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Tech students participate in Day of Silence  - Anneliese Bustillo, a prevention specialist at the Risk, Intervention and Safety Education Office on campus, said members of the LGBTQ community ...

Kenya: Group launches case seeking to decriminalize gay sex – LGBTQ Nation  - A Kenyan rights group says it is going to court to decriminalize gay sexual relations between consenting adults.The Kenyan ...

Should Counselors Be Able Reject LGBT Patients? Tennessee May Say Yes  - LGBT advocates worry that if the law passes it could threaten the lives of LGBTQ and gender-nonconforming people in the state. Nationally, LGBT ...

10 Entertainers Boycotting North Carolina, And An Even Longer List Of Those Who Are Not  -  As you might've heard, the whole world is pretty mad at North Carolina right about now. The legislature pushed through a sneaky, evil bill that makes ...

Coming out of the parents' closet  - In May, for the fourth time, the organization Eshel, which primarily is a support system for LGBTQ Orthodox Jews, is offering its yearly retreat for that ...

16 Tweets That Show Exactly How To Observe Today's Day of Silence  - schools nonprofit GLSEN, is a day dedicated to drawing attention to the bullying and harassment many young LGBTQ people experience in school.

Gay Activists Call to Cancel Tel Aviv Pride Parade Over State's Preferential Treatment of Tourists  - In protest over the wide gap between the resources allocated to attract gay tourists to the country and the limited support for local LGBTQ organizations ...

Lance Bass Speaks Out Against Mississippi 'Anti-LGBT' Bill Lily Allen Speaks After Seven-Year ...  - It is imperative that Governor Phil Bryant vetoes this bill immediately.” Moogfest Takes a Stand Against North Carolina's Controversial 'Anti- LGBTQ ' Bill.

6 reasons why breastfeeding is essential for your child's health and survival  - is nothing in the world that haunts a mother more than her child's health . ... Easily digestible, breast milk contains antibodies that help your baby fight ...

Teens Get Less Sex Ed Than 10 Years Ago — Study - In the study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health , researchers reported the amount of teens who received sex education dropped significantly ...

This New App Hopes to Save Suicidal Teens  - Oko's interest in teen mental health came about when she went looking for resources for a teenager she's close to who was struggling with suicidal ...

Why letting teens sleep in could save lives  - Ask parents of teenagers what they're worried about, and among the ... of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion at ... Almost 70% of teens were not getting enough sleep, the CDC found.

Teen parenting event aims to raise awareness  -  Teen mothers and their babies' health matter, she added. ... Avilus aims to raise awareness about existing services through “ Teen Parent Resource ...

Mental health and the stigma against it  - Ferris chemistry freshman, Abigail DeMaet leads a discussion on the topic of mental health and brain chemistry in an effort to eliminate the negative ...

High levels of mental illness reported by victims of human trafficking in the UK  - New research reveals the severe mental health problems experienced by men and women trafficked to the UK for sexual exploitation, domestic ...

Sperm bank sued as case of mentally ill donor's history unfolds  - A lawsuit, filed on Wednesday by three families in Canada, alleges the donor was instead a convicted felon with multiple mental illness diagnoses, ...