Gay

In 1980s Britain, where anti-gay prejudice was widespread and accepted, a group of gay and lesbian Britons reached out to support the UK’s striking miners. Their story, the subject of a film released last year, has much to teach today’s Internet-based activists, says the screenwriter of “Pride.”

The UK is planning to open what’s being called its first “gay school.” There’s a proposal in Manchester, England, for a school focusing on the education of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students.

People on the fringes of society — criminals, discriminated-against minorities, rebellious teenagers — often need to speak in code. So they create secret languages, or argots. In Turkey, the LGBT community and others keep their words to themselves with the help of an argot called Lubunca.

Twenty years ago this week, the World Health Organization ceased to categorize homosexuality as a pathology, but is it still considered one socially in the workplace? For this week’s work segment, we look at the issue of being openly gay at work.

A lesbian couple left Cameroon after they faced discrimination and death threats at home. But when they arrived in San Francisco with their daughter, they realized there were many more hurdles to overcome.A lesbian couple left Cameroon after they faced discrimination and death threats at home. But when they arrived in San Francisco with their daughter, they realized there were many more hurdles to overcome.