Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signs executive order banning gender-affirming surgeries for minors
Transgender adults in Ohio will now also be required to undergo psychiatric care before receiving gender-affirming treatment.
JANUARY 5, 2024
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Vatican Scrubs Pope's Endorsement of 'Psychiatry' for Gay Children
The Holy See issued a clarification around remarks that appeared to cast same-sex attraction as a "mental illness."
AUGUST 28, 2018
Why Must We Keep Diagnosing Trans People as Ill?
Thinking of a future where trans identity is not connected to pathology.
JULY 16, 2020
Being Trans Is Not a Craze Among Youth, Study Finds
Recent research counters the idea that young people are coming out as trans due to "social contagion."
AUGUST 11, 2022
Pa. Trans Health Secretary Rachel Levine Tapped by Biden for HHS
Levine could make history as the first openly trans federal official confirmed by the Senate.
JANUARY 19, 2021
Groundbreaking Transgender Psychiatrist Jeanne Hoff Dead at 85
Hoff, who treated many LGBTQ+ patients, made a documentary about her own transition.
DECEMBER 20, 2023
S.C. Lawmaker Tries to Block Gender-Affirming Care for Minors
The American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry says bills like these can be dangerous for kids' mental health.
NOVEMBER 22, 2019
Study: Childhood Bullying's Effects Persist for Decades
Being bullied in childhood often means physical, social, and mental health repercussions even 40 years later, says a new U.K. study.
APRIL 21, 2014
Psychiatrist Who Argued That Being Gay Is Not a Disorder Dies at 82
Richard Green was one of the earliest LGBTQ allies in the mental health profession.
APRIL 18, 2019
Alarming Drug Use Among LGB Teens
Gay, lesbian, and bisexual teens are 190% more likely to abuse illegal substances than heterosexual youths, according to a new study from the University of Pittsburgh.
MARCH 28, 2008
Prostitute Arrested For Strangling Philly Doctor
The naked body of the victim was found in a hotel room with a belt wrapped around his neck.
DECEMBER 24, 2015
Sigmund Freud Said Homosexuality Wasn’t ‘A Vice or a Crime’ in 1938 Letter
But, Freud wrote, homosexuality was still “unfortunate.”
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
Big Brother's Hisam Goueli Discusses Mental Health and That Epic Blindside
The gay psychiatrist and former contestant talks about one of the most epic (and cringeworthy) backdoor blindsides in the show’s history.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
Depression and Anxiety
A recent report by the American Journal of Psychiatry found that there were indeed higher rates of depression in gay men than in the general population. As a result, gay men are more likely to engage in high-risk sexual behavior and to abuse alcohol and drugs with more frequency.
OCTOBER 13, 2008
Meet the Trans Woman Named Pennsylvania's Next Physician General
With nearly three decades of medical experience, Dr. Rachel Levine is ready to become her state's next top doctor.
JANUARY 23, 2015
Russia Targets LGBTQ+ Community with Mental Health Directive
Putin directs sexologists to treat homosexuality the same as bestiality.
JULY 4, 2023
Op-ed: The Problem With Psych Meds and LGBT People
This writer says LGBT people are diagnosed psychiatric medications and can't get off them -- possibly like Jesse Jacobs, who recently died in a Texas prison.
AUGUST 12, 2015
JD Vance really wants you to know he's 'not gay' while lying about transgender youth
The Republican nominee for vice president compared gender-affirming care to conversion therapy in a recent interview with gay conservative podcaster Tim Dillon.
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