Stigmabase | North America

Gaming Is for Everyone - The LGBTQ -focused event is in its fourth year, and drew about 2,400 people who came for the series of panels, tabletop games, vendors and live ...

Mother sues hospital for calling suicidal trans son a girl repeatedly - Katharine Prescott took her son, Kyler, 14, to the emergency room at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, which has a Gender Management Clinic to treat children with gender dysphoria and related issues. He was placed in the hospital’s youth psychiatry unit for a 72-hour suicide hold.

How comfortable are IIT-B students with LGBTQs on campus? - We have an LGBTQ resource group called Saathi functioning on campus. While a majority seem very accepting of us, we also know of fellow students ...

Oriented: the film that's redefining what it means to be gay, Arab and living in Israel - “I feel the relevance of a white, Jewish boy depicting the lives of three gay, Palestinian men has only increased in light of neglected refugees, LGBTQ  ...

How does Tim Kaine's religion influence his positions on LGBT rights? - In September, Kaine recalled before a dinner of the Human Rights Campaign, an organization that advocates for LGBTQ equality, that he opposed ...

Youth Suicide: At Greater Risk - “I feel like Ash was already very fragile,” Quick says, due to growing up with a single mom who was in a difficult relationship herself. That, plus bullying at school, was a lot for the teenager to handle.

Two out of five students in IIT Bombay think homosexuality is a disease  - A considerable number of students (23 percent) also believe that few members of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer ( LGBTQ ) ...

Employers 'not doing enough' to support LGBT staff - British employers are missing a significant opportunity to create a workplace culture that supports LGBT staff, with many negative stigmas continuing to ...

Bullying likely to result in aggressive responses by children with disabilities - Rose defines bullying as the repeated imbalance of physical or emotional power with the intent to cause either physical or emotional harm. Rose says ...

Texas diverts more teen offenders - Similarly, youth with complex mental health needs and developmental or intellectual disabilities may benefit most from treatment in a setting that can ...

Educator talks sexual health for the modern parent and teen - Sonya Barnett will present How to Talk About Sexuality With Your 21st Century Teen as part of the Moms for Mental Health series, hosted by the Youth Services Bureau, at a breakfast on Oct. 7 at The Westin Ottawa. Barnett will give parents the tools to start open and non-judgmental conversations with their kids about gender and orientation, consent, and healthy relationships.

Shocking numbers of children in need of mental health treatment - New findings show that a quarter of a million children and young people are receiving mental health treatment for issues such as depression, anxiety, ...

Organizations work to help students with mental illnesses - September is the official month of suicide awareness, and the following first full week of October is Mental Illness Awareness Week. Though these are ...

1.5 Million Under 5 Children targeted for Immunization: Deputy Health Minister Calls for more effort ... - Addressing the National launching ceremony at the Grey Bush Community Health Centre in Freetown, Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation 1, Madam Madina Rahman underscored the importance for all children 0-59 months to be immunized to avoid disability and stigmatization.

Slashing Poverty Requires More Work on Cutting Inequality - The World Bank says stronger efforts to cut inequality are the key to further cuts in extreme poverty around the globe. The data show that 767 million ...

In Latin America , The Empire Strikes Back - Latin American governments, headed by charismatic leaders such as Hugo Chavez in ... To this day in Latin America , the main issue is inequality .