Stigmabase | North America

Are LGBT people born that way? It's unclear - Mayer strongly supports equality for the LGBT community. He dedicates the review to that community, “which bears a disproportionate rate of ...

Scheme launched to tackle bullying of LGBT children - Youth organisation “Belong To” which created the programme, says 50% of LGBT students have experienced homophobic bullying in schools.

Long Beach scores perfect in study of attentiveness to LGBT issues - The city of Long Beach received high marks on a survey Monday about cities' attentiveness to LGBT issues. In this file photo, Mayor Robert Garcia ...

For Our Communities, 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 ...

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 ...

Nearly 1500 arrested last year under India's anti-gay law - Almost 1,500 people were arrested last year under Section 377, India's colonial-era ... Demonstration in 2015 against India's anti- LGBT Section 377.

LGBT activist Ashok Row Kavi on black humour under Sec 377 - Why hasn't the LGBT community made Wilde their mascot, asks LGBT activist ... Not one gay man in India , except one, sees the black humour of it all.

Virgin Holidays Work To Make LGBT Travel Safer - Virgin Holidays Work To Make LGBT Travel Safer ... The campaign includes a video of Virgin Holidays staff revealing stories that sound all too familiar, ...

Obesity More Common Among Teens With Autism  - The researchers noted that childhood obesity could have long-term health consequences for those with ASDs. They said more study is needed to understand age-related changes that could help prevent and treat obesity among teens with the disorder.

Why inequality is the most important economic challenge facing the next president - The U.S. middle class shrank from 58.3 percent of all households in the '70s ... Inequality reached a low point in the U.S. after World War II when taxes ...

Inequality in the typical country in the last 25 years – a strong increase followed by a recent decline - This average allows us to capture how countries have fared over time in terms of reducing inequality . The analysis treats China and Honduras the ...

The global crisis of gender inequality – and America's shameful secret - Girls face inequality from the moment they are conceived, and it continues throughout their lives – that was the message of our animation to mark ...

What Makes For Quality Child Care? It Depends Who You Ask - A 2006 study by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development showed that only 9 percent of child care arrangements in the U.S. ...

Military gets handbook on ignoring mental illness - The book is a guide for implementing the Obama administration's allowance for mentally ill transgenders to serve openly. That allowance was ...

The New Focus on Children's Mental Health - Across the United States, up to one in five children suffers from a mental disorder in a given year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Amanda Seyfried opens up about mental illness - Amanda Seyfried is getting candid about living with obsessive-compulsive disorder and the stigmas that go along with seeking help for mental health  ...