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Britain's food banks hand out 10 MILLION meals in just one year  - Food banks handed out 10 million meals in one year as the service continues to be used by a record number of hungry Britons, new figures reveal.

Domestic violence is an agricultural issue too  - Latest figures from the national domestic violence helpline show that 17% of farmers' wives in the UK have suffered domestic violence - and that figure ...

Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson launches new battle for Britain  - An extra £300 million to improve mental health treatment and demands for NHS spending to rise by at least 2 per cent a year. *More flexible child ...

Victims reveal devastating impact of abuse with 80 per cent suffering ...  -  Journal of Public Health, said: “Because of the clear evidence that human trafficking has devastating and long-lasting effects on mental health , there ...

Why Potter is better than Prozac for teens with mental health issues  - stories with enough empathy, compassion and emotional punch to convince the estimated 300,000 young people in the UK with anxiety disorders  ...

Stephen Fry apologises for sexual abuse comments  - The actor and broadcaster, who is also president of mental health charity Mind, came under fire for the comments he made during US talk show The ...

UK's Poorest Kids Bottom Of Healthy Eating Table  - The UK is failing to improve the wellbeing of children from poor backgrounds, according to a damning study by UNICEF. The UN children's group ...

UK risks leaving poorest children behind  -  The UK is lagging behind other rich countries in reducing inequality in child well-being, with concerning gaps in health, education, and income, ...

Indigenous student shares the racial abuse he receives from gay men online  - Indigenous university student Dustin Mangatjay McGregor has been shining a light on the racist messages members of the gay community send on ...

Why LGBTI staff feel respected at the Co-op  - The Co-op was founded over 160 years ago on the idea that business could and should be done in a fairer, more compassionate way. Although the ...

Q-topia seeks help to send youth to lgbti hui  - Q-topia is helping Canterbury youth attend the national LGBTI hui in Wellington, however with one week to go they are seeking help to raise the last ...

Support for imperiled LGBTI activists in Cameroon  - The Cameroonian LGBTI rights group Camfaids today vowed its support for the threatened LGBTI activists of Humanity First Cameroon and urged ...

Greens senator calls on local government to show leadership on LGBTI rights  - Through local action, Councils can support the movement for equality and fight to remove discrimination against LGBTI people at a state and federal ...

Major LGBTI business groups call for Telstra boycott  - Three of Australia's queer business associations have released a statement calling for the LGBTI community to withdraw business from Telstra.

Fight for Scottish Catholic school system  - But our children's education is not to be committed into the hands of 'some well-affected and religious friend' but to the agents of the LGBTI Alliance ...

Here I Am: Queer Christians tell their stories in new documentary  - Queer Christians are telling their unique stories in a new Australian documentary by producer John Wallace. The video gives LGBTI Christians and ...

Five things we learnt from Boy George's interview with ES Magazine  - Going to prison was a “gift” to him: “The gift it gave me was time with myself. I went into prison sober. I knew I had a lot of work to do. I’ve worked very hard at getting myself back in shape, getting my career back, getting my self-respect back. I knew it would take time, and it has. But I’m starting to feel the rewards of that work.”

Research suggests 50% of straight people carry gay gene  - About 1.8 percent of men in the US identify themselves as gay , while it is 1.1 percent in UK , although another 0.4 percent say they are bisexuals.

Where In The World Is Homosexuality Punished By The Death Penalty  - There are many countries and states where homosexual acts could land you the death penalty. Of these countries all are located in Central Africa or in ...

Why we've got to do more about diversity and inclusion  - Islip sees LGBTI as part of the diversity equation. I ask him if there was a moment when he recognized the value in being an ally. 'I was at an event and ...

Telstra goes quiet in marriage equality debate, despite a history of vocal support  - It has sponsored Australia's second-largest LGBTI festival, Midsumma, since 2011, ... Telstra has been a vocal supporter of LGBTI causes in the past.

LGBTI youth need to know they're supported: 'angel'  - As hundreds of sexuality and gender diverse teenagers arrived at a recent same-sex formal in Melbourne, forty older LGBTI 'angels' stood outside ...

Rihanna reaffirms LGBTI support after helping fan come out  - Rihanna has been a vocal supporter of LGBTI issues over her career, including denouncing LGBTI discrimination laws in Indiana. Before performing ...

Sharon Stone cancels movie shoot in Mississippi in protest of anti- LGBTI law  - But the longtime LGBTI ally and AIDS activist said in a statement Wednesday (13 April): 'I will not work in any state that holds or is actively creating ...