Stigmabase | North America

The top 10 transgender stories of 2016 - 2016 was the year that “transgender” crossed from the unique and rare into topical conversations across the country, and around the world. It wasn't ...

A Gay Refugee's Journey From Syria To Proudly Marching Next To Justin Trudeau - He made it to Egypt after the war, only to discover the military regime was more anti- LGBTQ than the Muslim Brotherhood they overthrew.

Reactions to Castro's Death and How His Oppression of LGBTQ Individuals… - On November 25, 2016, the longtime dictator of Cuba, Fidel Castro, passed away at the age of 90. In a statement on the death of Castro, President ...

Trans Folks Scramble to Get New IDs Before Trump Is Sworn In - No one knows for sure whether Trump will turn back the clock on LGBTQ rights, but his party's platform opposes trans people's right to use the public ...

Nonprofit rating site seeks LGBT agencies - When GreatNonprofits, a Bay Area-based website that rates charitable organizations, released its list of the top-rated LGBTQ charities for 2016, just ...

When It Comes To Revenge Porn, LGBTQ People Are Hit The Hardest - Researcher also found that LGBTQ people were the hardest hit when it came to acts of revenge porn, with 15% reporting being threatened, and 7% ...

Trump must prove that he supports 'our LGBTQ citizens' - Among the many constituencies viewing the presidency of Donald Trump with apprehension are gay, lesbian and transgender Americans, who are ...

Why I Quit My Job at an Evangelical Missionary School - Taiwan is already considered one of the most LGBTQ -friendly nations in Asia, and political conditions are more favorable than ever to pass marriage ...

Men and Women React Differently to Workplace Bullying - Man stressed at work Though men and women are at a similar risk of being bullied in the workplace, they may have different reactions to it. A study ...

What Trump Could Do For Cities - And our America , those voices maintained, was doing great and would ... For all the talk about gentrification, concentrated urban poverty has been a ...

Teen requests for cosmetic surgery on the rise - Physicians around the country are developing new ethical standards and protocols for dealing with a rise in requests for teen enhancement and cosmetic surgery, the Johns Hopkins Health Review reports. And those requests don’t only come from the teens themselves—often their parents are suggesting they go under the knife.

Legalizing Weed May Make Teens Think It's Harmless to Their Health , New Study Suggests - But, a new study suggests that pot legalization could give impressionable teens the false idea that using weed is harmless to their health . According to ...

States with medical marijuana laws have lower traffic fatality rates - Researchers found an 11 percent reduction in traffic fatalities on average when examining places that have enacted medical marijuana laws - 23 ...

Carrie Fisher was a bold advocate for people with mental illness - One of the most beloved actresses, writers and speakers in the world just so happened to live with a mental illness . While many Americans choose to ...

Teen suicide: What parents need to know - Many teens who attempt or die by suicide have a mental health condition. As a result, they have trouble coping with the stress of being a teen , such as ...

This can help kids dodge depression, avoid risky behaviors, and build stronger family bonds - Your teens will be better for it. ... at this point in their lives, studies show that a larger parental presence actually creates health benefits for teens .