| Alcohol, mental illness and bullying are factors contributing to suicides among young people, a report has shown. Almost two-thirds of the 104 people involved in the study who committed suicide had been been diagnosed with a mental illness and 51 had ... | Irish Times |
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Monday, 20 May 2013
Alcohol, mental illness and bullying leading causes of suicide, says study
Alcohol, mental illness and bullying leading causes of suicide, says study:
Stonewall shocked by violent homophobic south London attack
Stonewall shocked by violent homophobic south London attack:
| The couple were also subjected to verbal homophobic abuse. Stonewall Deputy Chief Executive Ruth Hunt said to PinkNews.co.uk: “This shocking incident is a sad reminder that many lesbian, gay and bisexual people still face threats to their personal ... | PinkNews.co.uk |
GOP actually bullies an anti-bullying bill
GOP actually bullies an anti-bullying bill:
| Congratulations, Minnesota. Nearly three years after Anoka High School student Justin Aaberg hanged himself after allegedly being subjected to anti-gay harassment, state Republicans seem to have decided that bullying is no longer a problem. | Salon |
Lesbian bed ban sparks threats and abuse
Lesbian bed ban sparks threats and abuse:
| Karen and Michael Ruskin, of Pilgrim Planet Lodge, in central Whangarei, say they have received death threats and verbal abuse over their stance on homosexuality. But they say they will not have their beliefs silenced, even if it puts their business at ... | Stuff.co.nz |
Patea alcohol ban area reduced
Patea alcohol ban area reduced: In a written submission, alcohol harm reduction officer Sergeant Ivan Smith said that after some investigation he found a total ban might not be the answer. Mr Smith said limiting the area to the main road and the beach would still help police combat ...
Harm Reduction - Live Rehab
Harm Reduction - Live Rehab: Harm reduction is a concept that holds a belief in understanding that there are individuals who will continue to use substances no matter what the harmful or ...
LGBT inmates report sexual victimization at much higher percentages
LGBT inmates report sexual victimization at much higher percentages: With guards as the aggressors, 5.4 percent of LGBT prisoners reported victimization, compared to 2.1 percent of straight prisoners. Among jail inmates, 4.3 percent of LGBT inmates reported victimization by staff, compared to 1.7 percent of straight ...
Gay Marriage: Sir Gerald Howarth MP Warns Of 'Aggressive Homosexual ...
Gay Marriage: Sir Gerald Howarth MP Warns Of 'Aggressive Homosexual ...: Former Conservative defence minister Sir Gerald Howarth has warned of the dangers of the "aggressive homosexual community". The Aldershot MP was speaking during the Commons debate on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill on Monday evening.
Why Should Gay Men Be Allowed to Touch a Go Go Dancer's Privates in Public?
Why Should Gay Men Be Allowed to Touch a Go Go Dancer's Privates in Public?:
| And while it's true that the core definition of homosexuality is sexual attraction to someone of the same gender, most of us gay guys and lesbians define our “queerness” more broadly. There is the sexual attraction, but there's also the shared cultural ... | WEHOville |
24-year-old youth ends life, kin blame in-laws
24-year-old youth ends life, kin blame in-laws
While Sector 19 police station SHO Inspector Harjeet Kaur said a police party did not recover any suicide
note from his room, Pardeepa??s parents on Sunday claimed to have found
a handwritten note that held his wife and in-laws responsible for his
death.
Hopelessness significantly increased risk for suicidality in youth
Hopelessness significantly increased risk for suicidality in youth
SAN FRANCISCO — Feelings of hopelessness strongly predicted suicidality
in children and adolescents, according to new study data presented here.
“The motivation for the study is pretty obvious — in 2010 the incidence
of suicide among children aged 5 ...
Gay Rights Group Warns of Rise in Homophobic Attacks
Gay Rights Group Warns of Rise in Homophobic Attacks: Tbilisi-based gay rights group said on Monday that impunity of perpetrators, three days after an attempted anti-homophobia rally was violently disrupted by Orthodox clergy-led crowd, gave rise to cases of attacks on gay people or on those perceived by ...
Islington sauna owner given licence amid “homophobic” opposition
Islington sauna owner given licence amid “homophobic” opposition:
| The owner of a gay sauna who branded opponents of his spa “homophobic” has controversially been given the green light to continue offering special treatments. Comments; Email; Print. To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be logged in. A ... | Islington Gazette |
Missouri Hate Tweets: State Has High Rates of Homophobia, Racism, N-Word ...
Missouri Hate Tweets: State Has High Rates of Homophobia, Racism, N-Word ...: Compared to many other states in the country, Missouri has a high concentration of racist, homophobic tweets that include offensive, hateful language. And the tweeters are located all over the state. So says a neat new interactive map called the ...
Cyber bullying cases pass to private investigators
Cyber bullying cases pass to private investigators
POLICE are referring cases of Facebook cyber bullying to private
investigators, telling them they neither have the time nor the expertise
to deal with complaints from parents. Private investigators receive
countless tip-offs from police through ...
Korean companies act to curb corporate bullying and drinking
Korean companies act to curb corporate bullying and drinking: For decades, abuse from bullying managers and compulsory binge drinking have been almost as important in South Korean corporate culture as relentless hard work. Not any more. Under pressure from workers' protests, public opinion and fears of ...
Countries must repeal laws that discriminate against LGBT individuals - Unric
Countries must repeal laws that discriminate against LGBT individuals - Unric: Marking the International Day Against Homophobia, on Friday 17 May, United Nations officials issued a call on Governments worldwide to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals, and strike laws that discriminate ...
Dining event helps out young homeless
Dining event helps out young homeless:
| About 70 people enjoyed a three-course meal at The Cherwell Restaurant on the Broughton Road site on March 28, which raised £680 for Banbury Young Homelessness Project (BYHP) before students presented a special meringue to the charity last Friday. | Banbury Guardian |
Abercrombie & Fitch and homelessness and you
Abercrombie & Fitch and homelessness and you: The only reason this works as humor is because we see people who are experiencing homelessness as “the other,” as someone who is different than us, and not only different, but offensive. It should, we are saying, offend Abercrombie & Fitch that these ...
HIV vaccine efforts face several years of 'void' after latest setback ...
HIV vaccine efforts face several years of 'void' after latest setback ...: The hunt for an HIV vaccine has gobbled up $8 billion in the past decade, and the failure of the most recent efficacy trial has delivered yet another setback to 26 years of efforts. With the next attempts expected to be years away, top researchers ...
Homosexual lifestyle should be discouraged
Homosexual lifestyle should be discouraged: When we examine the voluminous social science research on homosexual practice and see how unhealthy, dangerous and unholy it is, if we are to love homosexuals and others as God would have us do, we cannot encourage them to engage this lifestyle, ...
Gay minister to fight unfair dismissal
Gay minister to fight unfair dismissal
Although it had been formulating policy on homosexual marriages
for years, it had not reached a conclusion, and she had therefore not
broken any rules. The Cape Times reported that the case would be heard
in the Western Cape High Court on Tuesday, ...
This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—May 20
This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—May 20:
| In 1986 the Supreme Court ruled in Bowers v. Hardwick that it is constitutionally permissible for states to make homosexual conduct criminal. A decade later, the Court in Romer addresses the constitutionality of Colorado's Amendment 2, a state ... | National Review Online |
Princeton University students to debut documentaries exploring homelessness ...
Princeton University students to debut documentaries exploring homelessness ...: A few students profiled Trenton citizens going through the Rapid Rehousing program at the Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness and the struggles they faced at every turn. Others interviewed officials at Greater Trenton Behavioral Health Care about ...
Are mental illnesses such as PMS and depression culturally ...
Are mental illnesses such as PMS and depression culturally ...: Corrinne Burns: A growing number of psychiatrists suspect mental conditions are 'culture-bound syndromes' rather than exclusively biological.
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