Stigmabase | North America

Education key in closing gaps between races  - Segregation and discrimination, though still reality in America , are no ... in employment and wealth, but fell to 35th in education and civic engagement.

Male Youth Who Don't Work or Study Increase in Latin America  - Male Youth Who Don't Work or Study Increase in Latin America ... more than 70 percent of the ninis, live in cities, and have low education levels.

Cyberbullying Risk Is Much Higher For Young Women And Moderate Internet Users  - Savoldi and her colleagues surveyed young people living in Belfast, Northern Ireland after they experienced years of conflict with bullying both off and ...

62 People Own Same Wealth as Half the World  - Runaway inequality has created a world where 62 people own as much as the poorest half of the world's population – a figure that has fallen from 388 ...

American LGBTQ group cancels event with Israelis, later backtracks  - An upcoming meeting between members of an Israeli gay organization and the US's National LGBTQ Task Force was cancelled by the American ...

Hillary Clinton Just Won The Support Of A Major LGBTQ -Rights Organization  - The Human Rights Campaign announced on Tuesday it is endorsing Hillary Clinton for president — and it's not just because they both use the initials ...

Catholic trustees fire back at minister over LGBTQ guidelines  - The association that represents Catholic school trustees in Alberta is firing back against new provincial guidelines to be used in policies supporting ...

National LGBTQ Task Force will hold event with Israeli activists  - The National LGBTQ Task Force announced on Tuesday an about-face regarding its decision to cancel an event featuring two gay-rights advocates ...

Ask a Queer Chick: How do I act on bisexual desires?  - My name is Lindsay King-Miller, and I answer questions about LGBTQ stuff. If you are an LGBTQ person, I am here to advise on pretty much any ...

Britain's spy agency named employer of the year by Stonewall  - A 'psychic' denied housing to this queer couple after sensing their 'uniqueness.' Now, they're suing her. Hearing set for man charged in ...

Are LGBTQ People Really The Cause of Gentrification?  - O'Sullivan concludes that the focus on LGBTQ people as gentrfiers overstates their role and that LGBTQ people are merely “the thin end of a pretty ...

Is the "growing complacency" among non- LGBTQ Americans our greatest threat to full equality?  - The survey reveals a troubling amount of heterosexual Americans in the three groups represented don't think the LGBTQ's community are terrible ...

Male Youth Who Don't Work or Study Increase in Latin America  - Male Youth Who Don't Work or Study Increase in Latin America ... “We need to provide our expanding youth population the right education and work ...

Putting a stop to bullying in the workplace  - Most of us would like to think we left bullies behind in middle school. Yet according to a recent survey from the Workplace Bullying Institute, 27 percent ...

Don't equate gun violence with mental illness  - There has been much discussion about how to reduce mass gun violence the past few decades. It happened after Columbine. It happened after ...

Stigma of the 'damaged veteran' a barrier to treatment, as suicides claim more US troops  - Experts who work with both active-duty military and veterans say the stigma of mental illness -- whether combat stress, depression, anxiety or ...

Study questions link between teen pot smoking and IQ decline  - A new analysis is challenging the idea that smoking marijuana during adolescence can lead to declines in intelligence. Instead, the ...

Helicopter parenting may interfere with teens ' health care  - As a doctor for teenagers, I have noticed that many well-intentioned parents would likewise benefit from this advice with regard to their teens ' health  ...

Teen pregnancy rate down  - We think this comprehensive approach to teen pregnancy as well as more availability of school-based health clinics has had an impact on teen  ...

More than 50% of children in 10 states are anaemic: Report  - More than 50% of children in 10 states are anaemic, the latest national health survey showed highlighting the unnerving picture of India's ...