Stigmabase | North America

4 Young LGBTQ People Share Intimate Coming Out Stories - People still in the closet or deciding to take the plunge and come out clearly benefit from the outpouring of support today. But even if you came out of ...

This online resource helps parents of LGBTQ kids develop acceptance and understanding - When a child comes out as LGBTQ to a parent, they're hoping to be embraced and supported. But for a parent just learning what it means to raise an ...

Tens of thousands march against same-sex marriage in Paris - The group organizing the march presents itself as promoting the traditional family model of “one mother and one father.” It hopes to influence the debate before the presidential election next year.

Oregon university expands gender and sexual orientation options - Oregon's Portland State University now allows students to officially identify with a wide range of genders and sexual orientations. Students at Portland ...

Gay Rights Group 'Bullying' Authors of Homosexuality Study -    McHugh and Mayer take different tones in their efforts to marginalize the LGBTQ community,” HRC wrote on its website. “Hugh openly mocks ...

LGBTQ Refugees from Syria -  LGBTQ refugees make up a small percentage of the millions of people headed from Syria to Europe and North America. Many never reveal their ...

The Human Rights Campaign released a list of several US senators and representatives who have... - “These elected officials not only voted for anti- LGBTQ legislation, but they've introduced harmful bills and amendments, made extreme anti- LGBTQ  ...

Athlete returns to North Carolina to educate lawmakers on HB2 and LGBT equality - But seeing the support that the North Carolinian LGBTQ community has received over the past few months has been so invigorating. When the NBA ...

Sex education key in preventing teen pregnancy - Kizanne James, an advocate for the health and rights of women ... Teenage pregnancy cases continue to rise in Trinidad and Tobago.

Can we talk, even a little bit, about deep poverty ? - Little attention has been paid in this presidential campaign to the lives of the poorest Americans , even though more of us live in deep poverty than you ...

The highest rate of teen suicide in the developed world - The highest rate of teen suicide in the developed world ... A cross-sector approach to improving youth mental health was essential, Crawshaw​ said.

The Greatest Challenges in Child Health - Advancements in science and technology present an unprecedented opportunity for SickKids to take on the greatest challenges in child health – and ...

CT stepping up efforts to treat trauma in the very young - The Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut, a Farmington-based nonprofit, is leading an initiative to train child care providers and ...

Foster care raises children's risk of mental, physical health problems -  Children in the United States who have been in foster care are at significantly higher risk of mental and physical health problems, including learning ...

Race, Culture, and Inequality : Jeff Chang Promises We Gon' Be Alright - This question comes at a troubling time for America . Chang's framing of the problem in terms of inequality resonates with issues currently dominating ...

Is transgender a mental illness ? - Scientists have found that transgender is not linked with the wrong education, stress, trauma, or exposure to radiation. True transgender is not a mental illness or deviation (according to the scientists). It begins to show up, when the transgender children are 3-5 years old, in the event of the behavioral differences between the sexes. The child wants to dress in clothes of the opposite sex, calls himself in a different way, calls himself a name that is characteristic of his psychological self-determination.