Australian Labor: Taking action to tackle suicide — Intersex in ...

$22.4 million to improve community-led suicide prevention services – targeted at groups and communities which are at high risk of suicide, including Indigenous people, men, and gay, lesbian and bisexual people. ALP National Platform 2009 - Item ... CityVoice: Jo Harrison's paper The Removal of Same-Sex Discrimination:Implications for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex (LGBTI) Aged Care inspired the GLBT training package funding. But what happened to intersex? ...

Gay Rights, “Evil Angel,” and the Age of Moral Suicide

A tentative list of instructors is proof that the three-day event will provide all of the evidence you need to understand that acceptance of homosexuality is not only a health hazard to those practicing this “lifestyle” but a historical indicator that our society is going down the drain. .... In fact, the Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute boasts that Obama has already appointed a “record number” of openly LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered) individuals. ...

Report: Smoking rate within LGBT community nearly double general ...

A startling disparity exists between the smoking rate in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community compared to the general population, concludes a new report released by the American Lung Association. ... Stress is another common risk factor that affects the LGBT community. The American Lung Association says people with different sexual orientations suffer a unique stress from the stigma and homophobia they're regularly confronted with. ...

Locked Up & Out! New Report Tackles LGBT Youth in the Louisiana ...

A new report released by the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana (JJPL), Locked Up & Out, shares the stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth confined in youth prisons across Louisiana. ... LGBT advocacy organizations should consider expanding their issue base to include tackling those systems which have had a disproportionately negative affect on LGBT youth. LGBT organizations should consider not only engaging with other progressive or social justice ...

Funding to Support Better Mental Health in GLBT Community | ACON ...

The NSW Government today announced $50000 to support a new project aiming to increase the understanding of mental illness in the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) community. ... In welcoming this Grant, Mark Orr, President of ACON said: "ACON has been responding to mental health issues for people with HIV, or at risk of HIV, for 25 years. Support from the NSW Government through the HIV program for these services has been invaluable. ...