Stigmabase | North America

Outrage after white Mississippi teens put noose on black boy and 'yanked' -  a state where racial division and intolerance runs so deep, its flag is the last one in the nation to still include the Confederate battle ...

West Palm Beach moves to ban therapy to turn gay minors straight - Passage will send an important message to LGBTQ youth in our community: There's nothing wrong with their sexual orientation or identity,” she said.

Elderly gay widower may lose his home of 55 years in fight with late lover's kin - When Bill Cornwell died two years ago at the age of 88, he left a will declaring all his worldly possessions should go to his partner of five decades, ...

Study on LGBTQ Youth Shows NYC Needs Broader Sex Ed - It has never been clearer that NYC needs inclusive sexuality education in every school. The results of the first nationwide study on LGBTQ high school ...

So Should Gays Avoid Republican Doctors? - For LGBTQ people, the care we need and expect may differ from that our heterosexual and cisgendered friends and neighbors receive, in some ways ...

Check out North Carolina's pitiful revenge against PayPal for protesting HB2 - John McCabe, left, senior vice-president of Global Operations at PayPal, holds up a carved wooden bowl (made by an artist from a tree struck by ...

Every Teacher Project takes a closer look at LGBTQ inclusion among Canada's educators - While most teachers are supportive of providing LGBTQ education to students, very few are given the tools to do so, according to Catherine Taylor, ...

GLAAD Officially Adds 'Q' to Recommended Acronym LGBTQ - GLAAD's 10th Media Reference Guide, which provides recommendations on how to address and speak on behalf of the LGBTQ community, is out ...

Best and Worst Mental Health Care Rankings by State - The report found 40 million Americans need mental health care, but 56% of those people don't get it. For teens it's even worse. The number of young ...

MSU scientist focuses on preventing teen suicide - Researchers are testing an anti-suicide program called YAM, for Youth Aware of Mental Health . When first studied in 10 European countries, YAM was ...

Teen suicide, a growing problem - A warning sign does not automatically mean a person is going to attempt suicide, but mental health professionals say any sign should be taken ...

Colorado Springs teen suicides highlight gap in mental health services - No one is certain what exactly drives rashes of suicides, but data shows that children are much less likely to attempt suicide if they have access to ...

Harvard Medical Doctor Offers New Approach for Teen Stress and Anxiety With New Book, Holistic ... - Holistic Health for Adolescents: How Yoga, Aromatherapy, Teas and More Can Help You Get and Stay Well, published through the Norton Mental ...

Ex-NFL player leads calls to investigate football health dangers - A former NFL star is leading calls to investigate the health dangers of ... in the journal Radiology found measurable brain changes in teen players after ...

Indigenous candidate to address Latin American inequality - The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) was born in 1994. It is a left-wing militia group that aims to protect the rights of the indigenous ...

Chris Okotie Pastor says Donald Trump will reconcile America with God -  America's problem is not gender inequality nor a parochial appreciation of immigration sensibilities. It is the manifest do goodness of secular ...