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How the state's action supporting LGBTQ students could impact kids in Kalamazoo  - She knows all too well the kinds of commentary that comes up when issues of inclusion for the LGBTQ community are addressed. Natalie transitioned ...

The Christian Rights Trans Dorm Panic  - “Our Catholic identity calls us to treat all persons—including all within the LGBTQ community—with dignity and respect,” university spokeswoman ...

James Franco Says Homosexuality Should Be Defined By How People Act, Not Who They Sleep ...  - James Franco has always expressed his interest in portraying gay characters and telling LGBTQ stories in films. And stories about gay men have been ...

Comedian finds laughs in LGBTQ experience - The Atlanta-based comedian said she doesn't hear many other comedians or celebrities speaking out about their experiences as LGBTQ people.

D.C. Shows the Nation How to Address LGBT Suicide  - The importance of establishing laws that focus on the LGBTQ population cannot be overstated, as LGB youth are four times more likely to attempt ...

How Some Black LGBTQ People Are Surviving In The Age Of HIV  - It's a staggering and dire statistic — one that reinforces the dreadful sense that clouds my life and the lives of so many younger and older black men.

Disturbing footage captures trans woman assaulted on New York subway  - Upsetting footage has surfaced of a trans woman suffering an unprovoked subway attack on a train in New York City. “You ain't nobody,” the female ...

The tremendously good news about the young that we've been ignoring  - In America , the misfortune has been distributed unequally — death rates .... Chetty and his team have shown that inequality in life expectancy ...

Beyoncé Backs Watermelon Water Drink  - This is more than an investment in a brand, it's an investment in female leaders, fitness, American farmers, and the health of people and our planet.".

A Totally Shame-Free Guide To Your Body Fat  - It's why teen girls are more likely than teen boys to worry about their weight, per the latest survey on teen health from the World Health Organization ...

Is The Internet Behind A Drop In Teen Pregnancy?  - Instead, teens are increasingly turning to the internet to access family ... According to the Nation Coalition for Sexual Health , 89 percent of teens turn to ...

Some Teen Girls Coerced Into Pregnancy: Study  - Of the 77 girls surveyed, 16 percent said they'd ever had a boyfriend try to control their reproductive health -- usually by telling them not to use birth ...

When Everything Is Bullying , Nothing Is Bullying  -  Bullying ” describes a situation in which powerful people intimidate a less powerful person about something that the person in question cannot control.

Mental illness does not spell end of military career: Veterans Affairs Minister  - Canada's Veterans Affairs Minister says members of the military with mental - health issues should not fear they will be automatically discharged when ...

Speak out on what mental illness feels like  - When mental illnesses or disorders are talked about the language typically used to describe them tends to be clinical and impersonal. These words ...