Stigmabase | North America

How One Novelist is Fighting Gay Conversion Therapy in Ecuador  - In the face of growing visibility and political power for LGBTQ Americans, Exodus shut down in 2012. By then, its final president, Alan Chambers, ...

Donald Trump Hypocrisy on Display Days After Campaigning with Anti- LGBTQ Activists in Orlando  - The same Donald Trump who today railed against ISIS hate stood shoulder-to-shoulder with anti- LGBTQ activists five days ago in Orlando, just miles ...

Schools need to include edu about queers: Experts  - While the nation celebrated Independence Day, experts in a panel discussion brought out some interesting points about the LGBTQ community to look ...

LGBTQ teens face more violence than peers  - Now, in his memory, his parents are continuing their fight for the LGBTQ community. They say a recent study released by the CDC on the dangers of ...

Omaha school board advances new policy on trans students  - The Omaha school board has advanced a measure updating the district anti-discrimination policy to include gender identity or ...

Check out Bud Light's new pro-transgender beer commercial  - Bud Light has joined forces with Amy Schumer and Seth Rogen for a political-themed advertising campaign that includes a nod to transgender people.

Family business fired him for being gay, and now he gets $3.5 million  - Living in a state that doesn't have any LGBTQ anti discrimination laws, I have been through this ordeal. It was Christmas time back in 2005 and the ...

New York's State and LGBTQ Chamber Chairs File Lawsuits Against U.S. Hispanic Chamber of ...  - The NYC LGBTQS Chamber of Commerce was the only LGBTQ Chamber part of the national organization. The USHCC's decision to terminate the ...

The shocking truth about your child's health - A frightening new report by the American Heart Association has found that a huge percentage of children in the United States aren't nearly as healthy  ...

Aerobics Can Help Patients Cope With Chronic Mental Disorder , New ...  - Aerobics can help people suffering from schizophrenia to cope with the chronic mental disorder , a new research published Friday showed. Over three ...

Making a Murderer': How the justice system criminalizes mental illness , disabilities  - Those living with mental illnesses and disabilities begin on the wrong foot by being significantly more likely to end up being arrested. Nearly 2 million ...

Food commercials change children's eating priorities  - The research, published in The Journal of Pediatrics, centered on 23 children between the ages of 8-14 years. The children provided taste and health  ...

How childhood stress can impact mental health in adulthood  - Extreme stress and young brains are a bad combination, something that sets in motion feelings and behaviors that can haunt us long into adulthood.

How Americans view the poor  - Minority Americans , particularly blacks, tended to say that 'for most poor people, poverty is a temporary condition.' ” The survey mirrors one done by ...

The Solution to Ending Poverty Is in the Details  - Our government aid policies actually perpetuate poverty by fighting it with short-sighted half .... Why does one in five American children live in poverty ?

Study Looks At How Racial Inequality Is Produced Online  - Internet users tend to navigate between websites in a racially segregated way, despite pathways that provide equitable access ...