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In Mourning and Solidarity, Local LGBTQ Leaders Warn Against Islamophobia

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In Mourning and Solidarity, Local LGBTQ Leaders Warn Against Islamophobia - Sunday morning's horrific mass shooting at an Orlando, Florida LGBTQ nightclub is being met with mourning, outrage, heartbreak and international ...

Can educating the public keep LGBTQ youth safe?

Can educating the public keep LGBTQ youth safe?  - It is eerily prescient that two days before Sunday's terror attack aimed at the gay community in Orlando, Florida, black lesbian, gay, bisexual, ...

We will not be forced back into the proverbial closet'

We will not be forced back into the proverbial closet'  - Members and supporters of the LGBTQ community remembered the victims of that mass shooting in Orlando at a gay nightclub early Sunday morning.

University of Alberta prof to leaders: Stand up for LGBTQ, now

University of Alberta prof to leaders: Stand up for LGBTQ , now  - As details of the bloodiest mass shooting in the United States' history unfolded from an Orlando gay nightclub, champions of LGBTQ rights had ...

Muslim, Asian-American LGBTQ Advocates Call for Love, Solidarity After Orlando Shooting

Muslim, Asian-American LGBTQ Advocates Call for Love, Solidarity After Orlando Shooting  - Muslim, Asian American, and Pacific Islander LGBTQ advocates spoke out in favor of solidarity and warned community members to be careful in the ...

Silence can be violence: LGBTQ student activists

Silence can be violence: LGBTQ student activists  - Since LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) students “often face discrimination on campus”, apart from counselling sessions, ...

I Blame Hate

I Blame Hate  - The homophobic and transphobic carnage in Orlando was a 'plane crash', with the blood and corpses of LGBTQ people splattered across the ...

Can Educating the Public Keep LGBTQ Youth Safe?

Can Educating the Public Keep LGBTQ Youth Safe?  - The fight to protect the LGBTQ community must not only take place in our government, communities, and families, but also in our schools. This must ...

Metaphors for madness: the new wave of mental health memoirs

Metaphors for madness: the new wave of mental health memoirs  - The subject of mental health is rich territory for writers mining this vein of self-dissolution, since it marries personal narratives with the wider causes of ...

Mental health at the workplace

Mental health at the workplace  - But mental health problems are a serious reality in many workplaces and the sooner employers understand the seriousness of this phenomenon, the ...

How YouTube Videos Help People Cope With Mental Illness

How YouTube Videos Help People Cope With Mental Illness  - Rachel Star Withers runs a YouTube channel where she performs goofy stunts on camera and talks about her schizophrenia. Since 2008, when the ...

How to make Latin America's most violent cities safer

How to make Latin America's most violent cities safer  - At the top of the list is income inequality – Latin America is home to 10 of the 15 most unequal countries on the planet. There is a strong correlation ...

Your Car's Exhaust Could Be Hurting Children's Mental Health

Your Car's Exhaust Could Be Hurting Children's Mental Health  - A study of more than half a million Swedish children finds increased prescriptions for psychiatric disorders among those exposed to higher vehicle ...

5 Mental Health Disorders That Are Often Misdiagnosed

5 Mental Health Disorders That Are Often Misdiagnosed  - A lot of people (including me) sometimes make it sound like finding the courage to go to a doctor to talk about your mental health problems and get a ...

Teen Smoking Hits Another New Low — But More Kids Are Vaping

Teen Smoking Hits Another New Low — But More Kids Are Vaping  - Fewer teenagers are smoking cigarettes than ever before. ... "The dramatic decline in youth smoking is a public health success story of extraordinary ...

Are Teens Rejecting Risky Behavior?

Are Teens Rejecting Risky Behavior?  - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released its latest report charting teen health outcomes, and much of the news is good, showing ...