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March 4, 2013

Gay dads and moms could rescue thousands of kids from care

British charity Action for Children marks LGBT fostering and adoption week by calling on community to provide loving homes for abandoned kids

Leading charity Action for Children has said LGBT people could solve a care crisis by adopting or fostering thousands of kids.

The organization is key sponsor of the second annual LGBT Adoption and Fostering Week in the UK, which starts today (4 March) and runs until 10 March.

Action for Children believes LGBT people could be help make up the shortfall of foster carers and adoptive parents across Britain so all kids could be moved out of care and into loving homes.

May 16, 2012

'Offensive' Paddy Power trans advert loses race

Complaints about 'spot the trans' advert upheld in UK

A TV advert which asked viewers to 'spot the trans' at a horse race has been deemed offensive by the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

The advert by UK and Ireland bookmaker Paddy Power showed women at the Cheltenham Festival - a prestigious horse race in England - and invited viewers to decide whether they are 'stallions' or 'mares'.

Today (16 May) the ASA upheld complaints that the 30-second TV spot was offensive and condoned harmful discriminatory behaviour, ruling that the advert must not be shown again in its current form.