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In small-town India, book series helps gay men come out of the closet

In small-town India, book series helps gay men come out of the closet - Many readers who called me, from villages and small towns, do not read English and for them the Mohanaswamy series was a way to rediscover ...

Hey, Love Island, jump into the 21st century – the same-sex action is lovely

Hey, Love Island, jump into the 21st century – the same-sex action is lovely - The contestants' heterosexual couplings are relentlessly fake, vanilla and vacuous. Some LGBT action would at least make the reality show more real

Brexit sends London property investors to the exit

Brexit sends London property investors to the exit - If you think Brexit may be about to hit the massive London real estate market, think again. It already has. Prices in London have been tumbling at the ...

Dublin is top destination for financial groups post-Brexit

Dublin is top destination for financial groups post- Brexit - Banks, insurers, asset managers and funds are looking for new EU homes because they fear Brexit will mean the loss of the “passport” they use to do ...

Theresa May's plans to work with Labour on Brexit will hasten her downfall, Tory ex-ministers say

Theresa May's plans to work with Labour on Brexit will hasten her downfall, Tory ex-ministers say - In a speech today, Mrs May will ask Mr Corbyn for his support in delivering Brexit and other legislation as she faces up to the “reality I now face as ...

UK university proposes post-Brexit campus in Germany

UK university proposes post- Brexit campus in Germany - UK universities are also facing the prospect of a loss of funding after Brexit , and UK students may no longer be eligible for the popular Erasmus ...

HSBC CEO confirms 'hard' Brexit plan to move 1000 jobs to Paris

HSBC CEO confirms 'hard' Brexit plan to move 1000 jobs to Paris - HSBC chief executive Stuart Gulliver confirmed on Tuesday possible plans to move 1,000 jobs from Britain to Paris in case of a so-called ...

A Brexit that satisfies the 52 per cent is an impossible dream

A Brexit that satisfies the 52 per cent is an impossible dream - This is what Brexit is like: "going out" had slightly more support, but when faced with the available options, by far the largest group of popular support is ...

Brexit can still be stopped

Brexit can still be stopped - Doubting the inevitability of Brexit is suddenly in vogue. BBC Newsnight Political Editor Nicholas Watt declared last week what many of us already ...

Prison funding to be shifted to crime prevention

Prison funding to be shifted to crime prevention - This is among the challenges outlined in the vision paper, which also highlights the relatively poor physical and mental health of people in contact ...

How to manage mental health problems as a small business owner

How to manage mental health problems as a small business owner - Since launching her creative business in 2014, Ella Masters has lived with mental health issues. Her writing and illustrations are steady sources of ...

Patients whose life-threatening emergency surgeries are delayed have a 60% higher risk of dying ...

Patients whose life-threatening emergency surgeries are delayed have a 60% higher risk of dying ... - the UK has plunged. Mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression are a main reason for NHS staff taking time off, as well as back pain.

Bulimia brains 'use food to avoid negative thoughts'

Bulimia brains 'use food to avoid negative thoughts' - The brains of women with bulimia react differently to food under stress than other women's brains, psychologists have discovered. In a small study, US ...

People crave now is clarity and an end to austerity

People crave now is clarity and an end to austerity - Our new Child Poverty Bill will see Scotland become the only part of the UK with statutory targets to help reduce the number of children affected by ...

Tax credits which lifted millions of kids out of poverty could be axed by Tories, Labour warns

Tax credits which lifted millions of kids out of poverty could be axed by Tories, Labour warns - Subsequent research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies confirmed the policy was responsible for plummeting levels of pensioner and child poverty  ...

Average incomes of families dependent on fathers' earnings no higher than 15 years ago

Average incomes of families dependent on fathers' earnings no higher than 15 years ago - But even among those born in the UK , average earnings for fathers in ... This helps to explain higher rates of child poverty among non-white families.

The summer holidays are bad for children's health and fitness

The summer holidays are bad for children's health and fitness - Close to one million children living in the UK are suffering from mental ... The upward trend in child poverty in the UK has continued for the third year ...

UK schools risks closure for refusal to teach LGBT issues

UK schools risks closure for refusal to teach LGBT issues - Before you gets your jimmies rustled this thread isn't about religion or tranny fannys. It's about what should be taught in schools and whether the state ...

The response to LGBT domestic abuse survivors is nothing to be proud of

The response to LGBT domestic abuse survivors is nothing to be proud of - There is limited research on how many transgender people experience domestic abuse in the UK , but a report by the Scottish Trans Alliance (STA) ...

Tyler the Creator has been 'coming out' as gay or bisexual for years and no-one cared

Tyler the Creator has been 'coming out' as gay or bisexual for years and no-one cared - The line was seized upon largely because Tyler has been accused of homophobia in past lyrics (though he has also supported the LGBT community, ...

Bangladeshi Becomes First Muslim Gay To Get Married In UK

Bangladeshi Becomes First Muslim Gay To Get Married In UK - Over the weekend, one million people gathered in London Pride parade, an annual parade which promotes rights for the lesbian , gay , bisexual and ...

Brighton Pride: Countdown to Pet Shop Boys big performance

Brighton Pride: Countdown to Pet Shop Boys big performance - The annual event celebrating the lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) community is one of the biggest in the city. More than 26,000 were ...

The Tearoom: the gay cruising game challenging industry norms

The Tearoom: the gay cruising game challenging industry norms - Robert Yang has created a 'dick pic simulator' and a game about consent and BDSM. Now he's tackling the risks surrounding gay sex in the 60s.

Names of 27 people executed in Chechnya without trial have been revealed

Names of 27 people executed in Chechnya without trial have been revealed - It comes nearly 100 days since the first reports of gay men being detained and abused in Chechnya emerged, and days after the Russian LGBT  ...

Church of England calls on UK government to ban gay conversion therapy

Church of England calls on UK government to ban gay conversion therapy - The Church of England has called on the U.K. government to ban the practice of conversion therapy, which is aimed at altering a person's sexual ...

LGBT church staffer found on his bed suffocated to death by duct tape

LGBT church staffer found on his bed suffocated to death by duct tape - Robert Lee Covington was the office manager at the Cathedral of Hope, and an avid supporter of the LGBT community in Dallas. He was found in his ...

Alan Carr named as most powerful gay person in Pride Power List

Alan Carr named as most powerful gay person in Pride Power List - Founded by campaigner Linda Riley, OutNews Global compiled the list to highlight LGBT achievements. Awarding Alan Carr the top spot the media ...

11 Places it's never been illegal to be gay

11 Places it's never been illegal to be gay -  LGBT citizens of Cambodia may live without discrimination protections or same-sex marriage, but it has never been illegal to be gay and the age of ...

Nearly 50 per cent of LGBT pupils bullied at school, report finds

Nearly 50 per cent of LGBT pupils bullied at school, report finds - Nearly half of LGBT pupils experience bullying, a new report has found, amid growing concern that transphobia is on the rise in schools.

Penguin Random House shows Pride in LGBTQ authors

Penguin Random House shows Pride in LGBTQ authors - More than 50 members of staff turned out from across Penguin Random House UK , waving rainbow flags and wearing special Penguin Pride t-shirts ...

Jewish school in UK faces closure for not teaching LGBT issues

Jewish school in UK faces closure for not teaching LGBT issues - An orthodox Jewish school for girls in London may be closed down for refusing to teach its students about homosexuality and gender reassignment.

Exploring the plight of LGBTI refugees

Exploring the plight of LGBTI refugees - 28 June, the Agency and the then Maltese Presidency of the EU held a breakfast meeting to discuss the situation of LGBTI refugees.

This engaged couple test just how well they know each other in hilarious game

This engaged couple test just how well they know each other in hilarious game - also important for the couple to work with LGBTI -friendly organizations ... Emerald Life, as well as LGBTI -friendly ring designer Stephen Einhorn.

Chechnya has started rounding up gay men again in the last 72 hours'

Chechnya has started rounding up gay men again in the last 72 hours' - The Russian LGBT Network believes authorities in Chechnya have started to round up gay men again. The group says it has received more calls from ...