Stigmabase | North America

Students develop LGBTQ -focused medical training  - The medical care that LGBTQ people receive has consistently been proven to be worse than the general population. From doctors being unfamiliar ...

What sexuality do you identify with?  - Equality Federation is a San Francisco-based organization that strives for social equality for the LGBTQ community. Snyder, 32, grew up in ...

Big Orange Supports Lucie's Place with a Special Shake  - Partially because of the loss of family support, twenty to forty percent of the homeless population identifies as LGBTQ . Sadly, many local shelters do ...

Reaching the Ballroom Community With Respect, Not Just HIV Testing  - The ballroom community is one of the most powerful subcultures within the black LGBTQ community. Built in the structure of "houses," its families span ...

Pride flag found burned at University of BC during annual...  - The University of British Columbia is speaking out after a rainbow Pride flag raised for the school's annual OUTWeek was found ...

Brie Spangler's YA Debut 'Beast' Is A Unique LGBTQ 'Beauty And The Beast' Retelling ...  - Children's book author Brie Spangler is set to make her YA debut with Beast: a retelling of you-know-which classic fairytale, but with a unique new spin ...

Some of Hollywood's Most Successful Comedies Have a “Hipster Homophobia” Problem  - In recent years, LGBTQ characters have made enormous strides on television. Shows like Empire, Transparent, and Orange Is the New Black ...

Success with LinkedIn' Workshop to be Held in West Orange by the Small Business Development ...  - Today's marketplace is very competitive and small, women, minority, veteran and LGBTQ owners have to be creative and embrace technology and ...

Suicidal teen discharged after eight nights in hospital without treatment  - Finding help for a teenager like Lori is especially tough. Not only is she facing the difficult, sometimes frightening transition from youth health services ...

All teens should be screened for depression, task force recommends  - Some experts think the best situation for patients is to have mental health providers in the clinic so they can go directly to them for a diagnosis and to ...

Is Seasonal Affective Disorder a Myth?  - Once again, in the field of “ mental illness ”, science and society are not singing in tune. Indeed, perhaps this is where the real conversation lies.

A Powerful Instagram Account Is Combatting Mental Health Stigma With Personal Stories  - Around 450 million people currently suffer from such conditions, placing mental disorders among the leading causes of ill-health and disability ...

The postcode lottery of new mothers' mental health services  - The postcode lottery of new mothers' mental health services ... More than one in 10 women develop a mental illness while expecting a child or in the ...

The design of work needs to change to prevent mental illness  - Work is a great place for promoting health and many workplaces already “normalise” talking about the experience of mental illness , for example, ...

Democratic Debate Moderators Have Not Asked A Single Question About LGBT Equality  - Debate moderators have failed to ask a single question about LGBT equality in the first five Democratic primary debates, despite a number of ...

It doesn't 'get better' for some bullied LGBT youths  -  Discrimination, harassment and assault of LGBT youths is still very much a problem for about a third of adolescents, the study found. What's more, it's ...