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Commentary
Aaron Carter deserved more empathy from all of us
What hurting people desperately need is to have people close. What they need is community.
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Health and Wellness
Native LGBTQ people struggle disproportionately from mental health and substance abuse issues
35% of AIAN adults who are LGBTQ have been diagnosed with depression, compared to 23% of AIAN adults who do not identify as LGBTQ.
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Health and Wellness
Trans people who seek surgery are less likely to report mental health problems
Transgender people who sought surgery were less likely to report mental health problems later.
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Health and Wellness
What happens when a man gets pregnant?
The medical system has always categorized these men as woman, so there’s no available date that shows just how many transgender men in America have given birth.
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Life
A Christian group is protesting Burger King’s new mental health awareness promotion
For Mental Health Awareness Month BK has unveiled 5 new combos as part of their #FeelYourWay campaign & guess who’s not happy? The antigay hate group One Million Moms.
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Health and Wellness
Marriage equality campaigns are harmful for LGBTQ mental health, study finds
Negative messages in the media about LGBTQ people can do lasting harm.
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Health and Wellness
Calling transgender youth by their name dramatically reduces their chance of suicide
The amount of reduction is astounding – yet unsurprising.
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Health and Wellness
It’s not just you. Social media may be linked to loneliness & depression.
The LGBTQ community use social networking to connect and share resources, but a recent survey shows it may not be as beneficial as we think.
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Health and Wellness
Parents who try to change their child’s sexual orientation increase suicide risk significantly
They might think they’re helping their child, but really they’re inflicting psychological torture.
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Health and Wellness
A new study links gay male loneliness with high-risk sex
Loneliness can cause gay men to forego a condom.
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Health and Wellness
Does conversion therapy work? This group just paid for a study to prove it does.
The Catholic Medical Association has released a study claiming that reparative therapy works for “unwanted same-sex attraction.”
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News (USA)
Ann Coulter goes nihilistic over Marco Rubio’s tax break & the internet is here for it
Even Ann Coulter knows she is going to die as she lived: Miserable and alone.
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News (USA)
If you have one of these issues, Republicans think you don’t deserve insurance
A short list of pre-existing conditions not covered under #Trumpcare.
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News (USA)
Study: Bisexual and rural LGBTQ people face highest rates of depression
Nearly half of bisexuals between the ages of 18 and 24 said they had been diagnosed with depression.
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News (USA)
Wentworth Miller, Attitude’s Man of the Year, has a message for LGBT youth
Attitude has named Wentworth Miller their Man of the Year for his courage in speaking out on battling depression and suicidal thoughts.
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News (USA)
Wentworth Miller stars in depression awareness, suicide prevention video
The openly gay actor has been public about his struggles with depression, which include suicide attempts growing up.
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News (USA)
Someone needs to tell these struggling guys that being gay is pretty awesome
What are guys Whispering behind closed doors about being gay?
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News (World)
Survey: Gay men are 5 times more likely to kill themselves
Those surveyed cited “low self-esteem” as the main reason for their depression and suicidal thoughts.
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Life
Study finds LGBT seniors face higher rates of depression, loneliness
SEATTLE — LGBT seniors and baby boomers — a group whose numbers are expected to be more than 4 million by 2030 — have greater rates of disability, depression, and loneliness compared with heterosexuals of similar ages, according to a new study from the University of Washington’s School of Social Work.
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Ottawa gay teen commits suicide after months of online posts documenting his depression
Sad news to report from Ottawa, is the suicide death of Jamie Hubley, a 15-year-old gay teen who took his own life on Saturday after documenting online the final, painful months of his life.