals endanger domestic abuse survivors - In 2014, the country's immigration high court issued a landmark ruling that some women escaping pervasive domestic violence may qualify for asylum ...

160000 victims of domestic violence withdrew support for prosecutions in 2016 - At least 160,015 victims of domestic violence in England withdrew their support for charges against the alleged perpetrators in 2016. This represents ...

Elderly forced to live in poorly performing care homes, says study by charity - One in three care homes in the North West performed poorly, compared with 20.3% in London, with the elderly and their families having little choice of ...

In the search for the root causes of children's poor mental health , we'll probably find that social ... - In 2015, the first-ever shadow mental health minister, Luciana Berger, ... which travelled to a town in Wales with the worst internet signal in the UK , ...

Bosses Happier Than Their Workers, As Half Of Employees Feel Mental Health Support Is ... - A majority of UK business owners are happier than their workers, as employees believe the mental health support they receive in their workplace is ...

Staff exodus from child mental health service over new tax rules -  CHILDREN suffering a mental health crisis are feared to be at risk following an exodus of all permanent and locum clinical psychiatrists from the area's ...

In Favour Of An Independent Scotland - Scotland's poverty figures are appalling when compared to the rest of the UK as a whole. Wales also has unsettling poverty figures but, unlike ...

Social care professor helps care homes become more LGBT -friendly - The aim is to share the project findings so that care homes run by other providers in Britain can tailor the care provided and ensure LGBT don't feel ...

Teach safe sex to protect boys from cancer-causing HPV, says union - HPV was the “second most common sexually-transmitted disease in the UK ”, and that 90 per cent of adults “will come into contact with at least one ...

British Vogue hires first gay male editor, Edward Enninful - Edward Enninful will take over from Alexandra Schulman, who announced earlier this year that she would step down from the role after 25 years.

Amnesty International launch petition to stop 'abduction, torture and killing of gay men' in Chechnya - Following continuing reports of gay men being detained and tortured in ... Amnesty UK also tweeted to their large international following : “Call for an ...

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov denies massacre of gay citizens saying 'such people do not exist' - Ramzan Kadyrov is unlike any other provincial leader in Russia. He rules the republic of Chechnya with brute force and enjoys the indulgence of ...

Local beer company launches Pozible campaign to fight for marriage equality -  LGBTI Australians deserve the right to marry, just as everyone does – and it's time we speak up for our community and change how we do things,” he ...

Understanding the LGBTI Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Strategy - In what appears to be a first of its kind in the world, the National LGBTI Health Alliance released the National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and ...

Hong Kong needs to change its laws if it wants the pink dollar - Hong Kong's young people are generally more accepting of LGBTI people. 92% of people aged between 18-24 believing the government should ...

Evangelist says Katy Perry 'ruled by Satan' for not believing you can 'pray away the gay ' - A religious activist has launched a scathing attack on pop singer Katy Perry over her stance against conversion therapy – a term given to ...

Oldest gay in the village' gets apology for gay conviction after 43 year battle - A 93-year-old man has received an apology for his homosexual conviction after a 43 year long battle. George Montague, dubbed the 'oldest gay in the ...

Scotland becomes first country in UK to make PrEP available through NHS - Every gay and bisexual man living in the entire UK deserves the right to access PrEP for free on the NHS. It's time this became a reality. Too many gay  ...

Overwhelming majority of gay and bisexual men disaprove of MSM terminlogy - THEGAYUK recently undertook a survey to ask readers who identify as gay, bisexual and male what they thought of the term “Men Who Have Sex With Men” or the initialism MSM. The term’s use has become more and more prevalent by health organisations,  pharmaceutical  companies, educational establishments and other specialists when talking about health or sexual issues to do with gay and bisexual men. The results were unequivocal. 80 percent of those surveyed said that their preferred term when grouping gay and bisexual men was simply, the usage of “gay and bisexual men”. It was the number one preference by a landslide

Botswana, UK clash on key human rights issues - The United Kingdom (UK) and Botswana's divergence on key elements of human ... She said in the UK homosexuality was decriminalised in the 60's.

LGBTI people left out of Singapore's public housing system - For young LGBTI people rejected by their families, public housing is crucial to keep them safe. But that might no longer be the case as straight couples ...

Hong Kong's tourism sector the loser without laws to protect rights of sexual minorities, experts say - Chinese University last year, 56 per cent of Hongkongers agreed that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex ( LGBTI ) individuals should be ...

Trans student told 'gay people' not allowed to use women's restroom - The unnamed university is in Baguio City which recently passed new laws protecting LGBTI people from discrimination. The ordinance prohibits ...

Troye Sivan honoured at GLAAD awards - Patricia Arquette was honoured with the Vanguard Award for significant work in promoting equal rights for LGBTI people, while Moonlight took out the ...