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Gay , elderly and ethnic minority deathbed patients suffer prejudice and neglect in British hospitals  - DYING hospital patients are having final wishes ignored — especially if they are gay or very old, a report says. Ethnicity also plays a role in prejudiced ...

Putin's Palmyra concert shows he is winning the propaganda war  - Western propaganda is empty perhaps because our leaders don't believe in anything except values relating to gender equality and LGBT rights; ...

North Carolina governor refuses to back down over anti- LGBT law despite federal demands  - The Republican governor of North Carolina has shown little willingness to back down to federal demands and repeal his sweeping discriminatory law ...

How The L Word Made Being Gay OK  - From the very first episode, this didn't feel like an LGBT show filtered .... history– transforming from a sexy and sophisticated British heiress to a ditz, ...

Universities and local authorities – working together for “rural” people and places?  - With the passing of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, ... In June 2015, Universities UK published a report setting out the economic role of UK  ...

What higher education institutions can do in the mobile internet era - Smart Campus has been built for Unika Atma Jaya for free by NetDragon Websoft Inc. who purchased Promethean Ltd, a UK -based global education  ...

Nicola Sturgeon: Five years from now I want to say we've done all we can for young people  - From the moment I became First Minister, I've said that raising educational attainment is my No1 priority – which is why it dominated our manifesto.

Primary pupils 'feel test pressure' - survey  - A Department for Education spokesman said the tests should not be stressful "and we know that good schools manage them appropriately".

Why Won't the UK Legalize Ketamine as an Antidepressant?  -  But ket, approved in the UK as an anesthetic and for pain relief, has also ... Pharmaceutical Society's spokesperson on mental health , David Taylor.

The mental health crisis is bad -- and here's how the UK is handling it  - A new UK government scheme would involve spending £15 million on keeping people with mental health problems from being locked up in jails, ...

Parents' smartphones harming children's ability to hold conversation, say teachers  - Teachers warned of children suffering from a lack of attention and interaction ... Gareth Jenkins director of poverty policy at Save The Children said the ...

Older women more likely to be prescribed wrong drugs than men , new study finds -  Older women are up to 23 per cent more likely than men to be prescribed ... Study lead author Professor Steve Morgan, of the University of British  ...

Hundreds of families join the homeless  - Focus Ireland said that its records showed the crisis was deepening, with some 5,500 people, a third of them children, currently without a home.

Liverpool women work 70 hours more than the rest of the UK  - Fiona McIntosh, co-founder of blow LTD, commented “Our research highlights the levels of time poverty faced by working women across the UK .

Which North East areas have the poorest pensioners? - Three North East towns have the highest levels of elderly people living alone in poverty according to a new report. Experian has looked across the UK  ...

Glasgow's economy could suffer if the UK opts to leave the EU, new report claims  - A VOTE for Britain to leave the European Union could hit Glasgow's ... the city's priorities for economic growth and to tackle poverty and inequality.

Small children watch as gay man is thrown off a building by Isis executioners - Families including small children watched as Isis executioners threw a young man from the top of a building for the crime of 'sodomy' – being gay .

Anti-discrimination laws will not be suspended during marriage debate  - When questioned during Senate estimates this week, Attorney-General George Brandis made clear that anti-discrimination laws which protect LGBTI  ...

Meet the first US special envoy promoting gay and transgender rights across the globe - In general, how would you characterize the status of LGBTI individuals around the world? After all of these travels and engagement and all that I ...

LGBTI lobby groups announce election agenda  - “For the health, wellbeing and safety of our communities, it's paramount that we ensure LGBTI issues are among the top of the agenda this federal ...

Obama planning a monument to gay rights?  - Senator Gillibrand said recognition of Stonewall and the LGBTI rights movement was long overdue. “Whether it's the right to marry the person you love, ...

Enrol for equality! LGBTI rights lobbies set their election agenda  - When Australia goes to the polls on July 2, our LGBTI communities need to know our votes matter. The Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby and ...

Paul Zahra appointed new chair of Pinnacle board  - Linkson described Zahra as a powerful role model ofr LGBTI young people. “Through his exceptional leadership skills, the position will see him ...

Jewish school ordered to teach LGBTI issues or lose out on new students  - A Hasidic Jewish school in London has been ordered not to admit new pupils until it changes its policy on teaching about LGBTI issues, such as ...

Bullying of LGBTI students is rife in Japanese high schools, report says  - The HRW report notes that in high profile cases of LGBTI bullying, like the suicide of a teenager in 1991, the government has made assurances it will ...

PNG called on to amend anti-gay laws at UN hearing  - its Manus Island detention centre is illegal in a United Nations session that also highlighted the country's discriminatory laws against LGBTI people.

Gay advocates slam Eaglehawk man's anti-gay leaflet  - The AFL has an Indigenous round and a women's round, so what's the problem with a match that celebrates the contributions that LGBTI people have ...

Australians must fight back against the anti-gay crusade  - Thinly disguised propaganda against LGBTI people and cartoonish stereotypes of gay people have no place in a modern country. We should ...

On LGBTI rights in Asia, a picture of diversity amid intolerance  -  LGBTI rights in those 13 Asian countries are the focus of the following excerpts from the 2015 edition of the U.S. Department of State's Country Reports ...

Jamaica: Pride is personal, so come join us  - There is now a marked irrational fear of gays, even though members of the LGBTI community have long been the backbone of our vital tourism ...

Gay and straight ex-Jehovah's Witnesses speak out on creepy indoctrination kids' video  - It subtly encourages children within the organization to shun LGBTI relationships and takes freedom away from those who might one day come out.

Captain America: Civil War directors want to bring in LGBTI characters to the Marvel universe - Civil War directors want to bring in LGBTI characters to the ... has said the 'chances are strong' for them to include a LGBTI character.