Stigmabase | North America

Openly gay Army secretary could never lead men into battle  - When it comes to leading men into battle, when it comes to being secretary of the Army, I'll take an alpha male any day. I'm sorry. I know these ...

Grey's Anatomy's Callie Torres Was The Show's Most Progressive Character  - The major characters of Grey's were straight with not one major LGBTQ character on the show until Erica and Callie began a relationship together.

Ask Your "Mental Health Reform Champion" Member of Congress Where They Stand on LGBTQ ...  - I mean, we talk about the importance of addressing discrimination against the LGBTQ community all the time. The nation is abuzz with discussion ...

One Year Ago Today, Ireland Prepared to Vote on Marriage Equality  - The third edition of HRC Global's Equality Rising report highlights this remarkable victory as well as the ferocious violence LGBTQ people still face ...

I hate Muppets, yogurt, crackers, Campbell's soup, and gays. Who am I?  - hilariously over-the-top press releases, and the occasional inadvertent 300% increase in charity donations to LGBTQ causes.

Diversity, love, strength and unity celebrated at Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Festival  - For 18-year-old Abby Giles, a senior and one of Garcia's students, pride means freedom, strength and solidarity in the struggles the LGBTQ community ...

Equality Utah highlights LGBTQ progress  - Saturday night was not simply about bringing awareness to the LGBTQ community. It was a time for Utahns to understand just how far the battle for ...

Yale promotes gender neutral bathrooms  - Yale's all-gender bathrooms are the product of the work of Yale's office of LGBTQ Resources, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Office of Diversity and ...

Trans Identity Is Not a Mental Illness  - Despite a strong medical consensus otherwise, the clinical guidelines issued by the WHO still classify transgender identity as a mental health issue.

9% of California kids have never seen a dentist  - Nine percent of children ages 2 to 11 in 2013-14 had never had a dental visit, according to data from the California Health  ...

Fatty Foods During Teen Years May Influence Later Breast Cancer Risk  - A similar difference was found for those who ate the lowest levels of healthy fats during the teen years compared to those who ate the highest levels.

Depression and Unsafe Sex Biggest Health Risks For Teens  - It turns out unsafe sex is actually one of the fastest growing health risks for teens across the world, according to a report released last week.

Does Subsidized Child Care Really Give Children a Healthy Start?  - The best research on child care was carried out by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development beginning in the early 1990s.

36000 children already tested for early type 1 diabetes  - U7a, U8 or U9 child health examinations performed by their pediatrician. Early detection of type 1 diabetes, when it is asymptomatic, can reduce the ...

Life expectancy increased by 5 years since 2000, but health inequalities persist  - Global life expectancy for children born in 2015 was 71.4 years (73.8 years for females and 69.1 years for males), but an individual child's outlook ...

Drop in childhood obesity cannot be explained by health behaviors  - The 6 percent drop in childhood obesity cannot be explained by changes in maternal or child health behaviors such as smoking ...