Stigmabase | North America

Bishop: Satan is staging a 'homosexual invasion' to steal children  - We've covered plenty of loony Christian ministers and their outlandish claims about LGBT people, but Bishop Otis Kenner of Louisiana may take first ...

Why The Police Chief's Letter to Pride Toronto Misses The Point  - Officially, he says he wrote the letter to reassure LGBTQ Torontonians of an ongoing commitment to outreach, a goal that should not be in doubt.

As LGBTQ Culture Becomes More Mainstream, Queer Women Struggle To Find a Place Of Their Own  - What they found is that many LGBTQ women, especially queer and bisexual women, felt unwelcome at Pride events that are supposed to serve as ...

How Gay History Came Out of the Closet  - This June, the media spent more time reporting on the Pulse nightclub massacre than any other LGBTQ hate crime in American history. This makes sense, given it was both the deadliest mass shooting and deadliest assault on the gay community in our nation's history. But beyond those and other aspects for which the tragedy stands alone, it will  

 Refugees Get LGBTQ Rights Denied in Homeland  - With the motto “Normal is to respect people”, the participants of the ‘Christopher Street Day (CSD) – Hamburg 2016’ called for equality, tolerance and respect for all as they strutted down the street in rainbow colours on 6 August 2016. Thousands of onlookers, lining both sides of the streets, cheered the parade on the penultimate day of the annual week-long gala.

Get Your Ass in Those Seats: A Theatrical Call to Action  - During the travels of At the Flash, I discovered a strange irony. The perceived gay image in association with theater is that while most think LGBT people lean toward theater as an enjoyment, such a theory is a fallacy. Many LGBT folk miss a very important link in connection to theater, often giving their allotted attention of theater to bigger shows — musicals, major award-winning plays, etc. — and missing out on the earlier developmental workings of the yet-to-be-known shows.

After Sochi, Rio Olympics shows support for LGBT rights and athletes  -  Isadora Cerullo got no medal at these Olympics. A ring will have to suffice. Cerullo is a rugby player for Brazil and her team ...

Is Gun Control Next Step for LGBTQ Movement?  - For many of the organizers behind recent demonstrations, the shooting at the Orlando nightclub Pulse catalyzed their interest in gun control and their determination to make change. Kevin Herzog started the group Gays against Guns (GAG) in New York City in the wake of the Orlando massacre, and since then, chapters have sprung up in across the country.

America's Racial Wealth Divide Is Nothing Short of Shocking  - But to fully understand the current reality of racial inequality in America , we also need to take an honest look at our nation's shocking wealth disparities ...

Allowing ex-cons to hide their criminal histories increases racial inequality  - WITH budgets under strain, governments across the developed world want to reduce their jail populations. For the first time in decades, America and ...

America Needs to Look in the Mirror before Condemning Brazil's Inequality  - In writing for the New Republic, Patrick Iber reviews Alex Cuadros' new book, Brazillionaires, by way of making the point that to understand global ...

Paternal education as important as maternal education in reducing childhood undernutrition  - The researchers analysed 180 demographic and health surveys from 62 low and middle income countries performed between 1990 and 2014.

The 5 things parents need to know about drowning  - Swimming can be fun, and great for your child's health . Just treat the water with the respect and fear it deserves — and teach your children to do the ...

Kids health : Social media, privacy and the sex talk  - From social media to the sex talk, parents have to juggle numerous concerns about their children's health and well-being. We asked three experts to ...

Can Hypnosis Improve Kids ' Health ?  - Hypnosis may help kids who are experiencing certain health or behavioral problems, such as stomach pain or anxiety, said experts who have studied ...

New report examines country's racial wealth divide  - They joined us to discuss the study's findings. ... The French economist Thomas Piketty kind of warned us that we're moving toward a sort of ... so we have to have some policy focused on bridging this racial wealth inequality .