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This is why young people need to learn their queer history - But spending a glorious day inside the hushed halls of the British Library made me question: how good is my LGBTI history knowledge? You may ..

Once Upon a Time upcoming season to showcase new prominent LGBTI character - At San Diego Comic-Con, which concluded Sunday, the showrunners of US series Once Upon a Time revealed the show will feature a new LGBTI  ...

Church of England shift towards accepting LGBTI people - Though the Church of England still discriminates against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex ( LGBTI ) people, it recently shifted towards ...

Meet the gay blogger fighting cyberbullying by swimming around Wales for 10 weeks - Moreover, McGlynn is also a celebrity interviewer and host of The Scott McGlynn Show podcast, where he's talked to other LGBTI personalities about ...

Unfortunately, Brexit is in the hands of politicians who don't think rationally' - has lashed out at the UK government's lack of a post- Brexit contingency plan for the aviation sector. Speaking on ...

What Will Brexit Mean For Your Cross-Border E-Commerce? - The consequences of Brexit will be extremely different depending on which side of the channel your business is and how many products or services ...

Many Irish retailers think Brexit will do more damage to their business than the recession - retailers believe Brexit will do more damage to their business than the recession. That's according to a new survey by business ...

Brexit Talks On Rights Of EU Citizens - Jersey's External Relations Minister is today due to discuss the Brexit concerns of the estimated 15,000 non-British EU citizens who live here. Senator ...

New Study Shows Most People Will Develop Mental Illnesses In Their Lifetime - Although the stigma surrounding mental illness is slowly being broken down, the misconception that a disorder like depression or anxiety means ...

Musicians have high prevalence of eating disorders , study finds - According to the researchers, the apparent prevalence of eating disorders seen in ... than the estimated 1.6 million adults thought to be affected in the UK . Questions around mental health showed high rates of depression and stress ...

Why I'm Running 1250 Miles From Rome To Home With Bipolar Disorder - Dan Keeley Optimist, Adventure-Runner and Mental Health Advocate ... the age of 45 who decides to take his own life every single day in the UK .

We Need To Talk About Period Poverty In The UK - Every month, hundreds of UK schoolgirls like Marie resort to measures like these because they can't afford to buy the safe, hygienic sanitary pads and ...

Report into future of anti- poverty plans - THE Welsh Government “must learn lessons” when formulating future poverty tackling programmes, a National Assembly committee has said.

U2´s Bono meets French president Macron to discuss poverty -  French President Emmanuel Macron has met pop singer and philanthropist Bono at the Elysee Palace in Paris for talks about poverty . Bono met with ...

Obese mums-to-be who eat fatty foods are putting their kids at risk of anxiety and depression, study ... - Prof Elinor Sullivan, of Oregon, US, said: “These findings have implications for the mental health of future generations.” Prof Sullivan added: "It's not ...

What school exclusions tells us about mental health and life chances - The director of Schools NorthEast said when a child with mental health problems is permanently thrown out of a school, it is symptomatic of an ...

Majority of LGBT+ questioned do not think the word Queer as an umbrella term is appropriate - In a separate poll, the majority of people questioned (fifty-three percent) also found that non- LGBT organisations, such as the BBC, National Theatre, ...

Fifty years of gay rights but some in the British media are pedalling the same homophobia - On July 27 2017, it will be 50 years since the first major gay rights reform in British history. The Sexual Offences Act 1967 decreed that, in England and ...

These faggots kill fascists': Army of international volunteers form first LGBT fighting unit to 'smash ... - The IRPGF also shared a photo which claimed to show its LGBT fighters posing in ISIS's de-facto capital of Raqqa, Syria, with a rainbow flag and ...

Britain eases blood donation rules for gay and bisexual men -  Gay and bisexual men will be able to donate blood within three months of sexual activity instead of 12 ...

The Queer Insurrection': Coalition forces fighting Isis in Syria form first LGBT unit - A group of LGBT people fighting against Isis in Syria have formed their own military unit as the battle to eradicate the Islamist organisation continues.

On sexuality, the law still caters to the norms of public disgust - In fact, in the UK , homosexuality was long deemed so perverse that to even speak of it in public would stain your ... The LGBT Centre in New York.

I'm an LGBT rights lawyer, and these are some of the strangest cases I've had to fight in court - If you are a same sex married couple you cannot get divorced on the grounds of adultery, because 'adultery' in UK law still takes a biblical definition ...

Gay version of Love Island set for series four? - Fresh from last night's finale – which saw Amber Davies and Kem Cetinay crowned winners – the show's creator teased he could make a gay version ...

New Jersey governor signs bills protecting transgender residents - Garden State Equality, the state's largest LGBTI rights group, applauded the Republican governor taking a stand for LGBTI residents, the Observer ...

Rainbows On The Footy Field For Second AFL Pride Game - Since last year's pride game more than half a dozen LGBTI groups supporting AFL teams have emerged, including the Rainbow Crows, the Rainbow ...

The Persecution Of Black Lesbian Women By Black Communities Needs To Stop - According to the first national study conducted into discrimination and hate crimes SA LGBTI community (2016), 88 percent of those who experienced ...

Flyers comparing homosexuality to Nazi propaganda were distributed by Australia Post in Victoria - The flyer also accuses the LGBTI community of creating a “cult like” coming out culture that encourages young people to make declarations of ...

England and Scotland reduce waiting time for gay men to donate blood - Scott Cuthbertson, from LGBTI charity Equality Network, told the BBC that the rule changes were a “significant step forward” and would allow more gay ...

Gay and bisexual men can now donate blood three months after having sex in Scotland instead of ... -  LGBTI campaigners have welcomed the measure but said it does not completely eliminate “discrimination in blood donation”. Ms Campbell said: “The ...

Malawi - Homophobia Culture Mocks Constitutional Provisions - With stigma and discrimination fuelled by culture or otherwise, Malawi's LGBTI community has stayed underground. But should society keep ...

Jordan was once ahead of Britain on gay rights, now it needs support - But since that point, Jordan hasn't developed LGBTI rights and protections at the same speed we've seen in the UK. Next week is the 50th anniversary ...