Stigmabase | North America

Human rights, not gay rights - From empowering LGBTQ -friendly politicians to pushing LGBTQ legislation and helping LGBTQ communities, the campaign is at the forefront of the ...

Researchers say gay men might be able to conceive children without women - Fertility experts at Bath University in England say they have found a laboratory method to create an embryo by fusing skin cells with sperm cells ...

Latinx LGBTQ Film Series” opens at IBA - Two Boston-based nonprofits, the Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA) and The Theater Offensive, are collaborating on “OUT in Your Neighborhood: ...

Black Lesbian Bishop Fights for LGBTQ Rights in South - Some Christian leaders reject LGBTQ people, but Bishop Tonyia Rawls is fighting for their rights and giving them a safe place to worship. She said it's ...

Journalists cover candidate Kaine's LGBTQ prophecy, but words of his bishop? No so much - Let's settle one issue right up front, so that readers know what this post is about and what it is not about. Yes, it is bigger news – in the heat of a White ...

Orlando releases more 911 calls from Pulse nightclub shooting - The calls came from a patron who had just been inside the club but managed to run out with a friend who was shot and from a brother who was texting ...

5 Facts To Know About LGBTQ Suicide Risk During National Suicide Prevention Month - While suicide can and does impact anyone, suicide rates within the LGBTQ community in particular are staggering. That's why it's so important to talk ...

Anti- LGBTQ Rallies Throughout Mexico Protest President's Pro-Marriage Equality Proposal - Other cities such as Monterrey saw counter-demonstrators who called for marriage equality. On Monday, LGBTQ rights activists and allies marched to ...

The prevalence of mental disorders among older people is greater than previously assumed - Previous studies have largely assumed that the prevalence of mental disorders declines with old age. The results of a new large-scale study with ...

Here's Why Social Media Harms Your Teen's Mental Health - What is the impact of social media usage on the mental health of young people? This is a pressing question for psychiatric researchers, who have ...

It's time to eliminate treats in schools: health experts - We're selling our kids ' health for peanuts and not only are we selling their health for peanuts, we're teaching them it's OK, that it's normal to have junk ...

11 Ways You Could Be Hurting Your Kids ' Mental Health - Whether or not your child has a diagnosed mental health condition, we all have a state of mental health . Mental health has huge implications on ...

Childhood obesity is a major public health problem - Rates of obesity remain high for adults and children alike in New Mexico. Earlier this month, The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) ...

Report: Child poverty rates drop slightly to 19.7% - Roughly 19.7% of U.S. children were living in poverty last year, down from ... Poverty and child health remains a strategic priority plank on the AAP ...

What to say (or not to say) to your overweight child - Is talking to your child about healthful eating, without the mention of weight, the solution? As a parent, you care about your child's health . Given the ...

Alberta pot producer launches mobile app to buy medical marijuana - Need some medical marijuana ? There's an app for that. An Alberta-based pot producer has launched a mobile app to make it easier for patients with a ...