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19 LGBTQ Quotes Perfect For Pride Month 2016

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19 LGBTQ Quotes Perfect For Pride Month 2016  -  LGBTQ people have been sharing their pride and spreading their love since the Stonewall riots of the 1960s, and even long before then. In 1978 ...

California's Faith-Based Colleges Protest Pro-LGBTQ Bill, Says It Violates 'Religious Freedom'

California's Faith-Based Colleges Protest Pro- LGBTQ Bill, Says It Violates 'Religious Freedom'  - Faith-based colleges in California are protesting a pro- LGBTQ bill that allows lawsuits from gay and transgender students who suffer discrimination ...

LGBTQ Couples' Wedding Spends Soar, As Does Family Acceptance, According To The Knot ...

LGBTQ Couples' Wedding Spends Soar, As Does Family Acceptance, According To The Knot ...  - The study surveyed 979 LGBTQ respondents in the US who were married or ... Twenty-three percent of LGBTQ couples reported the majority of their ...

LGBTQ Youth Find Their Voice in Art and Museums at UA

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LGBTQ Youth Find Their Voice in Art and Museums at UA  -  LGBTQ Youth Find Their Voice in Art and Museums at UA. Mapping Q returns to the UA Museum of Art for a new iteration, this year with two exhibitions ...

LGBTQ White House Staff Reflect on Two Terms of Change

LGBTQ White House Staff Reflect on Two Terms of Change  - It's a Friday afternoon at the White House and President Obama, the First Lady and family have departed for the weekend. On any other day, their ...

Hate crimes against LGBTQ people are a public health issue

Hate crimes against LGBTQ people are a public health issue  -  The terrible tragedy that occurred in Orlando was an attack driven by hatred toward the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer ( LGBTQ ) ...

2 Floridas Emerge in Attitudes Toward LGBTQ Community

2 Floridas Emerge in Attitudes Toward LGBTQ Community  -  Florida's Key West is one of the most gay-friendly places in the country. The Florida Panhandle — many locals call it the ...

Swastika vandalism on Vancouver LGBTQ centre brought us together: director

Swastika vandalism on Vancouver LGBTQ centre brought us together: director  - A Vancouver LGBTQ events organizer says his community isn't intimidated by hate-inspired vandalism that appeared on Vancouver Arts and Leisure ...

4 things teens really need from their parents

4 things teens really need from their parents  - During the teen years, as activities and academics ramp up, parents and ... According to the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), depression is ...

Texas among worst in country for high numbers of teen moms, uninsured kids

Texas among worst in country for high numbers of teen moms, uninsured kids  - Texas has some of the highest rates of uninsured kids and teen births in ... About 784,000 Texas children had no health insurance in 2014.

For teen girls, risky dieting tied to family conflict, depression

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For teen girls, risky dieting tied to family conflict, depression  - Adolescent girls are more likely to count calories, skip meals and engage in other risky dieting behaviors if they're experiencing family conflict or have ...

Talking About Mental Illness and Gender Inequality

Talking About Mental Illness and Gender Inequality  - Each gender has its own challenges in having mental health recognized. Tyler Jacobson pleas for stereotypes to be dropped so more people can find ...

I invited 12 people to write about their mental illnesses for the first time. Here's what happened next.

I invited 12 people to write about their mental illnesses for the first time. Here's what happened next.  - There were many reasons I wanted to teach this class, beginning with the stigma attached to mental illness . Stigma is such an awful and damning ...

We created poverty, terrorism

We created poverty , terrorism  - We complain about America , but we do nothing to fix it, and yet there are becoming more homeless and we stereotype them as those in poverty  ...

The difference between what rich and poor Americans eat is getting bigger

The difference between what rich and poor Americans eat is getting bigger  - The authors found that the share of American adults in or near poverty with poor diets declined from 68 percent in 2003 and 2004 to 61 percent in ...

Historic' donation to U of A will help advance women and child health

Historic' donation to U of A will help advance women and child health  - It holds the power to change entire family stories,” said U of A president David Turpin, noting the money will go to the Women and Children's Health  ...