Stigmabase | North America

How a queer friendly senior home helped an 80-year-old come out - As residents and staff at this home identified several years ago, many LGBTQ seniors did not consistently feel safe in disclosing their sexual identity or ...

The injustice of underfunding civil legal aid - A recent study documenting the civil legal needs of LGBTQ Washingtonians conservatively estimates that there are more than 52,000 lesbian, gay, ...

Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart just gave the gayest interview ever - The London Standard's ES Magazine has published the gayest interview possible with actors Sirs Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. The two close ...

Area gay leaders take on racism in their community - Rodney McKenzie, director of the LGBTQ Task Force's Academy for Leadership in Action. "When people say " LGBTQ , they think of white, gay men.

Domestic violence victims, LGBTQ youths often face homelessness  - While the Cache Youth Resource Center can help LGBTQ youths in crisis situations, there's no youth homeless shelter in Cache Valley. If a young ...

Homophobia Runs Rampant in Startup Culture, Study Says - Critics have accused startup culture of sexism, classism, and racial discrimination, but until recently little research existed to quantify anti- LGBTQ  ...

Thousands march in Mexican cities against marriage equality - Organizers say thousands of people have marched in several Mexican cities in opposition to a proposal to legalize same-sex ...

Tanzania Threatens to Ban Groups Supporting LGBTQ Rights - Tanzania has threatened to ban non-governmental groups that "promote" the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ...

More than 90pc of prisoners have suffered mental health or substance use issues - Most NZ prisoners have suffered from mental health issues, now the ... have a lifetime diagnosis of a mental health or substance use disorder.

6 Possible Causes Of Mental Illness - According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness , approximately one in five adults experience mental illness in a given year, with the most common ...

Suicide not mental illness , can be averted with timely intervention - Suicide is not a mental illness , but can be a consequence of an underlying psychiatric difficulty like depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, ...

Underage drinking, smoking decline while overall mental illness , substance use remains stable - “There are stories of substance misuse, illicit drug use, prescription drug misuse, alcohol misuse, mental illness , suicide and an immense behavioral ...

The National Diet and Nutrition Survey found children are eating three times sugar limit - Children are consuming up to three times too much sugar every day, ... and Child Health , said: 'The results of this survey are extremely worrying.'.

Ireland has fourth highest rate of teen suicide in Europe - Ms Morrissey said depression and suicidal thoughts among teenagers were major health problems in Ireland but early intervention and the promotion ...

Teen mental health advocate not shocked by youth suicide study -  Teen mental health advocate not shocked by youth suicide study ... After spending 30 days in a hospital recovering, the teen said she knew her life ...

Mental health services failed First Nations teen who hung himself: Report - A 16-year-old aboriginal boy, told he would have to wait up to two years for mental health services, went into the woods near his suburban B.C. school ...