Stigmabase | North America

The Most Dangerous Year For Transgender Rights Could Be Happening Right Now In 2016 ...  - If ever there was proof that LGBTQ rights go far beyond same-sex marriage, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has got you covered. According to a ...

Bullish: LGBTQ People In Tech  - Welcome back to another episode of Bullish! This time, I sat down with Lesbians Who Tech founder Leanne Pittsford to talk about LGBTQ (lesbian, gay ...

LGBTQ People Targeted, Brutalized by Criminal Justice System  - The report examines the ways in which stigma and discriminatory policing pushes LGBTQ people into disproportionate contact with the criminal justice ...

LGBT conference organizers' refusal to meet with lawmakers called 'poor form'  - He said the Oversight investigation is fueled by lawmakers “obsessed” with the LGBTQ lifestyle. Students, he said, were given information sexual ...

Why we don't (and why we do) need a LGBTQ label for fiction  - My initial reaction, when asked to pick my favourite (Indian) LGBTQ themed books, was why? I'm deeply uncomfortable with labels. Surely a book ...

New Report Centers LGBTQ Experiences of Mass Incarceration  - Unjust collects the latest research highlighting the experiences of LGBTQ people within the criminal legal and immigration detention systems, ...

After loss in Nevada, will LGBTQ Bernie fans remain loyal?  - Polls show Clinton up an average 24 points over sanders in SC, but the latest CNN/CRC poll breaks down the key African American vote.

Escalation' in debate over Governor's Conference on LGBTQ Youth  - There's been what one legislator describes as an “escalation” in the debate over whether a 2015 conference for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender ...

Filming the Mind: Mental Illness in the Movies  - A few films about mental illness have had a significant impact on the public. One was The 3 Faces of Eve (1957) which starred Joanne Woodward as a ...

Eating disorders have highest mortality rate of any mental disorder among Americans  - Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental disorder and 30 million Americans will suffer from an eating disorder at some point in ...

Indonesia psychiatric body classifies homosexuality as mental disorder  - Indonesia's leading psychiatric body has classified homosexuality and gender dysphoria mental disorders that can be cured with proper treatment.

The Stabbing At My Teen's High School Didn't Have To Happen  - Canada is having more conversations about mental health , and that is encouraging, but we need to do more to ensure people have access to the ...

Low Teen Vaccination Rates Despite Reported Benefits of HPV Vaccination  - The vaccine against HPV infections introduced a decade ago is now bearing fruit. The prevalence of HPV infections among American teenage girls is ...

Are you to blame for your child's mental health issues?  - Its stark conclusion is that, whatever mental health issues youngsters may have, it's mostly to parental maltreatment rather than any genetic inheritance ...

The Best MuckReads on America's Troubled History With Race  - To sort through America's troubled history of inequality , here's a guide to some of the best recent reporting we've seen that shines a light on the issue ...

Top GOP Pollster: Young Americans Are Terrifyingly Liberal  - Luntz's poll found that young Americans are optimistic about both the country's ... Their biggest, in order, are “corruption,” “greed” and “ inequality .”.