Last week Jamey Rodemeyer, a 14-year-old high school freshman in Buffalo bullied for being gay or bisexual (depending on different media accounts) committed suicide.

Unfortunately, his experience was not unique. According to GLISEN LGB youth are 2-6 times more likely than heterosexual youth to attempt suicide. Transgender youth have even ...

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"Hello everyone, my namy is Chris Kelly, and when I was younger, when I was a kid, there was nothing that I wanted more than to not be gay. That was all I wanted. Was to not be gay."

You can't imagine all the weird ways that life is ...

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The reality? Not so much... according to a recent study conducted at the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, highlighted in the NY Times.

This study and others like it support that smoking actually causes higher levels of long-term stress, and that the only stress a cigarette actually relieves is ...

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We are a culture that is often times obsessed with the ideas of love, and by no means does that obsession die out during summertime. For many people, a summer fling is an annual goal, one more thing on the To-Do List before the leaves start changes.

The truth is ...

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Getting On With Life After A Partner Dies, by Jane Brody, published Monday in the NY Times, discusses the experiences and accounts of a few individuals who have lost their long-term partners. They describe what it has been like for them, how their daily lives are affected by the loss ...

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This newly published study suggests that not only smokers themselves, but those also being exposed to secondhand smoke, are at significantly increased risk for mental health problems.

 Research has supported for a long time that there is definitely a link between smoking and mental health, but what still has yet ...

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a new report highlighting a significant association between depression and smoking. The report is based on findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys from 2005-2008, and reveals unsettling trends:

Adults who have clinical depression, compared to adults who ...

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Everyone deals with stress in their life. As LGBT people, there are aspects of our experience that can create more stress for us on a daily basis: homophobia, transphobia, discrimination, coming out. Find healthy ways to reduce stress: talk to a friend, go for a walk or bike ride, or ...

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A 2000 survey reported that 70 percent of lesbians and 60 percent of gay men admitted having sought mental health counseling in some form. It’s normal to feel ‘down’ sometimes, but if those feelings persist or become too extreme, consider talking to a professional about it. There are also ...

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A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health supports the correlation between institutionalized discrimination (such as same-sex marriage being illegal in most states including New York) and mental health disparities among LGBT communities.

GLMA reports: The researchers found a significant increase in the prevalence of mood disorders ...

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