Stigmabase | North America

Using conversation to tackle LGBTQ health issues  -  Health officials also want to erase stereotypes and stigma about the LGBTQ community. "Data is very easy, but storytelling brings us to the point where ...

Why I spoke upagainst homophobia  - In a new video, Brumbies vice-captain David Pocock has opened up about what led him to speak out against a homophobic remark during a game last ...

Controversial street preacher: an " LGBTQ monster" tried to kill me  - 

He brutalized two gay men -- but in West Virginia, that's not a crime.  -  Last April, police say, a Marshall University football player saw two men kissing on a West Virginia street, hopped out of the ...

Birthright LGBT group departs to Israel, attend pride parade  - During the trip, the group will be meeting with the LGBTQ community in Israel, including attending the Tel Aviv Pride Parade on June 3rd, meeting the ...

Finding Dory's sparked controversy over what might be a lesbian couple  - Hannah Tallman added: "I'm confused about how featuring a lesbian couple, or any member of the LGBTQ community is 'promoting' homosexuality or ...

I know courage when I see it'  - After a security briefing last night, which not only covered the state of LGBTQ affairs in Ukraine but also our own personal safety, we awoke this ...

New line of inclusive chest binders could be a game-changer  - A new line by LGBTQ -owned and operated company GC2b is helping customers get a little more comfortable in the summer sun.

Brains Of Schizophrenia Patients Aim For Self-Repair  - Brains of patients with mental disorder schizophrenia attempts to repair themselves, a new study has found. According to a study conducted by a team ...

Let them eat dirt! Our obsession with hygiene is jeopardising our children's health  - It's a nerve-wrecking time to be a parent. Every week, mothers are chastised with the seemingly endless list of chronic childhood illnesses their little ...

Health education event helps students learn to make positive choices  - Student Health Advocates Redefining Empowerment — is a ... promote health , reduce health disparities and increase teen literacy.

We need to prioritize mental health  - Like most mental illnesses , manic depression, the old term for bipolar affective disorder, also indicates medication, but it can be treated to an extent ...

Lack of Progress in Reducing Poverty  - He says there have been great improvements in China and in Latin American countries. But poverty remains high in Africa and parts of Asia.

Unaffordable Housing in America  - According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) report, titled “Out of Reach 2015,” income inequality in America makes housing ...

Child poverty in America is not a global embarrassment  - First, using a relative measure like income inequality tells us little about the material wellbeing of those at the bottom. Fairly indisputable is the fact that ...

For Cirque, Disney and others, does standing up for LGBT rights require ethical acrobatics?  - At the same time, Disney shot significant portions of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in the United Arab Emirates, which has actively courted ...