Stigmabase | North America

TV in Indonesia ca no longer portray drag queens or 'effeminate' men  - Gaystarnews reports that their largest Islamic group wants to criminalize gay sex and LGBTQ activism, and their defense minister said the movement ...

LGBTQ Israelis call their government hypocrites on gay rights  - That's what some 200 LGBTQ Israelis and opponents of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition shouted outside municipal buildings ...

Homosexuals can't feel love. But God can cure that.' - Moldering television personality Pat Robertson is claiming gay people are incapable of feeling love unless they drop everything and fervidly repent for ...

Madison Gay Hockey Association creates supportive atmosphere for LGBTQ community  - But David Hafner has accomplished both, and is providing immense support for the LGBTQ community at the same time. Hafner is the Madison Gay ...

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

Should Teachers 'Come Out'?  -  LGBTQ youth still face homelessness and risky behavior at a higher rate than their heterosexual peers. Slowly schools are coming to the aid of these ...

Trans Activist Danni Askini Is Running for the Washington State Legislature  - Before founding the LGBTQ advocacy group the Gender Justice League, Askini says she did advocacy work on child welfare issues, healthcare ...

Ian Thorpe: 'Media attention kept me in the closet'  - While speaking at his first official LGBTQ event, Olympic diver Ian Thorpe had some choice words regarding the media scrutinizing his sexuality.

Empathising with children 'can cause health problems for parents'  - There is nothing that quite matches unconditional love and support that a parent gives to their child , but a recent study showed that empathising with ...

Lesbians have sex younger, more partners and engage in riskier behaviors  - the Graduate Center and City College of the City University of New York (CUNY) used data from the 2010-2011 Teen Health and Technology Study, ...

Medicinal cannabis may have helped mystery breakthrough for Carterton teen  - But even though early signs are that a medicinal cannabis treatment may have contributed to the breakthrough, Associate Health Minister Peter Dunne ...

Grandma fears for child's health , safety  -  I have eight grandchildren and I love them all. I make sure to spend equal amounts of time and care with each one of them.

Is that muesli bar you put in your child's lunchbox actually healthy ?  - Muesli bars might seem like a healthy on-the-go snack or lunchbox addition, but many varieties are packed with sugar, refined starch and fat.

How the death of two Ugandan mothers is helping entrench the right to health care  - But Nalubowa had used her “mama kit” at the first health facility when delivering her first child . The nurses would hear none of her excuses and ...

I loved, lived with and lost my mother to borderline personality disorder  - This didn't make sense to me until I realized my mom was suffering from a mental illness called borderline personality disorder (BPD). According to the ...

Transgender Kids With Family Support Can Have Good Mental Health  - A new examine has found that transgender children who have a support of their families have certain mental health , with rates of basin and stress no ...