National AIDS Trust: Making sex education optional hampers the fight against HIV
Tom Perry from the National AIDS Trust says Tuesday's House of Lords vote against compulsory sex education represents a missed opportunity in the fight against HIV.
UK: Brothers who were ‘having a laugh’ as they punched and stamped on trans woman, avoid prison
Two brothers who punched, kicked and stamped on a trans woman whilst "having a laugh", will avoid a jail term, a court heard on Monday.
Feature: Distant relations – How gay fathers relate to surrogate mothers
As the UK’s first Surrogacy Conference for parents approaches, Sam Everingham talks to two UK dads about how they selected and related to the surrogate mothers who carried their babies.
UKIP Weather: G-A-Y pledges £1,000 to HIV charity if ‘It’s Raining Men’ reaches top 20
Owner of G-A-Y Jeremy Joseph has pledged to donate £1,000 to the Elton John AIDS foundation if 'It's Raining Men' reaches the top 20 of the singles chart this week.
Nigel Farage vows to oust councillors with ‘extremist’ and ‘embarrassing’ views from UKIP
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said he intends to "professionalise" his party following a number of "extremist, barmy" and "nasty" views expressed by councillors.
London: Somali women protest over lesbian adoption decision
More than 50 Somali women in north-west London have staged a protest at the decision of authorities to place a child into the care of a lesbian couple.
Lesbian daughter tells Hong Kong billionaire dad: Stop trying to make me straight
The lesbian daughter of a Hong Kong billionaire who offered a dowry of over £78 million to any man who married her has written an emotional open letter to her father, asking him to accept her for who she is.
US: Kansas bill would allow religious business owners to refuse service to same-sex couples
Politicians in the US state of Kansas have considered a bill which would pre-emptively allow those with "sincerely held religious beliefs" to discriminate against gay couples wishing to get married.
Tory councillor ‘disturbed’ over Ian McKellen school visit nominated for mayor
A Tory councillor who was "unhappy and disturbed" that gay actor Sir Ian McKellen had been visiting Bristol schools with Stonewall has been nominated for Lord Mayor.
UK Government rejects Labour sex education amendment as unnecessary
An amendment that failed to be carried in the Lords in favour of making sex and relationship education compulsory at all ages was dismissed by Schools Minister Lord Nash.
