Stigmabase | North America

Parental psychiatric disorders linked to suicide, violence of children  - Based on links between parental psychological disorders and children's violence or attempts at suicide, researchers in Europe and the United States ...

How Well Do You Know Your LGBTQ History?  - Just like any other thing to happen in the history of the world, Americans tend to think we know it all. Particularly with the new wave of LGBTQ activists, ...

The Powers That Be Don't Want ".Gay" To Become A Thing. Here's Why.  - In 2009, dotgay LLC, created by Scott Seitz applied to manage .gay and run it as a resource for LGBTQ groups and organizations around the world.

US Court Denies Jamaican Bi Man Asylum — Because He Has Sex With Women  - Equal Eyes, UNAIDS, logo, news, rainbow, LGBT, LGBTQIAA, LGBTQ Unicorn Booty brings attentions to global issues of significance for lesbian, gay, ...

Church of England Bishop Becomes The First Ever to Be Openly Gay  - The bishop of Grantham has become the first Church of England bishop to say that he is gay and in a relationship. Bishop Nicholas Chamberlain, a ...

You're Not Doing Anything Wrong By Being Gay"  - On a colorful day filled with parades, entertainment, and togetherness, members of the LGBTQ community can cast those judgments aside and be who ...

These are some of the most LGBTQ -friendly — and unfriendly — colleges  - Every year, the Princeton Review ranks schools on many different aspects — and this year's list includes the most LGBTQ -friendly and unfriendly ...

Carving out a safe space for Santa Cruz County's LGBTQ youth  - Caleb Lennon, 14, at right, jokes with friends at the Diversity Center in Santa Cruz on Saturday afternoon during an event for teens in the LGBTQ  ...

New children's song explains bathrooms and bigots in best possible way  - So much has been said about anti-trans bathroom bills, such as North Carolina's HB2, it begins to feel like you cannot possibly hear a new word on ...

Mental illness costs the Canadian economy $50 billion a year, says report  - A large proportion of working Canadians have unmet mental health care needs that prevent them from performing to their utmost, and our report ...

Drop In Teen Pregnancies Is Due To More Contraceptives, Not Less Sex  - As public health experts and policymakers, we must normalize sexual delay more than we normalize teen sex, even with contraception,” said a ...

Mental Illness is Not to Blame for Terrorism  - While the debate often gravitates around the respective merits of mental illness versus terrorist inclinations, few blink at the underlying assumption that ...

Nearly 60 Million Indians Suffer From Mental Disorders  - At least 60 million Indians -- a number more than the population of South Africa -- suffer from mental disorders , even as the country lags the world in ...

For mental health , know when it's time to escalate your search for help and treatment - Here are some thoughts from mental health care professionals about what helps when you're hurting and when you should consider taking your ...

Parents' Mental Health Tied to Suicide, Violence in Kids - Children whose parents have certain psychiatric illnesses are at increased risk of attempting suicide and committing violent offenses, researchers ...

Activists aim to break stigma associated with mental illness ; Suicide Prevention Walk set Sept. 10  - oday, she helps others struggling with mental illness as a local field ambassador for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and a volunteer ...