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Lambert House for LGBTQ youth at risk of losing its home

Lambert House for LGBTQ youth at risk of losing its home - One of the oldest safe places for LGBTQ youth in the country may be forced to move. The Lambert House on 15 th and Denny in Seattle's Capitol Hill ...

Schools take steps to address needs of LGBTQ students

Schools take steps to address needs of LGBTQ students  - Many Dexter Schools staff have gone through training on how best to meet the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer ( LGBTQ ) ...

Safe Place' campaign for LGBTQ students expands to Seattle's public schools

Safe Place' campaign for LGBTQ students expands to Seattle's public schools  - Safe Place” is a voluntary program where businesses and organizations designate themselves as LGBTQ allies and receive training on how to report ...

Donald Trump tries to come out in favor of LGBTQ rights — but still manages to get it all wrong

Donald Trump tries to come out in favor of LGBTQ rights — but still manages to get it all wrong  - Supporting trans rights is admirable, Mr. Trump, but it should be about the people, not the lost business. Scott Eric Kaufman ...

Solitary Confinement of Juveniles Disproportionately Impacts LGBTQ Youth

Solitary Confinement of Juveniles Disproportionately Impacts LGBTQ Youth  - While we know that the deck is stacked against young people growing up as LGBTQ in America, one issue that especially targets LGBTQ youth is the ...

These parents requested an antigay babysitter — and got publicly shamed

These parents requested an antigay babysitter — and got publicly shamed  - REACH Kids is a company that hires out babysitters throughout Sydney, priding themselves on an ability to match up sitters in accord with the ...

HBO Launches 'Get Suited' Contest for LGBTQ Youth

HBO Launches 'Get Suited' Contest for LGBTQ Youth  - In support of the upcoming documentary Suited, HBO and Bindle & Keep have launched a contest for LGBTQ youth (13-24). Possible prizes for the ...

Why is This Night Different From All Other Nights?

Why is This Night Different From All Other Nights?  - 

Can Eating Oily Fish Cure Post-Natal Mental Illness?

Can Eating Oily Fish Cure Post-Natal Mental Illness ?  - Melanie Lawson, 43, developed obsessive-compulsive disorder when she was just 9 years old. Her anxiety disorder reared its ugly head after she had ...

The kids really ARE all right: There are 'no differences' between children of same-sex and opposite ...

The kids really ARE all right: There are 'no differences' between children of same-sex and opposite ...  - Child development experts from the universities of Amsterdam, Columbia and UCLA, used the US' National Survey of Children's Health and matches ...

Childhood malnutrition, obesity risk connected to mother's perception

Childhood malnutrition, obesity risk connected to mother's perception  - They may believe that more weight is needed to help improve the child's health . The mentality that a 'chubby baby is a healthy baby' may still be ...

Research examines link between physically active children and healthy adulthood

Research examines link between physically active children and healthy adulthood  - Finally, the warm weather has arrived. And with it, no doubt, a return to the outdoors for neighbourhood kids who can't wait to get out there and burn ...

Should Mental Health App Developers Back Up Their Claims With Clinical Evidence?

Should Mental Health App Developers Back Up Their Claims With Clinical Evidence?  - Millions of people with mental health disorders, including depression and bipolar disorder, are not getting the help they need. The World Health ...

Create more halfway homes for mental patients, experts tell government

Create more halfway homes for mental patients, experts tell government  - In most situations, mentally ill people become indistinguishable from thousands of beggars in the streets or migrant workers sleeping on sidewalks or ...

Physician-Assisted Dying for Adolescents With Intractable Mental Illness?

Physician-Assisted Dying for Adolescents With Intractable Mental Illness ?  - Under the guise of promoting “death with dignity,” Canada may soon permit doctors to facilitate the suicide of “mature minors” with psychiatric illness  ...

Respect people's mental illnesses

Respect people's mental illnesses  - Almost two years ago, my world was flipped upside down. I was diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and have been struggling to ...