Stigmabase | North America

These TV Moments Show the Evolution of LGBTQ Characters on Screen  - There's no question that the LGBTQ experience has become far more visible on television than in years past. But it's worth remembering that those ...

South Dakota School District Blocks LGBTQ Websites  - It seems one South Dakota school district deems LGBTQ websites inappropriate: Students who try to access certain LGBTQ resources online, like the ...

Covering the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival and the RiverRun International ...  - Of the topnotch LGBTQ films that I caught at Full Frame, three in particular stood out. As I noted in my interview with directors S. Leo Chiang and ...

LGBTQ faculty often find themselves outside the bounds  -  LGBTQ faculty diversity is not tracked in official action plan progress reports. The action plan progress reports focus on gender equity and “minority ...

Religious freedom bill creates more backlash  - Although many of the bills pertain to different facets of living as a LGBTQ individual, Cantrell said they each suggest a backlash to the national ...

LGBTQ Conversation with Leadership Birmingham  - Earlier this month, I had the privilege to participate in a panel with fellow leaders in Birmingham's LGBTQ and allied community as a part of the ...

HRC Arkansas Works to Create Safer Worship Spaces for the LGBTQ Community  - HRC Arkansas designed the flow for the three-day event, working to educate, celebrate and draw LGBTQ and non- LGBTQ people of faith together in ...

James Franco isn't 'gay-baiting'  - Justin Kelly, the director of the sordid new drama King Cobra, insists James Franco is “wildly progressive,” and isn't actually gay-baiting his audience, ...

Parents in prison affects kids ' health  - Texas children who have incarcerated parents suffer from trauma and emotional instability at the same magnitude as abuse and domestic ...

50 Years Of Research Confirms Psychological Risks Caused By Spanking Children  - For years, health practitioners along with child activists have decried the use of spanking as a form of child discipline. In 2006, the United Nations ...

St. Louis region isn't immune to rising suicide rate  - More than 90 percent of people who die by suicide had a diagnosable mental disorder , yet fewer than a third of adults and only half of children with a ...

How The Bacteria In Your Gut Could Be Used To Treat Mental Illness  - When the myelin sheath is damaged, neural communication is impaired, resulting in neurological and behavioral markers of mental illness . The study ...

5 Ways You May Be Perpetuating Mental Health Stigma Without Knowing It  - While few of us would ever actively disparage our friends for dealing with mental illness , there are many ways that passive stigma makes its way into ...

Anti-smoking pills 'don't risk' mental health  - Anthenelli explained that the study provides further evidence of the safety of these drugs in smokers with psychiatric disorders , who have some of the ...

Many teen moms ignore infant safe-sleeping recommendations  - The research, published April 21 in the Journal of Pediatrics, found that young mothers felt they knew better than health professionals when it came to ...

Suicide In America: Rate Reaches All-Time High, Especially Among Teen Girls  - The economic and emotional costs of suicidal behavior among U.S. families, communities, and society have become a serious public health concern.