Stigmabase | North America

Buenos Aires leads the push to be LGBTIQ capital  - Argentina is already a leader in LGBTQ rights, and this week's festival is part of an intentional push to make the Pope's homeland an international hub ...

LGBT Atlanta targets barriers facing domestic violence victims  - The collection of LGBTQ activists, state agencies and domestic violence advocates discussed how homophobia, the fear of being outed and ...

Advice To Parents and Friends of Transgender Individuals  - Become a part of an LGBTQ /ally community. You are not alone. There are some wonderful groups of people who have been fighting for LGBTQ rights ...

Why Are Team USA's Openly LGBTQ Olympians All Women?  - File this piece away in the category of pure conjecture. I think it's important to start there. As what I'm offering is a theoretical assessment based on ...

How the Sex Offender Registry Destroys LGBTQ Rights  - And the LGBTQ disparity isn't a reflection of justice — or public safety. It's an indication of the implicit and explicit bias woven throughout the legal and ...

Caitlyn Jenner and E! deny reports network has canceled 'I Am Cait'  - No decision has been made,” said the spokeswoman for E! in an email to LGBTQ Nation. Alan Nierob, co-president of entertainment worldwide at ...

You Should Care About Young M.A., And This is Why  - Also, another important part of her persona is that she is not afraid to hide that she is part of the LGBTQ community and represents it proudly.

For nontraditional families, a village is taking root  - Like other parents, LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) parents are involved for many years with all aspects of their kids' lives: schools, ...

Stop calling Trump 'crazy.' It demeans those with mental illness .  - Is Donald Trump experiencing a mental illness? That's the question making the rounds these days. The answer is: I don't know. And neither do the commentators, tweeters and psychiatrists — both licensed and armchair — who've diagnosed him from afar as "crazy," a "psychopath," not "sane," having "narcissistic personality disorder" and a "screw loose."

What suicidal mental health patients can do to choose life over death  - Suffering from mental illness is no less than that from physical ailments. Difference is that in the case of suffering of the mind, only the one afflicted fully ...

Elder Kids With Autism May Up Younger Siblings' Risk of Mental Disorder  - A recent study has come up with alarming findings for people whose elder kid is suffering from Autism. According to the study findings, older kids ...

Latin America : Corruption Laws Ineffective  - As Brazil – Latin America's largest economy -- has made significant progress in fighting corruption, experts hope Mexico will be the next major country  ...

Shocking facts about breastfeeding you should know  - A message from UNICEF state that breastfeeding is not only the cornerstone of a child's healthy development; it is also the foundation of a country's ...

Teen gamers do better at math than social media stars  - Based on these results, a little "research to uncover the different ways by which children learn from online games" might improve teaching methods, said Alberto Posso, author of the study and an associate professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology's School of Economics, Finance and Marketing.

Documentary-style bullying film a must see  - There’s a popular new documentary-style but fictional movie trending on Netflix that has made many teenagers and parents across the nation sit up and pay attention to the stress facing young people today.

Good early childhood development and nutrition for all: how do we get there  - Stunting represents the cumulated effects of intergenerational poverty, poor maternal health and nutrition, poor nutrition in infancy and childhood , and ...