Stigmabase | North America

LGBT groups' exclusion from Aids summit risks human rights, west says  - UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has pushed for LGBT rights but faced opposition from African, Arab and Islamic counties as well as Russia and ...

LGBTQ -Friendly Businesses Abound on Broadway in Long Beach  - Looking at the thoroughfare that connects them, businesses and residents along Broadway see a rainbow — a street full of color celebrating the ...

Redford schools will comply with new federal rules  - A policy addressing the needs of students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and those questioning their sexuality (or LGBTQ ) has faced ...

Seychelles Decriminalizes Same-Sex Activity  - We congratulate the LGBTQ community in Seychelles on their watershed accomplishment, and for joining a host of other nations, including the U.S., ...

HIV is not a crime  - While Hillary Clinton wasn't able to attend the HIV Is Not a Crime Training Academy, she did send a pre-recorded video to the event. The presidential ...

Gender Dysphoria is Killing Transgender Teens. Why Aren't We Talking About It?  - 

Amid shouts of 'shame,' House GOP defeats gay rights measure  - President Barack Obama has issued an executive order that bars discrimination against LGBTQ employees by federal contractors. A New York ...

Poverty doesn't drive terrorism  - I fully believe that the root cause of terrorism does come from situations where there is poverty …where people see no hope in their lives,” wrote ...

Hate in America ': Documentary explores the world of hate crimes in America  - On Tuesday, May 17, the media was given a preview of the three-part series, "Hate in America" at an invitation-only screening at the Newseum in Washington, D.C."Hate in America" airs Saturday, May 21on Investigation Discovery. The series is a collaboration between Investigation Discovery in partnership with The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) who opened their case files to the network.

Teen Stress and the Growing Brain  - According to the National Institute of Mental Health , brain scans of children from ... Chronic exposure to stress can also impact a teen's ability to make ...

Comedy Has Become Our Greatest On Screen Depictor Of Mental Illness  -  Mental illness is one of those topics that television always tries, and normally fails, to tackle. A character will come down with an eating disorder in an ...

By 2025 mental disorder cases in India will go up by 23%  - The study published in Lancet today said according to estimates 38.1 million healthy life years will be lost to mental illness in India by 2025 which is a ...

The Challenge of Educational Inequality  - Unless the U.S. can equip more black and brown young people to succeed, it will face widening inequality , a skills shortage, and growing pressure on ...

Migration from Central America rising  - different this time comes from within these societies as Central Americans raise their voices against the poverty, inequality , corruption and violence, ...

Fathers-to-be impact children's health , too  - A growing body of research suggests that what fathers are exposed to in the environment can have lasting effects on their children's health .

Should Pediatricians Ask Parents If They're Poor?  - Knowing that a child lives in poverty "changes everything," says Dr. Susan Briner, medical director at the Bayview Child Health Center. Briner knows to ...