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The intolerant student Left has even turned on me – a lifelong civil rights campaigner  - I support their efforts to defend student rights and back their opposition to tuition fees and education cuts. I just disagree with the way some of them ...

YMCA says 'more and more' young men face body image issues - YMCA said celebrity culture and ‘the increasing prevalence of social media’ had contributed to giving teenagers a ‘distorted view’ of what they are expected to look like. And while issues over image have been traditionally associated with girls, the charity said ‘more and more’ boys were now suffering.

The Men Who Want To Change LGBT Teacher Training In Scotland  - Two men from Scotland are set to change schools' training in Scotland by ensuring that every teacher has access to LGBTI knowledge and training on ...

Indonesia tells UNDP not to finance LGBT community programmes in largest Muslim country  - The world's largest Muslim community has made it clear that LGBT campaigns are "not in accordance with the current social values of the nation.".

Jeremy Clarkson says Hollywood is the 'least white place on Earth'  - Hispanics, and dozens of movies by directors who are Asian-American, LGBT individuals, people with disabilities and members of other minorities.

LGBT history month: The importance of reporting incidents of hate crime  -  LGBT hate crime can occur in many different forms from many different ... of hate crime can also be reported online at southyorks.police. uk / reportcrime.

You have to see these incredible LGBTI-themed cakes baked by school pupils  - Pupils from 12 schools around the UK gathered at Urswick School in ... 'Howletch, our primary school winners, imagined an LGBT heaven inspired by ...

A quarter of men over 85 had sex in the last year: Study reveals it's harder for women to find love ...  - Indeed, only a tiny proportion of unmarried older people (approximately 1 in 20) begins a new relationship after divorce or widowhood, researchers ...

Gang violence affected my mental health '  - But the mental - health impact of gang violence is much less understood. Lucy is 26 and already she has lost 10 friends and relatives from gang ...

Brave new vision” of Mental Health Taskforce revealed  - In Scotland and Wales, health boards have also seen fluctuations in funding levels for mental health care. United Kingdom mental health funding has ...

Virtual therapy 'helps with depression'  - A new therapy which involves a patient embodying themselves in a virtual reality avatar of a crying child could help with depression, research has ...

Teenage girls are poisoning themselves as a form of self-harm, doctors warn  - The number of girls aged between 13 and 19 being admitted to A&E departments in hospitals across England and Wales who have self-poisoned went up by a third in five years. There were nearly 18,500 cases in 2014/15, compared to 14,000 five years earlier in 2009/10 and experts warn the figures are higher in reality as many 'suffer in silence'.

Stress and the City: bank workers buckle under pressure  - image of the banking sector are taking a toll on the mental health of Britain's ... Several UK lenders have teamed up with the Bank Workers Charity to ...

Europe death map reveals Scandinavians and Brits die sooner than the Spanish  - The study revealed wide variations in old age survival across Europe. ... The UK has one of the highest proportions of the population living in areas of low ... People in northern Spain, southern and western France, Andorra, and north ...

Have SEX to ward off dementia – especially if you're an ' older man' scientists claim - The research team quizzed 6,800 people aged 50-89 from across England. They were asked about their sex lives and set a number of mental tests.

Hundreds set to brave chilly night for The Big Sleep  - In the first two years, the fundraiser attracted more than 400 people and ... we have a higher rate of older people than in most parts of the UK so I was very keen ... "It's unbelievable that during a bad winter around 300 older people in ...

Meet the gay teacher hoping to transform a Muslim-majority school in UK  - A gay teacher in the United Kingdom hopes to teach his students to respect people of different sexual orientations in a Muslim-majority school. Andrew ...

Boxing champion Pacquiao says gay couples 'worse than animals'  - Eight-time world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao has sparked a firestorm of criticism in the Philippines after describing gay couples as "worse than ...

Same-sex military couple Shane Adriano and Tristian Res share first post-wedding kiss  - The wedding between Spc. Shane Adriano and Pfc. Tristian Resz was supposed to be an intimate affair. But when they shared their first kiss on social ...

Julianne Moore Talks Gay Rights in Italy: "Having a Family Is a Matter of Human Rights"  - A United Kingdom , directed by British director Amma Asante (Belle), has gone to Telepool for Germany, Videa for Italy, Paradiso for Benelux, ...

Boy George says Princess Diana helped turn his life around  - I don't think it's very British , so I struggled. I don't like having to sell myself. I didn't enjoy it. It's ego bruising if someone doesn't choose you, you're sat ...

Gay rights and same-sex marriage will dominate C of E summer synod  - Despite the legalisation of gay marriage in the UK in 2014, the C of E refuses to perform same-sex wedding services in churches, saying that ...

Adidas show their support for the LGBT community  - It's already illegal to fire someone because of their sexual orientation or gender identity in Britain , but this is not the case for all the countries where ...

7 US Presidents who were rumoured to be gay or bisexual  - To mark Presidents' Day, we count down X US leaders who faced rumours about their sexuality. There have been 44 Presidents to date – and ...

12 Years a Slave star: It's harder to be gay than black in Hollywood  - Oscar nominee, Chiwetel Ejiofor, who played Soloman Northup in the critically acclaimed film, has said studios still marginalise actors for being gay .

Steve Coogan and Paul Rudd to play a married gay couple in new comedy   - Steve Coogan and Paul Rudd have signed up to play a married gay couple in an upcoming film. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Alan Partridge ...

Could the gay blood ban be scrapped in Luxembourg?  - If the ban were relaxed, then the country could introduce measures similar to the UK and Sweden, where gay men can donate blood if they have ...

Australian anti- gay marriage groups want hate speech laws 'suspended' for public vote  - The anti- gay marriage lobby in Australia is urging the government to suspend anti-discrimination laws ahead of a public vote on equal marriage.

Plea for equality drive as 'many LGBTI teachers do not feel safe in schools'  - Serious concerns had been reported by teachers from the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex ( LGBTI ) community about the lack of ...

Police use water cannons against Peruvian LGBT activists  - They (the police) are obligated to protect the LGBTI community, as it is a population that is particularly susceptible to violence,” said Liendo. Peruvian ...

What's really happening in the Catholic Church on LGBTI rights  - Bad news for the Catholic Church is frequently greeted, in some parts of the LGBTI community, with rejoicing. Hence the cheers, following last ...

We need LGBTI hate crime laws  - However, there is still a huge gap between the guarantees in the Constitution and the actual treatment of LGBTI individuals. Lesbian women ...