Stigmabase | North America

Democrats aren't happy about Trump's LGBTQ outreach  - Democrats are in a panic as polling data reveal their longtime efforts to paint the Republican Party as an enemy to LGBTQ Americans are quickly ...

Bigots explode over Hilton ad featuring two happy men in bed together  - The notoriously anti-LGBTQ American Family Association is putting Hilton Worldwide on blast, for a sensual advertisement in Travel + Leisure magazine that depicts two men enjoying each other’s company during a hotel stay, specifically in a luxuriously appointed bed.

Work on stalled LGBTQ district expected in 2017  - Work on the long-stalled creation of an LGBTQ cultural heritage district in part of San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood is expected to begin in ...

3 Unsettled Financial Planning Issues For Same-Sex Marriages  - According to Reuters, the rate of marriage within the LGBTQ community has more than tripled from 8 percent in 2012 to 26 percent in 2016.

LGBTQ policies in schools reduce suicide attempts among all students: UBC report  - Creating a LGBTQ -safe space in schools encourages tolerance for all groups and that prevents unhealthy behaviour like binge drinking, substance ...

Gay black man living with HIV addresses Democratic convention  - When Atlanta's Daniel Driffin took the stage last at the Democratic National Convention, he was the first person with HIV to address the crowd since ...

Seattle poised to ban gay conversion therapy  - A proposal to ban gay conversion therapy advanced out of a Seattle City Council committee hearing on Tuesday and is expected to pass the full ...

How one man is trying to make it safer to be LGBTQ in Iraq  - In his teens, most of what Ashour heard about homosexuality was that LGBTQ people did not exist in Iraq before the U.S. invasion. Born in Baghdad ...

Why Are Teens More Anxious Than Years Past?  - Yes, we have to consider the impact of social media and nonstop technical connection on the development of a teen's mental health . Past generations ...

Pokémon Go's Mental Health Benefits Are Real  - It is big because it has come at the right time; a time when the world is fighting to save its people from mental disorders , depression, and anxiety.

We Need A New Mental Health Diagnosis For The Mass Killings  - All of us need it. More specifically, we need a new mental health diagnosis for the mass violence that has been erupting all over our country and all ...

Patients With Bipolar Disorder Wait Six Years Before Seeking Treatment  - Patients with bipolar disorder already show disruptive and distressing symptoms years before they get proper treatment for their psychiatric condition .

Being Transgender Is Not a Mental Disorder  - In the last couple of decades, many medical institutions have moved away from the view that being transgender is the result of mental illness , as they ...

How to survive your ex taking the children on holiday  - Warning signs include the other parent giving up their work or home in the UK, or asking for paperwork such as the child's health records, she adds.

Ready to go back to school? Here's a health checklist of things you need to do  - As parents, what should you do to ensure your child is in the best possible health ? Boys Town Pediatrics offers these recommendations to help you ...

How to Talk About Sex With Your Parents  - Are you having a health -related issue? Is something wrong with your period? There are many reasons to go on birth control that have nothing to do ...