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Take our Survey & Be in for a Chance to Win £50

Date Published: 20/11/2012

We've just launched our new survey for lesbian and bisexual women. Take it now and be in for a chance to win £50!

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Latest HIV figures for North West England (2011)

Date Published: 26/11/2012

 

Last year (2011) saw a 6% increase in HIV cases presenting to North West Treatment centres according to the latest figures from The North West HIV & AIDS Monitoring Unit at the Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University. 

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Hearing BME voices within the LGB&T community

Date Published: 25/11/2012

We Exist Too! An event for black and minority ethnic lesbian, gay and bisexual people to speak up about the issues that affect them. Wednesday 28th November - 6.30pm at LGF, in partnership with Race Equality Foundation and EHRC.

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Brian Epstein: He Had to Hide his Love Away

Date Published: 20/11/2012

 

Caroline Yorston reviews the long-awaited world premiere about one of the world’s most successful music entrepreneurs, Brian Epstein: The Man Who Made The Beatles.

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Marking Transgender Day of Remembrance in Salford

Date Published: 20/11/2012

 

Salford joins the few cities in the UK to fly the official Trans flag to promote the Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) and to support the Trans community.

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'Fostering is the Most Rewarding Career'

Date Published: 20/11/2012

 

Local independent foster care agency, Fostering Solutions, is actively encouraging people from the lesbian and gay community in Manchester and surrounding areas to become foster carers.

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National HIV Testing Week 23 – 30 November

Date Published: 19/11/2012

THIVK - over 90,000 people are living with HIV in the UK and thousands have HIV without even knowing it. National HIV Testing Week aims to make sure that we all know our HIV status ahead of this year’s World AIDS Day on December 1st. 

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Social, regular or problematic? Binge Drinking Behaviour

Date Published: 19/11/2012

The latest data from our Part of the Picture report showed that LGB people aged 41 - 45 reported the most incidences of very problematic drinking with 14% of them binge drinking at least four or five times a week compared to 9% of 16-24 year olds

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Homophobic Bullying at Work

Date Published: 16/11/2012

This week (19th – 23rd) November marks the start of Anti-Bullying Week. The theme for this year is ‘'We're better without bullying' - which highlights the effect bullying has on achievement. Often bullying is often associated with young people in school, yet adult bullying, especially in the workplace is a real issue.

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Anti-Bullying Month: Joe's Story

Date Published: 14/11/2012

 

This week (19th – 23rd) November marks the start of Anti-Bullying Week. The theme for this year is ‘'We're better without bullying' - which highlights the effect bullying has on achievement and focuses on working with young people. Here Joe shares his story.

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