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LGBT
fromNonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
1 day agoSupreme Court Says Colorado Can't Ban Conversion Therapy for LGBTQ+ Youth | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
The Supreme Court ruled that Colorado's ban on conversion therapy violates free speech rights, allowing a discredited practice to continue despite medical opposition.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoThe person in your life who never complains and handles everything isn't at peace - they learned so early that expressing a need cost them something that they stopped expressing needs entirely - Silicon Canals
Being perceived as 'low maintenance' can lead to neglecting personal needs and emotional struggles.
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 hours agoClassmates subjected a young teen to "relentless" homophobic bullying. Then tragedy struck. - LGBTQ Nation
Leyton's mother stated, 'None of the boys in that school accepted him. They told him they would never accept him for the way he spoke. He was a sassy speaker, more feminine - not the 'hard boy' type. This wasn't going on for just a little while.'
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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoPsychology suggests the most reliable sign that someone had a difficult childhood isn't what they tell you about it - it's how startled they look when you are simply kind to them without a reason, as though kindness without a transaction attached is something the body recognizes as unusual before the mind has finished deciding what to do with it - Silicon Canals
Kindness can trigger confusion in those with a history of trauma due to learned survival responses from past experiences.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoPsychology suggests people who were never taken seriously as children grow into adults who either compulsively over-explain or go completely silent - and both responses are the same wound wearing different clothes - Silicon Canals
Over-explaining often stems from trauma and anxiety, leading to chronic justification of one's presence in conversations.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoA clinical psychologist explains that the need to 'earn' your place in every room you enter isn't humility. It's the residue of a childhood where love had prerequisites, and you internalized the application process as permanent. - Silicon Canals
Humility can mask a dangerous need for validation rooted in childhood experiences, leading to exhaustion rather than true ambition.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoThe hardest thing about being the calm one in a family is that your steadiness becomes load-bearing. Everyone leans on it, nobody asks what holds it up, and the day you finally crack, people don't comfort you. They panic. Because your collapse threatens the architecture, and the architecture was always more important than you were. - Silicon Canals
The calm family member often bears the burden of emotional labor, managing others' feelings while suppressing their own.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
4 days agoNot everyone who avoids asking for help is proud. Some of them asked once, received it with a lecture attached, and learned that the cost of support was a small erosion of standing they could never quite earn back. - Silicon Canals
Asking for help can lead to unintended consequences that affect relationships and self-perception.
Public health
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
1 month agoYet another hospital abandons trans youth healthcare
NYU Langone Health indefinitely closed its Transgender Youth Health Program, citing the medical director's departure and heightened legal and regulatory risks after political pressure.
Parenting
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
4 weeks ago'You don't need millions to adopt - kids just need love and a safe place'
A same-sex couple adopted two mixed-race sisters to prevent their separation in care, addressing the significant underrepresentation of Black and mixed-heritage children in adoption systems.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months agoLast of three siblings abandoned in London over eight-year period adopted
Elsa is a beautiful little girl, a raucous bundle of excitement and laughter. I am pleased to have seen photos of her. I know from reports that she lights up the space around her. She is happy and settled in her new family, as yet unaware of how she differs from other children. These siblings share something quite extraordinary. No one that they will meet in life is likely to understand what it is like to be a foundling, but they each know and understand.
UK news
US politics
fromAbove the Law
2 months agoJudge Releases 5-Year-Old, Reminding Us How Bleak Everything Is Right Now - Above the Law
Administrative warrants issued by the executive to itself fail probable cause and require independent judicial authorization, prompting release of a detained five-year-old.
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