HEALTH

LGBT homeless youth have a safe place to stay in Derry.

Martin McConologue has spent the best part of the last 30 years working with some of the most vulnerable people in Northern Ireland. He has helped, accommodated and befriended street drinkers, rough sleepers, drug addicts and gamblers. Those with mental illness, those prone to lawlessness and many more who have just fallen on hard times.

WORLD NEWS

Have LGBT rights gone too far? Yes, according to this politician.

The new UK Independence Party leader has spoken out against LGBT rights, arguing children are being “encouraged” to question their sexuality. Former soldier and police officer Henry Bolton was announced as the party’s fourth leader in just over a year at the Ukip annual conference on Friday.

5 THINGS TO KNOW

How America has changed since ‘Will & Grace’ first aired.

The reviews are in. “Will & Grace” is the same. It’s America that’s changed. A reboot of the hit sitcom “Will & Grace” premiered on Thursday at 9 p.m. EST on NBC with a joke in the final scene featuring a red baseball cap in the Oval Office and a slogan “Make America Gay Again.”

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Why Amazon won’t make Texas its second home.

Amazon announced that it is seeking a second North American headquarters with up to $5 billion investment in facilities and 50,000 jobs at an average pay of $100,000 a year. This will be a major economic boon for both the state and city that lands the deal.

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A rare LGBT victory in the Trump era, sexual orientation is back on the census.

Today, the US Census Bureau reversed a previous decision to exclude a question on sexual orientation from the Census Barriers, Attitudes and Motivators Study. In response to this victory, Rea Carey, Executive Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, issued the following statement: “Make no mistake – public pressure on the Trump Administration works.