Stigmabase | North America

Naked Man Arrested At Queens Beach Popular With LGBTQ Community - Officials say a man was arrested for nudity and refusing to comply with officers at the gay beach section of Jacob Riis Park over the holiday ...

North Carolina Tweaked Its Controversial LGBTQ Laws, But It's Not Nearly Enough  - Some changes were made to North Carolina's LGBTQ laws in a proposed “compromise” bill approved by the state legislature and sent to Republican ...

Percept Pictures releases Youtube channel 'Indian Chronicles' and Musical Short Film on LGBTQ  - Percept Pictures has launched its new Musical Short Film on the contentious LGBTQ subject matter. “Just Begun” is an interesting journey of ...

Nine things your LGBTQ friends may never call you out on (that you need to quit doing anyway)  - We all know what aggression looks like. When it comes to the LGBTQ community, aggression often takes the form of hate crimes, such as the recent ...

The Truth About How Hijras Are Made In India - Because They're Not Always Born That Way  - Gone are the days when the presence of eunuchs in marriage functions, and at the birth of a child, used to be considered auspicious. The accident of ...

DCF restores anti-discrimination protections for Florida's LGBTQ foster youth  - The Florida Department of Children and Families is advancing proposed discrimination protections for LGBTQ foster youth after backtracking on the ...

The Human Right Not To Hide. Celebrating The Anniversary Of A Landmark LGBTQ Case  - Six years ago tomorrow, the UK Supreme Court said that gay people should not have to hide their sexuality in order to avoid persecution in their home ...

Here's What It's Like to Date Online As a Queer Christian  - But the question remains: Will LGBTQ people of faith actually feel the need to use a site that only seems to be accepting them begrudgingly?

Should you tell your boss about your mental illness ? - Living with a mental illness can be challenging. Besides potentially affecting your relationships or disrupting your day-to-day life, it can have an impact ...

Neuroscience of bullying : Why do some find it rewarding?  - A modern, progressive society has no place for bullying , yet it continues. Breaking research uncovers why some people might find unwarranted ...

Bullying , Sikh Children, And Awareness  - Although I was aware of the bullying that Sikh children face, it was distressing to hear of the bullying first-hand from the children themselves. Though I ...

Pregnant Women's Medical Care Too Often Affected by Race  - And, says Dr. Michael Lu, the associate administrator for maternal and child health at the Health Resources and Services Administration, more and ...

Charity Gofal warns mental health outcomes 'not improved'  - A warning about inconsistencies in mental health patient outcomes has been raised in a charity's report. It follows the introduction of the Mental Health  ...

Mental Health First Aid training aims to reduce stigma, promote early intervention  - Ashley Jelks-Fragier has seen the stigma surrounding mental illness hurt children in the Springfield Urban League's Head Start program. Parents fear ...

How The Hit Series “Lady Dynamite” Ignited A New Conversation About Bipolar Disorder  - So this wasn't the zany version of a psychiatric hospital. ... We keep talking about mental illness , but there's so much more to the show, of course.

Better results in Mental Illness cases with Support from others  -  Mental illness is not a new thing and has been present throughout the recorded history. Earlier, community did not associate the disease with erratic ...