Leading Stories

June 30th, 2025

College students at risk could use more mental health support

By Beth Negus Viveiros

A report from the Center for Collegiate Mental Health (CCMH) at Pennsylvania State University suggests that while students with a history of self-harm report lower levels of...

June 30th, 2025

LGBTQ youth to lose 988 specialized service line

By Eileen Weber

In a leaked budget draft this spring, the Trump administration indicated it was considering cuts to 988 specialized hotline services for LGBTQ+ youth

Much like 911 for...

April 30th, 2025

Trevor Project research highlights LGBTQ+ youth challenges by region

By Susan Gonsalves

New research by The Trevor Project gives a state-by-state look at the mental health, suicide risk, access...

April 1st, 2025

Five Mass. cities designated as `sanctuaries,’ for transgender population

By Susan Gonsalves

In March, Cambridge, Pittsfield and Boston became the latest communities to designate themselves as...

January 25th, 2024

Gender-affirming LGBTQ+ high school to open in Berkshires Farming, the arts are specialty areas

By Danielle Ray

Opening a therapeutic gender-affirming LGBTQ+ high school in the foothills of the Berkshires in Western...

January 3rd, 2024

Here’s to what 2024 holds

By John Grohol, Psy.D.

With another passing year, I look forward to what 2024 brings—especially because 2023 has been something else.

We’ve seen the economy struggle and incomes shrink....

October 6th, 2022

Feminist theory: An intersectional model that promotes equality

By Phyllis Hanlon

The origins of feminist theory can be traced back to the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft, particularly...

June 29th, 2022

Campus counseling centers enhance LGBTQ+ services

By Phyllis Hanlon

In 2018, the Association of American Universities reported that out of 180,000 undergraduate and graduate...

September 14th, 2018

Isolation and LGBTQ youth: Social, psychological and financial implications

By Phyllis Hanlon