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Assistant head ‘threatened’ by parents in LGBTQ teaching row
A primary school teacher says he has received threats from parents amid protests over teachings about LGBTQ rights and homophobia.
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Biden Foundation releases «As You Are» educational acceptance video
As part of its family and community acceptance campaign, «As You Are», and in partnership with the Institute for Innovation and Implementation at the University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Social Work, the Biden Foundation today published an educational animated video about family acceptance for LGBTQ youth.
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Senior LGBTQ People ‘going Back Into The Closet’ While In Care
«The experience of many LGBT people is that they go back into the closet when they get into residential care».
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Lift the ban on LGBTI events: MEPs write to Ankara governor
In November 2017, the Governor of Ankara imposed a ban on all LGBTI-related events.
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One in three European and Central Asian LGBTI organisations received no external funding in 2017
Report ‘Funding for LGBTI Activism in Europe and Central Asia’ launched by ILGA-Europe and the Global Philantrophy Network.
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First ever LGBTQ support group for stroke survivors launches in Manchester
The Stroke Association is launching its first ever LGBTQ support group for stroke survivors in Greater Manchester, at LGBT Foundation on Monday 18 February, and is encouraging people to join them.