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Hillary Clinton shares emotional letter from gay dads “scared” of Republicans

Hillary Clinton shares emotional letter from gay dads “scared” of Republicans  - The new dad also expressed his family's support for Hillary's campaign, and shared memories of the positive things she has about the LGBT  ...

What is LGBT History Month?

What is LGBT History Month?  -  LGBT History Month first orginated within the US, but was initiated in the UK by Schools OUT, Sue Sanders and Elly Barnes. The first observance of ...

Sarah Reed was a tragic victim of how the prison system treats women

Sarah Reed was a tragic victim of how the prison system treats women  - A young woman with profound mental health problems should have been given help. Instead, she was let down by every authority she encountered.

30% do not know who to talk to about mental health support

30% do not know who to talk to about mental health support  - Capper Dave-Westfield Health Almost a third (30%) of respondents do not know who to talk to or where to turn for support with mental health issues, ...

Why we need to STOP treating mental health as such a taboo

Why we need to STOP treating mental health as such a taboo  - You have an accident while playing sport, and break a bone that already happened to be a little fragile. But you obviously can't walk on it, ...

Hastings councillor to become mental health champion?

Hastings councillor to become mental health champion?  - Sue Beaney wants Hastings Borough Council to become even more supportive of people with mental health through pledges and a mental health  ...

Suicide prevention measures vital

Suicide prevention measures vital  - that the rate of people taking their own lives here is the highest in the UK . ... And almost one third of the population suffer mental health problems, half of them ... That begs the question if mental health provision in the province ...

Time To Talk Day 2016: Why speaking about mental health is so important

Time To Talk Day 2016: Why speaking about mental health is so important  - a day organised by anti-stigma campaign Time To Change, run by mental health charities Mind ...

Russian man fined by court for not being homophobic

Russian man fined by court for not being homophobic  - The activist served as the director of Maximum – a Murmansk LGBT rights group provided support and legal help for people struggling with their ...

New UN stamp supports gay rights

New UN stamp supports gay rights  - The stamps support the U.N. human rights office's Free & Equal campaign, which aims to promote fair treatment of the LGBT community. Charles ...

Gay guy explains why he's supporting anti-gay marriage Donald Trump

Gay guy explains why he's supporting anti-gay marriage Donald Trump  - Trump has also allegedly U-turned on LGBT rights protections, assuring evangelical lobbyists he won't veto a law to permit discrimination against ...

A milestone, not a landmark

A milestone, not a landmark  - So too with LGBT History Month, which is described on its website as being “celebrated in February in the UK ,” but comes with the insistence that ...

What it's like to be young, gay... and homeless

What it's like to be young, gay... and homeless  - A quarter of the UK's homeless youth are LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender), according to a survey carried out last year by the Albert ...

LGBT History Month descends on London to promote equality

LGBT History Month descends on London to promote equality  -  LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) History Month is preparing to take London by storm over the next four weeks in an attempt to promote ...

Pippa Middleton: Get On Your Bike, Brighton

Pippa Middleton: Get On Your Bike, Brighton  - After successfully completing the British Heart Foundation's iconic London to ... Brighton Life: Sussex Police are helping to mark LGBT history month.

Angela Eagle: EU crucial to ending homophobia across the world

Angela Eagle: EU crucial to ending homophobia across the world -  LGBT History Month provides an opportunity to look back at some of the hard-won victories, and let's face it we've made fantastic progress in the UK  ...

Tourist BANNED from visiting Australia because he has HIV

Tourist BANNED from visiting Australia because he has HIV  - A tourist was shocked to be told he could not visit Australia, because he is living with HIV . Australia continues to operate a controversial system ...

Open relationships might be a lot more common than you think

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Open relationships might be a lot more common than you think  - Out of the 1,006 gay men they asked, 41% said they are currently in, or have experienced, an open relationship, and three quarters of those men ...

Christian, Muslim and Hindu groups insist Supreme Court must NOT make homosexual acts legal ...

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Christian, Muslim and Hindu groups insist Supreme Court must NOT make homosexual acts legal ...  - Members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) community broke into celebration, kissing and hugging each other outside courtroom ...

Homophobic Duck Dynasty star labels gay marriage 'evil' at Ted Cruz rally

Homophobic Duck Dynasty star labels gay marriage 'evil' at Ted Cruz rally  - Ted Cruz owes not only LGBT Americans, but all Americans an apology for his surrogate's deplorable and dangerous rallying cry that the earth ...

Army vet granted 'honourable' discharge... 60 years after he was fired for being gay

Army vet granted 'honourable' discharge... 60 years after he was fired for being gay  - We have been working with Don through our ' LGBT Veterans Dischage Review Program' since last June and we are so proud to announce this great ...

Church of England bishop wants gender 'affirmation' services for trans people

Church of England bishop wants gender 'affirmation' services for trans people  - He also called for the church to actually take action to end its divisive anti- LGBT record, rather than simply apologising for it. The Bishop, a strong ...

KPMG sponsor initiative to get more LGBT directors on to corporate boards

KPMG sponsor initiative to get more LGBT directors on to corporate boards  - KPMG in the UK announced in 2014 that it wanted to boost its LGBT employee ratio from a figure of 3% to 4.1% by 2018, with Simon Collins, UK  ...

Travel firm recruits specialists in same-sex honeymoons

Travel firm recruits specialists in same-sex honeymoons  - A travel firm has recruited LGBT holiday experts after a spike in bookings for same-sex honeymoons. Kuoni said the 10-person team was put in place ...