Stigmabase | North America

After Orlando, spiritual reparations for LGBTQ people  - For LGBTQ people, the mechanisms of oppression have nearly always been waged first against our souls. But it never ends there. This spiritual ...

What closet? Nico Tortorella 'was never really in the house'  - Nico Tortorella scored headlines in People, US Weekly and scores of other celebrity and LGBTQ -topical websites with his revelation to Page Six that ...

13 LGBTQ Celebrities and Allies on What Makes Them Proud  - In wake of this attack on the LGBTQ community and their loved ones, thousands have gathered for vigils around the world, donated blood, and called ...

7 Ways To Support Your LGBTQ Child  - Very few kids were "out" in my high school, in fact I would've had a hard time coming up with one name of an openly gay classmate. Yet, today, just off ...

LGBTQ Youth Violence Cycle  - In general, LGBTQ youth showed significantly higher rates of all types of dating victimization and perpetration experiences, compared to heterosexual ...

President Obama Designates First-Ever LGBTQ National Monument At Stonewall  - We are incredibly grateful for President Obama's leadership in recognizing the LGBTQ community's contributions to our nation's march towards liberty ...

It's time to deal with kids ' mental health in schools  - Mom, I'm gonna kill myself. I can't take it anymore. I just want to die. I want to go to the woods and kill myself. Can you just leave me on the road ...

We Can't End Bullying and We Shouldn't Even Try—Lest We Breed a Generation of Wimps  - The hysteria surrounding bullying in America's schools has reached levels of shrillness not achieved since the last time Lena Dunham ordered a pizza ...

Depressed Teen's Struggle To Find Mental Health Care In Rural California  - There's a hot pink suitcase on the floor of Shariah Vroman-Nagy's bedroom. The 18-year-old is packing for a trip to Disneyland, one of several she ...

In Southern schools, segregation and inequality aren't just history — they're reality  - The U.S. Justice Department recently hailed a federal court ruling affirming plans to desegregate schools in Cleveland, Mississippi.

The American Middle Class Is Winning  - Liberal canon says Reagan-era reconfiguration of tax policy and economic priorities created an acceleration of inequality , “destroying the middle class ...

How health care creates income inequality : Robert Samuelson  - You can add health care to the causes of growing wage inequality in America . There's a largely unknown paradox at work.

11.4 million Americans spend half their income on rent  - Over six years, the number of Americans paying half their salary on rent has ... “[Income] inequality increased over the past decade, with households ...

The absolute best place to grow up in America  - For the headline-making part of their report, the Foundation's researchers ranked the states on 16 indicators of child well-being: children in poverty , ...