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Trans people enduring up to a three-year wait to be seen by NHS gender identity clinics, figures show

The BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme has found that long waiting times are forcing trans people in the UK to self-medicate from unregulated sources.

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London’s largest charity for the older LGBTQ community has been awarded a £300,000 grant

Opening Doors London helps give a voice to the older LGBTQ community

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LGBT charity in Scotland faces closure after failing to secure vital funding

Time for Inclusive Education (TIE) revealed the news on Twitter

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Sadiq Khan calls for UK government to give London’s health care systems support to end new HIV infections by 2030

The Mayor of London has reinforced his previous call to fund the PrEP Impact Trial

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National Lottery Fund to award transgender charity Mermaids UK with funding after ‘reviewing’ a number of ‘concerns’

In December, the Big Lottery Fund said they would donate £500,000 to the charity

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Twelve organisations awarded government funding to help improve lives of LGBT people

The funding marks the start of LGBT History Month

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South Yorkshire LGBT charity given government funding to help victims of domestic abuse

The SAYiT charity has been given nearly £113,000 by the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government

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Mike Pence’s brother claims the Vice President and his wife “are not” anti-LGBT

The Vice President has a record of opposing LGBT+ protections and blocking funding for HIV

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National charity awarded funding to help restorative justice for LGBT victims of hate crime

Why Me? Victims of Restorative Justice was awarded £57,000 to help support victims of hate crime

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Activists hit back at the Sunday Times for transphobic fear-mongering

Kate Lister took to Twitter following an article claiming transgender charity Mermaids is 'transphobic'

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Stonewall hits back at ‘vicious’ and ‘inaccurate’ Sunday Times article

The article claimed Stonewall employee Morgan Page was a 'former trans stripper'

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Tanzania refuses to tolerate homosexuality despite struggling as aid donors pull funding

The finance minister said the loss of funding poses a serious challenge but 'there was no way' they can accept homosexuality

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Big Lottery Fund reviewing decision to give transgender charity £500,000 following ‘concerns’

The Mermaids charity help young trans people and have been campaigning for children to have support in schools and the healthcare system

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San Francisco invests $215,000 into world’s first recognised transgender cultural district

The Tenderloin neighbourhood used to be a thriving gay district but is now riddled with crime

Culture Sexuality

‘Money is wasted when HIV/Aids charities ignore each other’ – Activist Paul Fleming on funding for HIV research

Paul has been HIV-positive since 2002 and has worked or volunteered for NAT and Positive East

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Pride Toronto receives $450,000 grant to help improve safety of LGBT communities

The funding was announced by Federal Minister of Finance Bill Morneau over the weekend

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EU reviewing financial support to Tanzania following treatment of the LGBT community

Homosexual acts are illegal in the African country and is punishable by up to 30 years in prison

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LGBT centre forced to reduce free access to STI tests and treatments following funding cutbacks

In LA, more than 85,500 STI cases were reported in 2016 and the figure has been increasing year on year

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HIV charity has been saved from closure after Scottish government funding U-turn

HIV Scotland will now receive £231,000 over a three year period

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Families of Stephen Port’s victims raise money for another inquest

The former chef from London was found guilty of murdering four men he met on Grindr