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This teen fashion designer is upcycling clothes for young homeless LGBT people - A teenage fashion designer from Los Angeles is upcycling unwanted clothes and donating them to young homeless LGBT youth. Dillon Eisman is a ...

Trump Administration Appoints Anti-Transgender Activist To Gender Equality Post - USAID has backed programs in several countries with the goal of supporting LGBT economic empowerment, access to housing and health care, and ...

London Pride sorry for poster saying 'Being homophobic is sooo gay ' - London Pride has apologised for 'misjudged' promotional posters, one of which said 'Being homophobic is sooo gay .' They faced a backlash after ...

Scotland's political leaders back marriage equality in Northern Ireland ahead of huge Belfast march ... - Northern Ireland is currently the only part of the UK or Ireland where ... but I firmly believe it's time for LGBT people across the whole of the UK to enjoy ...

Soft Brexit is the only sane option. This is no time for partisan politics - 

Labour's single market rebels vow to continue to pressure PM on Brexit - Theresa May. The amendment calling for the UK to remain in the single market and customs union won the backing of more than 100 MPs, including ...

At least 12 banks are moving some operations from London to Dublin after Brexit - Irish authorities have clinched deals with more than a dozen London-based banks to move part of their operations to Dublin in preparation for Brexit , ...

UK firms 'failing to prepare' for regulation changes after Brexit - A third of respondents to the survey, which was carried out by Interim Partners, said Brexit was the biggest upcoming challenge for businesses.

Adoption: time for a change? - Contrary to popular perception, the overwhelming majority (82%) of children in local authority care are not babies and young children "waiting for adoption", but older children aged between 5–16 years. For these children conventional adoption is likely to be a remote, if not impossible, aspiration particularly in light of the continuing decline in successful adoptive placements. On 31 March 2016 only a tiny percentage (just under 3%) of the 70,000 children in local authority care in England were subject to placement orders for adoption but had not yet been placed, and most (73%) of that tiny group were considered 'hard to place' (meaning a child aged 5 years or over, BME, disabled or part of a sibling group) (DfE: Children looked after in England (including adoption and care leavers) year ending 31 March 2016; Adoption Leadership Board quarterly data report: July to Sept 2015).

NSPCC report 30% rise in child emotional abuse - However, the rise was even more pronounced across the rest of the UK , with a ... “Child emotional abuse entails the ongoing abuse of children; them being ... domestic violence , alcohol or substance abuse, and mental health issues.

Religious education can do great good - When many see the great benefits that Catholic education brings, I think that she owes the Catholic community and educationalists an apology.

Unhappy That Religious Schools Evaluate Themselves, UK Secular Group Wants 'Non-Partisan ... - Some form of religious education is compulsory in all state schools in England and Wales, but faith-oriented schools generally have a lot more leeway ...

University 'safe space' policies leave academics in fear of losing their jobs, claims professor - Dennis Hayes, professor of education at Derby University, suggested there is a “climate of censorious quietude” in universities that means important ...

How to haunt people after you've gone... using your smartphone - One: if you insist on growing old , most people around you will have the decency to pop their clogs before you get a chance to piss them off in return.

Is ageism finally dead in UK politics? - Youngest UK party leader and prime minister: William Pitt, the Younger, ... most interesting people in British politics recently have been relatively old .

Protecting children online is 'futile': Worrying report claims a third of 15-year-olds are now 'extreme ... - Overall, a third of UK children have experienced cyber-bullying or been ... Emily Frith, director of mental health at the EPI, said: 'This report highlights ...

Are Gay Dating Apps As Destructive As Drugs? - In June 2017 we’re all too aware of profiles that happily state ‘No Fats’, ‘No Fems’, ‘No Asians’, ‘No Blacks!’ These apps have proven to be cold, lonely and soul destroying places - whether you’re considered one of the above, or not. I’ve seen horrendous lines like, “I block more Asians than the Great Wall of China”. The community, on the surface, used to be respectful to one another. It can often feel like gay dating apps almost invite trolling - there’s no vetting, countless faceless profiles with ambiguous names and ultimately, hardly any moderation.

Angela Merkel votes AGAINST legalising gay marriage but is defeated as Germany passes new ... - 

Indonesian gay men forced to move underground after police increasingly target LGBT community - When an angry mob of Islamists threatened to burn down a place hosting a gay and lesbian film festival in Jakarta in 2010, Indonesian police came to ...

Liam Neeson leads NI same-sex marriage calls - Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK and Ireland where same-sex marriage remains outlawed. The issue is one of the logjams in the ongoing ...

Neighbours star destroyed for controversial gay character comments: 'Act straight, normal' - Neighbours star destroyed for controversial gay character comments: 'Act straight, .... Breaking Bad's Jimmy McGill opens first UK office: Here's how .

Cara Delevingne Admits It's 'Annoying' When People 'Pigeonhole' Her Sexuality - The model-turned-actress, who identifies as sexually “fluid”, has explained that people often want to label her as either straight or gay , which she ...

Germany votes to legalise same-sex marriage - German politicians have voted to legalise same-sex marriage - a move ... same- sex couples are allowed to marry are the UK , Belgium, Denmark, ...

Sir Ian McKellen: Homophobia is alive and kicking - The furore in some countries over Beauty And The Beast's “gay moment” shows “ homophobia is alive and kicking,” Sir Ian McKellen has said.

Christians demand Facebook create a cross reaction emoji - Christians are demanding Facebook add a cross alongside the temporary Pride emoji. Though some people have been particularly happy about Facebook introducing a rainbow flag emoji in celebration of Pride month, others don’t. But for some Christians, they felt left out because they didn’t have an emoji of their own. Former television and radio evangelist Joshua Feuerstein shared a photo demanding there be a cross reaction emoji for those against the LGBTI community.

My first Pride and the impact it had on me - It wasn't until early last year that I fully got involved with the LGBTI community so 2016 London Pride was my first pride. I was actually walking in the ...

Netflix reviving LGBTI -themed Tales of the City with Laura Linney and Olympia Dukakis - Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis and three-time Emmy winner Laura Linney will be reprising their roles as Anna Magrigal and Mary Ann Singleton, respectively, according to Deadline Hollywood. The actresses have previously played the roles in three previous miniseries based on the first three books in the nine-book Tales of the City series written by Armistead Maupin. The first aired in 1993 on PBS and the last two aired on Showtime in 1998 and 2001. The first miniseries is credited with bringing the first positive portrayals of gay, bisexual and transsexual lives to mainstream television. It was revealed at the end of the first miniseries that Madrigal is a transgender woman. 

Democratic senators 'disappointed and alarmed' by anti- LGBTI Betsy DeVos - A group of 34 Democratic members of the US Senate are blasting Betsy DeVos on a new detailed letter they hope will get the attention of the US ...

Will tackling its mainstream media help Peru successfully advocate for LGBTI equality? - Contrary to popular belief, LGBTI people remain discriminated against in Peru, which has a total population of more than 32 million and of which an estimated 11 million lives in its capital, Lima. In the face of a strong anti-LGBTI political will that continues to perpetuate hate crimes committed against LGBTI people, I met Peruvian LGBTI activist Gabriel de la Cruz, who launched a new organization yesterday (28 June) to advocate for equality through the country’s media channels. But the ultimate question has to be: why through media, and how will this new strategy pan out for the Peruvian LGBTI community?

Twitter reacts to whether straight people should go to Pride - Some think they shouldn't attend unless with LGBTI friends, while others think they shouldn't go at all. And then some just think Pride is an event ...

Ellen Page covers Lucky by Britney Spears and it is hauntingly beautiful - When she isn't singing, she's standing up for the LGBTI community at anti-Trump rallies and staring on Viceland's documentary series Gaycation.

Men take on the cobbles in stilettos for Madrid Gay Pride race - Men taped stiletto-heeled shoes to their feet and raced down a narrow cobbled street in Madrid on Thursday as part of the city's Gay Pride festival, one of the world's largest LGBT pride celebrations. Competitors in the annual male-only event made the precarious dash under rainbow bunting and cheered on by crowds clutching pink balloons who lined the street in Chueca, a gay neighbourhood in central Madrid. Rules state that mens' heels must be at least 10 cm (4 inches) high and the shoes are measured before the race.