Stigmabase | North America

Homosexuality creates 'moral confusion'  - What is the purpose of sex for human beings? No really, I'm serious. What do you believe is the purpose of sex? Is sex only for procreation to sustain ...

Petitioners want to put queer people 'back in the closet'  - In Maine, it's been illegal to discriminate based on sexual orientation since 2005, but LGBTQ -rights opponents want to change that. Two well-known ...

The GOP Might Soften Its Tone On LGBTQ Issues  - Before the balloons fall at the Republican National Convention, the GOP could make some changes to its stance on LGBTQ issues. While the party ...

What It Means To Identify As Non-Binary  - we explore diverse identities within the LGBTQ community. Joyner explained that being non-binary means not identifying as either male or female.

How My Views on 'Black Lives Matter' Changed Forever  - They say it's human to err. What's important is to own up to one's mistakes and try and make better. That's exactly what I'm doing here. While we were ...

Those who pay the highest price for America's gun violence may be the ones to end it  - On the whole, Latino LGBTQ youth were less likely to “fit-in” with their communities, and more likely to face harassment and violence than their ...

Fostering and adoption agencies launch drive to increase recruitment of same-sex parents  - With a lot of teens in the LGBTQ community, it's because their parents don't want to support who they've become, and that is heart-breaking.' ...

House Republicans Push More Discrimination in Wake of Orlando  - But instead, only a month after the attack, they are unconscionably holding a hearing on harmful legislation that singles out the LGBTQ community.

Psychiatrist Distinguishes Demonic Possession From Mental Illness Among People In The United ...  - She was either suffering from a mental disorder or a demonic possession. At first, Gallagher claimed he was very skeptical about the woman, but it ...

Is America Repeating the Mistakes of 1968?  - Today, America has a president who understands the urgent need to ... stand on issues like housing discrimination , policing, and unemployment.

Suicide risk high in mental illness  - What have we become, when the needy are mocked for the life they do not choose? Mental illness , similar to other physical illnesses, is not something ...

Dignity In Mental Health Is Within Our Reach  - The long held mantra is that there is no health without mental health . But many people touched by mental health issues do not experience this rhetoric ...

Why Musical Theatre Is the Right Fit for Stories of Internal Struggle  - Recent shows prove that music may be key to achieving emotional truth, progress in tough conversations and de-stigmatization of mental illness .

Lonely People Are More Prone to Mental Disorder , Scientists Report  - Loneliness is one of the causes of mental health issues, an Australian study reports. While there are other factors responsible, loneliness could be a ...

When mental illness hits home - You see, my sister suffers from schizophrenia, a chronic, debilitating mental disorder . Diagnosed in her late 20s, she became part of a population that's ...

Depression Strikes Nearly 3 Million US Teens a Year  - Depression Strikes Nearly 3 Million U.S. Teens a Year ... The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health provides more information on teen depression.