Stigmabase | North America

We all came into this world naked. The rest is all drag." - In our nation today, being gay or even supporting the LGBTQ community is frowned upon. Yes, the USA legalized same sex marriage, but that caused ...

HIV Is Too Important to Ignore - Their stories speak to some of the social, legal, and cultural barriers Latinx LGBTQ people face in getting tested or treated for HIV, including language ...

NDSU holds conference for inclusion of LGBTQ students on college campuses - My goal for this conference this year is for LGBTQ students to feel like they're being supported by their universities and by their colleges and by their ...

Christian Campus Group Accused of Purge - As InterVarsity has hardened its policies on affirming LGBTQ relationships, I have felt less at ease and less welcome.” The worst part, she says, ...

Central Texas LGBTQ holds fall pride rally - Now you know me, you know an LGBTQ person. People walk around saying [LGBT issues] don't touch my life, that doesn't affect me or anyone I know ...

Miley Cyrus Salutes Homeless LGBTQ Community, Calls Out 'Villainous' Trump at Variety's Power ... - The Voice” coach and founder of The Happy Hippie Foundation was outspoken about her distaste for Donald Trump, criticizing the GOP candidate for ...

France will no longer force the sterilization of transgender people - These are years of sparring that finally come to fruition,” Sophie Aujean, a spokesperson for ILGA-Europe, a network of LGBTQ organizations, told the ...

Donald Trump, narcissism and diagnosis as political sport - The consensus as to Donald Trump's psychiatric issues is nearly unanimous. “Textbook narcissistic personality disorder ,” according to clinical ...

Student sees light at end of mental health tunnel - 45% of Australians will face a mental disorder at some stage of their life, 20% of adults are affected by some form of mental ...

How essential is it to disclose a mental illness to someone you are dating? - Matt Garrett of Relationships Australia, agreed bringing up mental health issues at the early stage of a relationship can be painful and risky.

Stressed about the election? You must have a mental disorder ! - You must have a mental disorder ! ... intrusion – regarding who may speak about behavior, emotions, perceptions, and generally the problems of life.

Half of us are alcoholics, one in five mentally ill - One in five people suffer from a mental illness and only a fifth of these receive treatment, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) reveals in a ...

Everyone learns something valuable when parents teach children about ... - As a parent, I think one of my biggest fears is the impact that the difficulties I've had with my mental health could potentially have on my kids. I have a ...

Where the candidates stand on drug abuse, mental health - Trump has few documents outlining his position on any issue, including mental health and drug abuse. Rather, his positions are expressed in ...

Roadshow hopes to remove stigma against mental disorders - THE stigma associated with having a mental disorder is something many sufferers are faced with. It can come from strangers, friends and worst still ...

Mental Disorder or Gross Habit? - It is part of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , just in case you didn't know you and/or your ...