Stigmabase | North America

Archie comics reveals Jughead is asexual  - Jughead, the perennial Archie comics favorite of hamburger lovers everywhere, is casually outed as asexual in an issue released today.

Bill Attempts to Fight Discrimination Against LGBTQ  - Under Florida law, LGBTQ people can be fired, turned away from housing and face other consequences solely for being LGBTQ . The 2016 Florida ...

An Open Letter to My Little Sister From Her "Gay Brother"  - It could just be that she is young and all of her peers are just as ignorant to the LGBTQ community, and that with age will come knowledge of how to ...

Some colleges exclude LGBTQ students using religion, but students are fighting back  - When granted, these waivers allow schools to expel or deny admission to LGBTQ students, and to restrict their access to certain facilities, citing ...

Florida tried to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people — and it failed  - The Supreme Court's decision last June legalizing same-sex marriage across the country set up an odd puzzle for LGBTQ people in America. Though ...

For LGBTQ Youth, Bullying & Harassment Can Have Long-Term Effects On Mental Health ...  - In spite of major steps forward in terms of equality and recognition, it appears that life doesn't always "get better" for the LGBTQ community. A recent ...

West Virginia clerk humiliates lesbian couple seeking marriage license  - When Samantha Brookover and her partner, Amanda Abramovich, went to the Gilmer County Courthouse in West Virginia to get a marriage license, ...

Gay teacher's sex video stolen, posted to school website  - A high school teacher has been fired after a scurrilous hacker unearthed a video of him and another man having sex — and posted the footage to the ...

The Costs of Not Caring: How to Fix Our Broken Mental Health Care System  - Nearly one out of four Americans (61 million Americans) suffer from mental illness in any year and one in seventeen have a seriously disabling mental ...

Assisted Suicide Study Questions Its Use for Mentally Ill  - A new study of doctor-assisted death for people with mental disorders raises questions about the practice, finding that in more than half of approved ...

Why the design of work needs to change to prevent mental illness  - Workplaces need to move beyond promoting mental health awareness and start changing the way work is designed to prevent psychological harm.

E-cigarettes backfire with teens  - They're considered to be the “in-thing,” and many teens with no intention of ... The short and long-term impact of e-cigarettes on health has yet to be ...

Ashley Benson Dishes On How She Stays Healthy in Health Magazine  - Pretty Little Liars actress Ashley Benson stuns on the newest cover of Health magazine, where she opens up on her fitness routine and how she ...

Teen with rare disorder seeking donations for hospital in lieu of birthday gifts  - According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), characteristics can include short stature with short extremities, distinctive facial characteristics and ...

Marijuana May Change Your Brain if You Smoke as a Teen  - Updated Hot Tags Human Health Environment nature Climate Change. Experience us ... Marijuana May Change Your Brain if You Smoke as a Teen .

Intentional Music Listening Can Treat Depression In Adults And Children  - Music therapy has often been used with children and young people with particular mental health needs, but this is the first time its effectiveness has ...