Stigmabase | North America

No, LGBT People Aren't Exempt from Donald Trump's Blatant Bigotry  - It's absolutely false -- he's as extreme as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, and will do nothing for LGBT rights -- and it's time to disabuse the media and ...

Rapper Killer Mike is 'sorry I used the word "fag" in my songs'  - Yrs ago I like a dumb Hetero guy said 'fag,'” he writes. “Today I no longer use that stupid word. I am sorry to all my gay brothers and sisters…Today I ...

After Nike drops homophobic boxer Manny Pacquiao, religious officials set bonfire in protest  - After Nike drops homophobic boxer Manny Pacquiao, religious officials set bonfire in protest. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter. By LGBTQ Nation.

Under-Representation of LGBTQ in the Academy Awards  - They too are angered about the exclusion of quality performances, directors, producers, and more who identify as LGBTQ being grossly neglected by ...

Love Looks Like a Lesbian Minister  - When it comes to the LGBTQ community, most of the Church has a love problem. Even as the institution claims to be following the teachings of Jesus, ...

Students in LGBTQ -Affirmative Locales Binge Drink Less  - In particular, schools that are more affirming of LGBTQ students may be less stressful environments or foster healthy emotional resilience for all ...

Is It Time To Drop The "T" From LGBTQ ? This Guy Says Yes... And Do It Fast!  - With marriage equality a reality and gay folks enjoying increased rights, social progressives are looking for the next cause du jour,” openly gay lawyer ...

JJ Abrams Says Future of Stars Wars Should Include LGBTQ Characters  - J.J. Abrams latest installment in the massive Star Wars franchise gave the movie universe some of its best media representation yet. Not only did Star ...

Loving someone with a mental disorder  - It's not easy to find out that one of your children, a parent or a sibling has been diagnosed with a serious mental disorder . It can happen to anyone.

Mental illness is a result of misery, yet still we stigmatise it  - It matters how we talk and think about mental health . Get it wrong, and people can end up being misled, or even worse, hurt. Last week the BBC ran a ...

In marriage, those with mental disorders seek out similar partners  - They evaluated how often these diagnoses correlated with that person's spouse or partner having either the same psychiatric condition or a different ...

Cyberbullying, Violence Linked to PTSD in Teens  - Half the teens seen in a U.S. hospital ... Few of the teens with PTSD symptoms said they had received any mental health  ...

Teen mental health risk increases with food insecurity  - But after adjusting for these and other factors, teens with food insecurity were 2.3 times as likely to have parent-reported mental health problems ...

A new theory of economic inequality  - A chart on page 149 shows that U.S. exports have increased as a share of the economy (gross domestic product), from 10 percent of GDP in 2005 to ...

Why Trump and Sanders Were Inevitable  - What is not debatable is that growing inequality is a major, society-shaking problem—one that, as Rodrik says, has actually made America less ...

This is What Is Still Holding Us Back from the Creation of a Fair Society  - This is What Is Still Holding Us Back from the Creation of a Fair Society ... In postulating “The idea of original, clear-cut, and permanent inequality  ...