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UK New National LGBT Hate Crime Partnership | |
 | The LGBT Consortium, in partnership with 31 LGBT organisations from across England and Wales, and funded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, aims to increase the reporting of LGBT hate crimes and incidents and improve the support available to those targeted lgbtconsortium.org.uk 17 Feb 15 |
Sex education should be mandatory in all schools, MPs demand | |
 | Ministers scolded for not addressing inadequate teaching of the subject despite huge demand from teachers, parents and students. In a hard-hitting report published on Tuesday, the Commons education select committee comes down firmly on the side of campaigners who have long fought for sex and relationships education (SRE) to be made mandatory theguardian.com 17 Feb 15 |
Sexual identity issues in claiming UK asylum | |
 | Latest Home Office instructions explains how UK Visas and Immigration conducts asylum interviews in claims made on the basis of sexual identity gov.uk 17 Feb 15 |
'Uber drivers give me a low passenger rating because I'm gay' | |
 | Svend Littauer, chief operating officer for a services company, said he believed he was the victim of homophobia after getting inexplicably low passenger ratings from drivers standard.co.uk 17 Feb 15 |
Ireland's Workplace Equality Index launched | |
 | "The Workplace Equality Index will push top-performing employers in Ireland to new heights," said Davin Roche, director of workplace diversity at Ireland's GLEN Gay and Lesbian Equality Network glen.ie 17 Feb 15 |
WORLD New Zealand education and gay rights activist Robin Duff dies | |
 | Mr Duff was the first openly gay man in New Zealand to stand for Parliament. He was also involved in the beginnings of the National Gay Rights Coalition nzherald.co.nz 17 Feb 15 |
GAY PRIDE Pride Scotia rebranded Pride Edinburgh | |
 | Following its 10 years of existence, the festival of events, which includes the Pride Scotia parade, will now be known as Pride Edinburgh, and has a new visual identity - Sat 20 Jun kaleidoscot.com 17 Feb 15 prideedinburgh.org.uk Pride Calendar 2015 |
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TRANS Stonewall to campaign for trans equality | |
 | Historic move follows extensive consultation with over 700 trans people. Stonewall will make current campaigns trans-inclusive and develop new work on trans-specific issues stonewall.org.uk/trans 16 Feb 15 |
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