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Anti-bullying charity reports 95% success in improving pupils’ LGBT views
Diversity Role Models, a charity launched last year to tackle homophobic bullying in schools, say that 94.5 percent of students who took part in a workshop with a positive role model said they would treat LGBT people better as a result....
Law to wipe gay sex convictions given royal assent
The Protection of Freedoms Act, which will enable men to wipe the records of thousands of convictions for consensual gay sex under now-repealed laws, has received Royal Assent....
Nick Clegg: Marriage equality by 2015
At the Liberal Democrats’ Spring Conference this weekend, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg promised the UK’s first gay marriage would take place before 2015 as a result of Liberal Democrats being in government....
MP brands equal marriage rights for gays ‘completely nuts’
The MP for Wellingborough in Northamptonshire has suggested the Church of England reply to the government’s consultation on equal marriage on the basis that it is ‘completely nuts’....
TUC warns new charges will make tackling discrimination at work even harder
Introducing fees to take claims to employment tribunals could have a huge impact on ensuring equality at work, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will warn a conference later today (Friday)....
Anti-bullying campaigner Roger Crouch dies
Roger Crouch, the father of a boy who committed suicide after being bullied at school, who went on to become a voice for greater awareness of bullying and 2011′s Stonewall Hero of the Year, has died....
Focus on homophobic speech for Anti-Bullying Week
The theme for this year’s Anti-Bullying Week for gay rights charity Stonewall is to highlight the widespread use of words like “gay” to criticise others....
Stonewall tools for lesbian, gay and bisexual jobseekers
Stonewall’s tools for lesbian, gay and bisexual jobseekers include Proud Employers, a job site with posts exclusively from LGB-friendly employers, and the Starting Out Careers Guide....
Businesses need to recruit more smartly to improve diversity
OraRuth Rother, co-founder of HireMatch.me, discusses how businesses can use pioneering recruitment techniques to boost recovery, broaden their talent pool and pre-empt the threat of new legislation....
Equality chief urges employers to focus on diversity
Equality and Human Rights Commission chair Trevor Phillips last night called on businesses to embrace diversity as a key business issue, speaking at the launch of the Employers' Network for Equality and Inclusion (enei)....
ESW support to the protestors occupying College Green in Bristol
Equality South West has sent a message of support to the protestors occupying College Green in Bristol. ...
Lesbian and Gay Foundation guide to rights: ‘I Exist’
In September 2011, the Lesbian and Gay Foundation produced an updated guide to rights for lesbian, gay and bisexual people called ‘I Exist’....
UK passport forms to accommodate gay parents
From December, gay parents applying for passports for their children will not have to list themselves as ‘mother’ and ‘father’....
PayPal asked to block accounts of ‘gay hate’ groups
PayPal has been asked to cancel the accounts of religious groups accused of supporting anti-gay legislation....
Care ‘time bomb’ as Britain’s one million older gay people age
Lesbian, gay and bisexual people in Britain are far more likely to end up living alone and have less contact with family in later life than heterosexual people, according to groundbreaking new research published by today by Stonewall....
Gay couple told: 'burn in hell'
A HATE crime investigation is underway after a homosexual couple claimed they were told they would burn in hell by a street preacher in Taunton....
TUC attacks equality commission’s opt-out proposals for anti-gay staff
The Trades Union Congress says it is “deeply concerned” at the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s proposals to give homophobic workers the right to avoid serving gay people....
14 MPs back ‘compromise’ plans for anti-gay Christians
Fourteen MPs – from all main parties – are backing the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s plan to intervene in high-profile court cases where gay rights and Christian beliefs clash....
'More teacher training’ needed to tackle homophobic bullying
Teachers should be given more training to deal with anti-gay bullying, the House of Lords heard yesterday....
Equality commission defends ‘compromise’ plan for gay and religious rights
The Equality and Human Rights Commission says the rights of gays and lesbians will not be diminished by an intervention into legal cases where Christians workers refused to serve gay people....
Sport England in No 10 to back anti-homophobia plan
Leading gay, lesbian and trans gender sports stars as well as national governing bodies of sport met the Prime Minister, David Cameron in No 10 on Wednesday 29th June to celebrate an initiative to rid sport of homophobia and transphobia....
Rugby star Ben Cohen quits to fight for gay rights
England rugby union star Ben Cohen is retiring to become a gay rights activist. The player, whose last team was Sale, has set up a foundation to tackle homophobia and bullying....