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The Fear of "Coming Out" With Mental Illness When I first wrote about my mental illness in Convivium magazine, in letters published in the newspapers, and broadcast my radio series, "The Many Voices of Mental Illness ," I was told that I was brave as if "coming out" would be self-destructive. But ... America | Las Américas | Português | Español | usca.Stigmabase.org | eGAYlity

The fear of persecution grips Indonesia's LGBTQ community - Homosexuality is not a crime in Indonesia, but a push by hardline Islamic extremists has led to the possibility of same-sex relations being outlawed as ...

Help! Some Nigerians are Returning Home to Join the Bandwagon ... : "The European Union especially the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and others also have a sizeable population of Nigerians residing within their boundaries. Many got citizenship through ... Things that never happened before 1985 when visa requirements were re-phrased by many foreign embassies in Nigeria as a result of the fear of drug-trafficking by Nigerians, began to happen. Embassy frontages became places of ... Nigerian Newspapers Online - http://www.nigerian-newspapers.org/ "

No fear of child labour laws due to lax in implementation: Court NEW DELHI: Laxity in strict implementation of anti- child labour laws has led to a situation where people have no fear of employing children as workers, a Delhi court has said. The court made the observation while dealing with cases relating to the ...

Colorado LGBT healthcare marked by fear of discrimination, lack of confidence ... The study found that LGBT residents report many of the same concerns as those reported by the general population– anxiety over affordability, access and quality of care, for example– but that those concerns were exacerbated by discrimination or fears ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA | AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Children and fear: What neuroscience is teaching us Daniel Pine, a National Institute of Mental Health researcher, will be one of the experts at a public forum on fear tomorrow evening at the Koshland Science Museum. One of the subjects on the agenda of “The science of fear: Is it all in your head? ...

The Smallholder Farmer is the Base of the Pyramid | Blog ... : "This can stir feelings of hope and fear: hope because it brings clarity and some sense of simplicity to the challenge of poverty eradication, and fear because neither the life of a farmer nor an entrepreneur is easy. ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Ethiopia lesbian couple tell of attack, as fear of anti-gay action rises : “The women just kept yelling at us and screaming and pushing when we started to hold hands,” Lucy told Bikyanews.com, her eye still dark from the marks of the assault. “They shoved and punched at us until we were forced to leave.” Tina also has bruises ...

LGBT community in South West England live in fear of prejudice ESW received more than 350 responses from LGBT people, making it the biggest survey of its kind to be conducted in the South West. Brenda Weston from ESW says that the survey results show that prejudice towards LGBT people is still rife in the area: ...

How the fear of passing on our mental illness is making us question having children - I've never been particularly broody or yearned for a family, but if I were to have a child I often wonder if they would they inherit my mental illness .

Fear of Going Hungry Linked to Mental Health Issues In Teens Fear of Going Hungry Linked to Mental Health Issues In Teens New research finds that adolescents who feared going hungry in the past year have a higher prevalence of mental disorders than adolescents whose families have reliable access to food.

No More American Dream? Less Indian Students Are Going To Trump's America - US universities have registered a sharp decline in the number of applications from Indian students after a spate of hate crimes, fear and anxiety about potential changes to visa policies by the Trump Administration. According to the preliminary results of a survey of more than 250 American colleges and universities conducted by six top American higher education groups, students from India this fall registered a 26 per cent decline in undergraduate applications and 15 per cent decline has been reported in graduate applications. The full version of the 'Open Doors 2016' report is slated to be released later this week. These higher educational institutions reported a drop of an average of 40 per cent application from international students.

Methadone may be an imperfect treatment, but it's a necessary one The case of the sad death of a child from the diversion of a medication such as methadone generates anger, fear and hostility towards the obvious targets: the parents and the supplier of the lethal drug. This, we say, is collateral damage of an ...

Health : Take the fear out of hospital visits for children , plus vitamins for students   - Today there is a huge range of topics covering many aspects of children's health and wellbeing. It is eminently practical, even down to checklists of ...

The LGBT community feels the effects of 'straightwashing.' They're angry about it.  - to people on the street, they're talking about the shooter, guns, [fear of Muslims], but not that Pulse is an LGBTQ place and these were queer people.

Half of LGBTQ Workers Are in the Closet, Citing Fears of Discrimination - Nearly half of LGBTQ workers say they are closeted at work in fear of being discriminated against. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) released ...

'The Secret Life': Homosexuality in Uganda : Being an openly gay man living in the U.S. , I am able to walk upon the streets without the fear of being considered a “criminal” or undergo convictions due to the sole fact that I am gay . Homosexual men and women in Uganda, on the other hand, don't ...

We fear for the health of our baby in mould-ridden home'  - The parents of a young family forced to live in a damp and mould-ridden holiday home have pleaded for a new house as they fear for the health of ...

La. church gives AA group the boot out of fear of having to host gay weddings  - A local Alcoholics Anonymous group is looking for a new place to meet after being booted from a ...

Marketing in the age of Trump: How the LGBT Center created 'F*ck Without Fear' - The new political atmosphere has breathed new life into the marketing strategy of the Los Angeles LGBT Center, the world's largest organization for ...