Stigmabase | North America

Charlotte is the second most progressive city for gays in NC, study reveals - Organizers say the index used a rating system of LGBTQ inclusion in municipal law and policy. The study shows that cities across the country continue ...

New Survey Finds More US Cities Protecting LGBTQ Rights - ixty U.S. cities earned perfect scores on a nationwide ranking of protections for LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer) people, despite ...

Orlando's LGBTQ inclusion efforts pay off in big ways for city - Orlando is once again making headlines for being a model city for inclusion of LGBTQ people, and it could mean big money for the ...

Debunking the claim that Hillary Clinton is bad for LGBT people - What will President Hillary Clinton do to improve the lives of queer people — or will she make them even worse? Awhile back, I made a video about ...

Say Goodbye to Your Current Fruit Fly and Hello to GalPal - Marking their official launch this summer, GalPal kicked off a series of LGBTQ fundraising campaigns, beginning with a partnership with Rest in Pride, ...

Gay couple facing death threats after video at Trump rally goes viral - A gay couple whose interview at a Donald Trump rally went viral now say they are facing death threats for their support of the Republican candidate.

Log Cabin Republicans announce they cannot support Donald Trump - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump won't be getting the endorsement of the GOP's most prominent LGBTQ advocacy group, the Log ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine will resume transgender surgeries after 40 years - Johns Hopkins Medicine became the first academic medical center to perform gender-affirming surgeries for transgender people back in 1965.

Bullying prevention in the digital age -  Bullying prevention in the digital age. There's no getting around it, digital devices are engrained in our day-to-day activities and will be for the rest of ...

How to End Bullying at Your School - Five years later, the Foundation acts as an anti- bullying beacon, spreading resources, safety, and action plans for LGBTQ teens and other ...

How to identify and manage teen anxiety - WHEN a landmark survey into the mental health and wellbeing of Australian kids and teens was done (some 18 years ago), the issue of anxiety didn't ...

Your Twitter Shows Your Levels of Health and Happiness - Are you constantly tweeting about your walks to your friends house or your healthy lunch salad? If you are, researchers say it's safe to assume that you ...

Bullied Teen's Suicide Didn't Spur Copycat Attempts: Study - Social media publicity about a teen's suicide wasn't a driving factor in the rise of emergency department ...

Adverse events in childhood may affect child's health - Household dysfunction or any adverse event in childhood may have a short-term affect on a child's health and weight in ...

Autistic teen kept in prison for days after health service 'failures' - Judge Gerard Lynch told the Palmerston North District Court the treatment of an autistic teen , who has been in prison for nearly a week, was ...

Let's Teach Our Children About Sleep - Insufficient sleep negatively impacts the immune system, which makes a child more susceptible to illness as well as to acute and chronic health  ...