Girl Tribe Gang: First national conference helps to reduce isolation and loneliness among women
A tribe of kick-ass women empowered, inspired and connected with one another as a nod to the 20th anniversary of National Stress Awareness Day.
‘Don’t blend in’: Manchester trans make-up artist urges LGBT people to ‘be confident and proud of your journey’
A Manchester transgender woman is on a mission to boost the confidence of the city’s LGBT community and acceptance of others so nobody suffers the same ‘horrific bullying’ she did while at school.
Diabetic says Manchester healthcare ‘fantastic’ but rest of UK sufferers not so lucky
Diabetes services in Manchester are thriving, while hundreds of patients in other regions are being denied vital information about how to cope with their lifelong disease.
‘I could have slipped through the cracks’: Parents expose ‘mishmashed’ and ‘patchy’ postnatal depression support
As reports reveal one in four mums suffer postnantal depression, a senior lecturer at Manchester Uni tells MM that specialist mental health care for mums is ‘patchy’ and whether you receive care is a ‘postcode lottery’.
‘Orthodox priests’ strike a pose for NSFW homoerotic calendar to fight Russia’s oppression of LGBT people
A homoerotic calendar is arousing the intrigue of people across the globe thanks to the stunning photography of muscular, almost naked models wearing symbols of the Orthodox religion – including one who looks an awful lot like a certain Russian ruler.
‘I suppressed my identity’: MM reporter tells his story for National Coming Out Day
Being gay doesn’t define me but it’s something I’m no longer ashamed of, instead I can accept and embrace it.
‘Faith is my anchor, it kept me from drowning’: Manchester shares stories for World Mental Health Day
Today is World Mental Health Day and, with one in four adults suffering from some form of mental illness, now is the time to start talking about it.
MM’s top five… older (and wiser) people we’re proud to call Mancunian
At MM we decided we would spend International Older Person’s Day choosing our top five elderly Mancunians – after much debate, here’s our list!
Manchester LGBT Foundation host meeting to ‘bring smoking out of the closet’
Manchester’s LGBT Foundation is teaming up with leading health professionals working in tobacco control in a bid to ‘bring smoking out of the closet’.
Manchester teens hold bad house party to show dangers of anti-social behaviour
Legal highs, loud music, booze and dodgy barbecues are just some of the anti-social behaviours Manchester sixth form students aimed to prevent by staging a bad house party.
‘Desperately low’: Labour MP Kate Green vows to boost Trafford’s autism awareness
MP Kate Green has pledged to promote more autism awareness in Trafford after people’s understanding of the ‘complex condition’ was deemed ‘desperately low’ by a leading charity boss.