Stigmabase | North America

Pride in the name of love  - An examination of Pride celebrations in different parts of the world reveals just how differently the LGBTQ community is treated in many societies.

Meet the federal agency working to stop anti- LGBTQ discrimination in the workplace  - The EEOC wasn't always involved in LGBTQ issues. But over the past few years, it came around to a different interpretation of what qualifies as sex ...

Massachusetts legislators reach compromise on trans rights bill  - Massachusetts House and Senate negotiators reached agreement Wednesday on a bill to expand anti-discrimination protections for ...

7 Rules For Cisgender, Straight People Fighting For LGBTQ Rights  - Between concentrated anti-trans legislation nationwide and the Orlando shooting last month, 2016 has been a difficult year for LGBTQ people.

Same-Sex Couples Still Learning The Financial Ropes Of Marriage  - The landmark Supreme Court decision made last June to legalize gay marriage is making a large impact on the finances of the LGBTQ community.

Star Trek' Gets Its First LGBTQ Character as Sulu Is Revealed to Be Gay  - Sulu's becoming the first LGBTQ lead character in Star Trek history arrives just in time for the franchise's half-century anniversary. The long-overdue ...

Dominican Politician With Unconventional Past Vows to Fight for LGBTQ Rights  - When Jacqueline Montero takes her seat in Congress next month, she will bring not only an unusual ...

Pride Toronto's way of dealing with black LGBTQ youth 'abysmal': group  -  The way organizers of Canada's largest Pride parade deal with blackness and black LGBTQ youth is "abysmal," Black Lives Matter - Toronto says.

War on child -killer hots up  - Zar and her team run the Drakenstein Child Health Study, which tracks 1000 mother-child pairs in the Paarl area, Western Cape, over several years.

When a Child Thinks Life is Unfair, Use Game Theory  - Sign up for the Well Family newsletter to get the latest news on parenting, child health and relationships with advice from our experts to help every ...

The Link Between Bipolar Disorder And Higher Education: Patients More Likely To Succeed ...  - The notion that smarter people are more likely to be diagnosed with mental illness is not new. Research has, time and time again, attempted to ...

Independence Day Flags Not Really Flying In Rural America - Independence Day Flags Not Really Flying In Rural America ... Poverty looming in the cracks while big beautiful lake houses command more money ...

Children's Health Keeps Up to Date, Prepares for Future  -  Children's Health , a pediatric health care provider in north Texas, is always deploying new technologies to support high-quality and efficient patient ...

Wyoming kids ' ranked low in health , high in economic stability  - Wyoming scored 48th out of the 50 states for children's health . The state ranked about that low in children's health for at least a few years, with a ...

Legalization of Marijuana Doesn't Increase Teen Use, Researchers Say  - With the majority of Americans now in favor of legalizing marijuana, the trend seems inevitable. Yet there are still controversies over health, and the legal and ethical implications of the drug for adult use. But when kids enter the picture, it becomes a lot clearer.

Free condoms at school don't always help teen girls avoid pregnancy  - Giving out free condoms at school is not a surefire way to avoid teenage ... Health clinics based in schools that offered contraceptives were shown to ...

Is America's Safety Net Shrinking?  - They also highlight situations in which states have used federal TANF funds for their own pre-existing anti- poverty programs to free up their own state ...