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Troubled times in Trump Tower as transition team stumbles forward - Hidden from the public in his Manhattan high-rise, Donald Trump huddled Tuesday with Vice President-elect Mike Pence as he tried to fill out key ...

Moana' Directors Say 'Possibilities Are Open' For An LGBTQ Disney Princess - Besides giving us a new catchy song in Lin-Manuel Miranda's “How Far I'll Go,” “Moana” introduces us to a new kind of Disney princess. In complete ...

Jim Obergefell doesn't believe Trump when he says gay marriage law is 'settled' - The LGBTQ community has reason to worry about what a Donald Trump presidency means for equality, considering the policies he has pledged ...

Queer Street Performer in South Korea Promotes Acceptance With Art - And while many challenges still exist for the LGBTQ community in South Korea, the story of Yang and his mother may reflect a growing trend toward ...

Art of Protest' presents LGBTQ civil rights history - At his event specifically, Contrucci elaborated on several major protests created by the members of the LGBTQ community. The protests were in ...

5 Family Organizations To Support, Volunteer With, & Donate To After The Election - Considering that President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to deport millions of Americans, ran on a strong anti- LGBTQ platform, and shared racist ...

Meet the LGBTQ Voters Who Backed Trump - As the shock of Donald Trump's election victory sinks in, though, many may wonder—just who are the 14 percent of LGBTQ voters who support the ...

Here's How LGBTQ People Can Protect Themselves Before Trump Takes Office - 

Signs And Symptoms Of The Manic-Depressive Mental Illness - Medical and public understanding of bipolar disorder has come a long way since the days when the mental illness was called “manic depression.

It's Time We Talk About Police Safety With Our Patients - Now, with similar events springing up in Oklahoma and North Carolina, America's history of discrimination seems destined to repeat itself until the ...

Allowing therapists to diagnose mental illness won't fix our mental health crisis - Diagnosing a mental disease or disorder, something like schizophrenia or clinical depression or bipolar disorder, requires the expertise and training of ...

6 Times Michelle Obama Stood Up For Mental Health - During her White House tenure,Michelle Obama has made sure everyone knew her stance on mental health . Not only did she launch initiatives ...

Breaking the mental illness stigma - Anything people don't understand, they fear," says Chris Harden, the inaugural president of Let's Bond, which was founded in 2011 by three friends ...

Parental incarceration: Reducing the impact on children - Studies show parental incarceration can be more traumatic for children than death or divorce. The effect on a child's health , education and ...

Study shows how comorbid mental health conditions can impact child's care in hospital -  Children hospitalized for medical or surgical procedures who have an existing mental health condition stay in the hospital longer than children without ...

Help your child cope with diabetes - Having diabetes increases a child's risk of mental health disorders, such as ... When a child is diagnosed with diabetes, it can be overwhelming and ...