A charity says it’s seeing a growing number of under-25s asking for help after they’ve been made homeless due to their sexuality.
The Albert Kennedy Trust says there was such a demand they set up two temporary crisis centres in London and Manchester.
This morning (14th October 2013) Schools OUT UK’s co-chair Sue Sanders appeared live as part of a radio debate on the use of homophobic language in schools – particularly the use of ‘gay’ as a derogatory term.
Dartmouth College, Concord, New Hampshire, plans to open a student residence hall for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex and allied students by Autumn 2014.
“Gold-plating” is the latest term used to disparage efforts to achieve equality. But isn’t a gold standard something good? Clearly not, according to the government’s response to the review
While Russian leaders try to make the world believe that no one is persecuted and discriminated in Russia for their sexual orientation, more evidence to the contrary is appearing lately.
Schools OUT UK has come out against the campaign slogan ‘Right behind gay Footballers’. The strapline is used on the literature for a campaign to make football safe for gay players and involves encouraging all the professional teams’ players to use rainbow laces over a weekend to show solidarity. It was launched by Paddy Power and Stonewall and has the support of the Gay Footballers Network. Football versus Homophobia, Pride Sport and Schools OUT UK however are concerned that the …
When Hannah Latham was pregnant, she felt as if she and her partner Rowena were the only people in the world in their situation. So she started up a magazine to help other LGBT families feel less isolated – The Guardian 14.09.13
Following David Cameron’s admission that sex education should be modernised to reflect the ‘dangers’ of the internet, Louisa Peacock and Emma Barnett outline the next stages for the Telegraph Wonder Women campaign that got the PM talking about this controversial topic in the first place.
A student in South Carolina, USA, has attempted suicide after a school teacher allegedly used anti-gay slurs against him, calling him “gay,” “gay boy,” “Mrs Pete,” and “Mrs Peters.”
As of last Saturday (24th August) there is a new page dedicated to Schools OUT UK on Facebook.
