It just helps destigmatize this idea of showing your emotions.
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Her openness about her bipolar disorder helped destigmatize the illness.
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And it's all an effort to destigmatize menstruation for the masses.
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If one person has helped destigmatize shapewear it's Kim Kardashian West.
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We wanted to destigmatize that as much as we really could.
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"I want Yew Yew to help destigmatize the cannabis industry," she says.
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"[We need to] redefine and destigmatize men's roles as caregivers," Hathaway said.
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Demi Lovato leads by example in the effort to destigmatize mental illness.
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Perhaps my story will offer hope to others and destigmatize revenge porn.
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"[We need to] redefine and destigmatize men's roles as caregivers," the actor said.
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"She called and she said, 'I want to destigmatize mental illness,' " he said.
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We're trying to destigmatize people in recovery, and I'm really proud of that.
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Today, I am working to destigmatize the college experience I owe everything to.
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It is tremendously encouraging to hear the battle cries to destigmatize mental illness.
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And part of their mission, the writers say, is to destigmatize these struggles.
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If we don't destigmatize aging in this weirdly airbrushed age, we all suffer.
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Vargas feels similarly, and tries to destigmatize the death industry on her YouTube channel.
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Its purpose is to destigmatize abortion and strengthen support for access to reproductive care.
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Neither will the Navy, despite their moves to formalize (and destigmatize) the reporting process.
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But they could at least begin to demystify and destigmatize science in popular culture.
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Do your part to destigmatize naps by talking openly about how pooped you feel.
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They're cognizant of their mental health, and this awareness is helping to destigmatize therapy.
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It's important to destigmatize pelvic pain, so that we can talk openly about solutions.
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But none of these measures will be fully effective unless we destigmatize drug use.
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By making mental health disorders more physical, Chiu hopes to help destigmatize them as well.
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They call themselves "Barefoot Is Legal" and their goal is to destigmatize going barefoot everywhere.
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And when someone like Teigen admits to struggling with depression, she helps destigmatize the condition.
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"The most effective way to reduce HIV infections is to destigmatize HIV," Wiener told CNN.
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She also said she wanted the video to help destigmatize discussing debt and salaries openly.
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By announcing it openly, O'Connor was helping to destigmatize the disease that afflicts 5.7 million Americans.
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"We're trying to destigmatize these things that people thought should be hidden or are ugly," she says.
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And we owe that freedom, in part, to women fighting on the front lines to destigmatize menstruation.
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Millennials are helping to destigmatize two taboo topics in hopes of eliciting change: money and mental health.
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Discussing pregnancy loss more openly could also help manage women&aposs expectations and destigmatize it, Bourne said.
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The league is hoping the new guidelines help players open up and destigmatize conversations around mental health.
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Not to mention, putting these clothes in specially designated sections does little to destigmatize shopping for those sizes.
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To do that, companies will need to destigmatize the concept of 'used' — and get older people on board.
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Last year, she started Heads Together with William and Harry, a country-wide initiative to destigmatize mental illness.
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William lauded Sporting Chance for the work they're doing to destigmatize speaking out about the importance of mental health.
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Grashow hopes the findings will help to destigmatize the issue for NFL players and push men to get help.
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"My end goal is is to destigmatize cannabis to make it just like any other plant," Morse told me.
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If there's one thing I'm doing in 2019 it's to continue to destigmatize talking about grief, death and cancer.
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Destigmatize Investors should make sure that the founders they work with know that they take mental health issues seriously.
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But to destigmatize the business of his new company, Roman, and empathize with customers, Zachariah Reitano is getting vulnerable.
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On the other hand, a better understanding of how genetics influences same-sex attraction could also help destigmatize it.
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Harris-Taylor hopes her pictures will highlight a range of skin types, as well as destigmatize normal skin conditions.
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How do you think the legacy of AIDS as a gay man's disease affects your efforts to destigmatize it?
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By educating them about depression and its treatment, you may be able to begin to destigmatize it for them.
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Efforts to destigmatize other gender identities have sparked the disclosure of pronouns on social media profiles and email signatures.
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He decided to become active in the Alzheimer's Association and to do what he can to destigmatize the disease.
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Many of the dozens of attendees echo similar sentiments about wanting to celebrate cannabis in order to destigmatize it.
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But Wallace hopes they may destigmatize mental health issues and give people the courage to open up about their feelings.
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The research could be used to better tailor public-health messaging, for example, to encourage handwashing or destigmatize certain illnesses.
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It&aposs a good thing, then, that the generation is addressing these issues head-on by helping to destigmatize therapy.
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Depression is on the rise among millennials, but the generation is addressing it head-on by helping to destigmatize therapy.
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Banks's criticism aside, experts say Omar's openness could help destigmatize a condition that is unfortunately common, but is often misunderstood.
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Roman itself has faced issues in its effort to destigmatize erectile dysfunction, including being blocked by several podcasts from advertising.
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By his example, Woods could do much to help destigmatize the misuse of prescription medication, which is a nationwide problem.
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In 2018, Kenny Ethan Jones was featured in the "I'm On" campaign by Pink Parcel, which aimed to destigmatize periods.
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"If there's one thing I'm doing in 2019 it's to continue to destigmatize talking about grief, death and cancer," she wrote.
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She used her public platform to destigmatize AIDS because she had experienced firsthand what it was like to be an outcast.
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And here is the cherry on the streaming sundae: we will focus on mental illness, and we will destigmatize it, forever!
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Without consciously trying to at the time, Esposito became part of a growing movement to reinvent and destigmatize the strap-on.
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For all their mental-health issues, there's a bright side — millennials, known as "the therapy generation," are helping to destigmatize therapy.
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While their parents may have been more closed off about discussing these taboos, the younger generation is helping to destigmatize them.
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Reitano hopes his start-up will help to destigmatize the condition and lead more men to start talking about their health.
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This state of affairs stands in direct contradiction to the Pentagon's well-publicized efforts to destigmatize mental health illness and treatment.
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"Her whole point when she wrote her book and announced it to the world was to destigmatize mental health disorders," he says.
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My hope with Challenger Deep was to open up a dialogue that is much needed in the country to destigmatize mental illness.
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Regrettably, in our efforts to destigmatize depression and anxiety, we've actually stigmatized those who we feel are incapable of feeling such pain.
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But Chirac, who always expressed distaste for the FN without ever actually contesting its arguments, ultimately helped destigmatize the far-right party.
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"Desperate Housewives" star Marcia Cross opened up about her anal cancer diagnosis earlier this year to help destigmatize the disease, she said.
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Sure, it was a play on a popular meme, but what other puppets do you know actively working to destigmatize mental illness?
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Jackie Speier (D-CA) — who have begun speaking openly about their abortions in recent years in an effort to destigmatize the procedure.
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But be aware: This isn't an objective and noble effort to raise awareness or destigmatize a condition that millions of Americans face.
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"We see it as a strategy to start a really honest conversation about what abortion is and isn't, and destigmatize it," Maldonado said.
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Television is a relatively new invention and for many we can now visualize while an opposing point of view is destigmatize or demonize.
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I don't favor the term "acne positivity" (more on that in a minute), but the movement to destigmatize acne is a good thing.
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" Ohanian says that if more dads are granted leave and encouraged to take it, it will "normalize the behavior and destigmatize pregnancy for women.
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"The idea of having self-testing kits on a shop counter or in a healthcare center has helped demystify and destigmatize HIV," she said.
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Now Blair continues to share social media updates about her condition and works to destigmatize what it means to live with a chronic illness.
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The proceeds will benefit efforts to help turn this project into an offline, real-life network of storytellers who will work to destigmatize addiction.
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The popularity is thanks in no small part to a new crop of clinics meant to destigmatize the egg freezing and make it more accessible.
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"They understood our mission to destigmatize these issues and normalize conversations surrounding men's wellness that have historically been considered taboo," he tells Broadly over email.
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For them, there is an obvious urgency to be able to access and destigmatize the drug, so they tend to campaign the hardest for legalization.
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He thinks the 500,000 jobs currently open in manufacturing will grow in number if society does not figure out a way to destigmatize these jobs.
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Plan International called for Uganda to reduce the cost of sanitary pads, ensure schools had separate girls' toilets and introduce sex education to destigmatize menstruation.
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The "golden age of television" has not only introduced viewers to innovative storytelling techniques, it's also helped destigmatize topics like mental illness through its characters.
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There were also interactive exhibits like a history of butt cleaning and product booths for bidets and anal douches, all meant to destigmatize anal health.
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The photographer's guiding principle of the series is to "subvert the censorship of male nude photography" and destigmatize it, as detailed in a press release.
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Its members use humor to destigmatize abortion, as the comedians Alex English, Sydnee Washington, Joyelle Nicole Johnson and Leah Bonnema will do at this event.
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"And we need to destigmatize the process for seniors, encouraging people to talk to their health-care providers and families about their concerns," she said.
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Every step that TV takes to destigmatize and just talk about mental illness is another step closer to the rest of the world following suit.
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Earlier this month, it helped organize a national lobbying day in Washington, DC, as part of a longer-term attempt to destigmatize and humanize sex workers.
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The company's small and virtually invisible direct-to-consumer hearing aids, which come in an AirPods-style chargeable case, are designed to help destigmatize hearing loss.
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Federal agencies should further destigmatize the matter by updating legal guidance for laws that clearly didn't presage a pandemic where transparency is the key to survival.
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The World Health Organization officially named COVID-19, the disease caused by a novel coronavirus, last month to try to destigmatize the disease from its origins.
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This training program, which is attempting to destigmatize mental illness and change the culture of policing, was recognized by the National Association of Counties in 2017.
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Money stress is linked to the rise in poor mental health among millennials, but the generation is addressing it head-on by helping to destigmatize therapy.
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"I decided I wanted to explain colon cancer screening to viewers of the 'Today Show' and destigmatize the colonoscopy," Ms. Couric recalled in a phone interview.
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I use that word as well, but I think the specificity of bisexual's important because the more you use a word, the more you can destigmatize it.
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The social media hive mind has rushed to express their own genuine emotional distress with the intention of helping to normalize, destigmatize, and relate to those struggles.
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With support from Prince William and Kate Middleton, the campaign aims to destigmatize mental illness and emotional struggle like the one Harry experienced when his mother died.
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In the past couple of years, there has been more of an effort to destigmatize migraines, though some campaigns are more eager to promote drugs than awareness.
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The move comes as part of an initiative at the network called "It's OK," which aims to destigmatize mental illness and encourage conversation around mental health issues.
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Sean was striving to make a joyful film to try [to] destigmatize these kids, because there's been so much about the system, and it's heavy and dark.
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So I've explained again and again that fat activists use the word proudly in an effort to destigmatize not only the word, but by extension, the fat body.
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The 4/20 giveaway is an attempt to "destigmatize" the plant, while the "smoke-in" four days later is supposed to be a direct request for federal reform.
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Being a refugee has shaped my life and I feel fiercely moved to not only help destigmatize but also humanize our struggling brothers and sisters around the globe.
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He says that if more dads are granted leave and actually encouraged to take it, it will normalize the behavior and can ultimately destigmatize maternity leave for women.
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The work has sparked a conversation in South Africa and abroad that has encouraged millennials throughout the African diaspora to use their voices and help destigmatize mental health issues.
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Now, Wentz is a spokesperson for the Jed Foundation and mtvU's Half of Us, an initiative that aims to destigmatize and encourage conversations about mental health among young people.
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For the video, Time Out Tel Aviv asked Jewish Israelis and Arabs to kiss on camera, in an effort to destigmatize the idea of relationships between the two groups.
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Mr. Kobren said that by stepping forward, Mr. Sperling was able to greatly destigmatize hair loss in the '80s and '90s, bringing an extremely common problem into wider conversation.
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The goal of the movie, before I even knew it would be a horror movie, was to destigmatize sex work and get an audience to empathize with a cam girl.
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Regardless of where they stand on the asexual spectrum, individuals who see themselves in this community aren't represented in a media and culture that's striving to embrace and destigmatize sex.
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From working to destigmatize menstruation to taking to the stage at the Women's March on Washington D.C., Monáe has long made her stance known, especially regarding issues that affect women.
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In addition, this movement intends to destigmatize and normalize abortion as not a 'necessary evil,' but as a positive and typical service that helps people make decisions about their lives.
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"We created the first preschool curriculum, and in that, we created a character so that Kami would help destigmatize HIV and AIDS, to help break down that culture of silence."
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Kennedy said the administration should focus on enforcing regulations on insurers, invest in treatment efforts and enlist social media companies to join a campaign to destigmatize those struggling with addiction.
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And a new project to normalize and destigmatize living with an anxiety disorder — the most common mental health issue in the U.S. — does so in a lighthearted yet poignant way.
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Several big banks said in a joint statement that they "individually have substantial liquidity and multiple sources of funding," but wanted to destigmatize using the Fed's short-term funding facility.
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Criticism: Trump's description of the concussions as "headaches" led to some criticism that he was diminishing the seriousness of traumatic brain injuries, which the U.S. military has struggled to destigmatize.
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The #MeToo movement has helped destigmatize discussing workplace misconduct, as reflected in a survey conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the software company SAP.
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"I hope it encourages people living with the virus to have a higher opinion of their self-worth, and helps them destigmatize their own feelings about their HIV status," Sawyer added.
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" Delaney also shared his reasoning behind giving his followers a candid look into the reality of his family life, tweeting, "I speak publicly about Henry in an effort to destigmatize grief.
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That is even more reason why assessing health literacy needs to be a routine part of every medical encounter to destigmatize illiteracy and offer patients the support and services they need.
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A Muslim teenager wants a hijab, a group of Argentines pine for a maté gourd, and an international nonprofit aims to destigmatize menstruation by adding an emoji that evokes a period.
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Given that over half of women have used vibrators, according to a study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, it's about time we destigmatize sex toys, especially ones with health benefits.
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The brothers, who were aged 15 and 12, respectively, when their mother died, have joined Kate Middleton in the Heads Together campaign, which aims to destigmatize talking openly about mental health.
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Last year, female Instagram users posted topless photos of themselves with male nipples superimposed on their breasts as part of the Free the Nipple campaign, which seeks to destigmatize bare breasts.
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" Delaney also shared his reasoning behind giving his followers a candid look into the reality of his family life, tweeting, "I speak publicly about Henry in an effort to destigmatize grief.
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"The focus that the Duchess has had on this and on the mental health agenda has really helped schools, parents and young people to destigmatize it and talk about it," he said.
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I don't think I'm the only politician that uses marijuana or the only public person that has benefited from this medicinal treatment, and I think it's really important that we destigmatize that.
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That group action is in response to direct encouragement from the Fed, which had urged banks on Sunday to act to destigmatize the use of central bank funding at a tumultuous time.
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The fact is, though, if we're really going to destigmatize mental illness within our community, we need to care just as deeply for your struggles as well—and we're simply not doing that.
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Beyond her iconic role in the mega movie franchise, Fisher was a prolific author and screenwriter, and a vocal advocate for the mentally ill, who helped to destigmatize mental illness throughout her career.
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Billie Co-Founder Georgina Gooley told Refinery29 that the new ad and accompanying images were meant to destigmatize women's body hair, making it an important and inspiring message to many people in 2019.
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There is much to be admired about this philosophy, one that helped Ellen regain her career and, in the process, destigmatize and demystify gay people during a crucial period in the LGBT rights movement.
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Earlier this year, the 24-year-old received the Artistic Award of Courage for her continued efforts to destigmatize mental illness, and launched the "Be Vocal: Speak Up for Mental Health," back in 2015.
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When it comes to testicular and prostate health, it's hard for men to know how to destigmatize talking about these very common health issues, and it's sometimes even harder to talk about mental health.
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Trump's comments elicited criticism from Democrats and veterans advocates that he was diminishing the seriousness of traumatic brain injuries (TBI), one of the "invisible wounds of war" the U.S. military has struggled to destigmatize.
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" Ms. Murray said she believes the bill "is going to really change and begin to destigmatize abortion, so we can start to talk about our experiences openly with abortion and with pregnancy on campus.
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Part of the reason that I have been so public about my own struggle and success with alcohol and pain killers is that I am hoping to destigmatize the image of an opiate addict.
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In the 1980s and 1990s, H.I.V./AIDS was a popular topic for writers' rooms, inspiring Very Special Episodes that often featured fleeting characters who existed solely to destigmatize the disease for everyone else onscreen.
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She's on a mission to destigmatize America's interpretation and views toward Islam (for the record, she's Buddhist), to promote unity and art and Africa, and she's got a lot to say about diversity in fashion.
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Whitfield also took a major step in telling his YouTube and Instagram followers about his HPV-positive status, which he believes was an important step in helping to destigmatize the conversation around people with STDs.
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The piece provides new data on funding in sex tech and wellness companies, analysis on sex tech startup's battle for public advertising and responses from industry leaders on how we can destigmatize sex with technology.
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"We will be using gripping plots based on true stories from young people so that we can destigmatize issues, debunk unhelpful stereotypes and catalyze social change," said Georgia Arnold, head of the MTV Staying Alive Foundation.
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That includes veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, who are killing themselves at alarmingly high rates, despite unprecedented billions spent every year on efforts to destigmatize PTSD and encourage those suffering from the disorder to seek help.
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"'Crazy' is an insensitive and inappropriate term to use for a campaign that claims to have a mission to destigmatize mental illness," Dr. Pamela Wible, an outspoken advocate for physician mental health and suicide prevention, told Refinery29.
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That fear is contributing the record-high STD rate in the US. Our goal is to expand and destigmatize the sexual health conversation so that we don't get paralyzed by fear or overwhelmed by complicated medical processes.
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It's easy to administer; it avoids the paternalism of social-welfare programs that tell people what they can and cannot buy with the money they're given; and, if it's truly universal, it could help destigmatize government assistance.
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At a couple of points in Lady Dynamite, the fourth wall breaks just enough for someone to commend Maria on being so brave, for stepping forward to destigmatize mental illness by being so honest and open about it.
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Colorado has been pushing to destigmatize weed since it legalized recreational marijuana back in 2012, and now, the state has taken another massive step toward embracing cannabis's medical benefits—by allowing children to take medical marijuana at school.
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He said the exhibit was a way for some of the four-dozen students in his program to talk candidly with the campus about their struggles, part of a push to destigmatize addiction and shift attitudes about treatment.
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It can often feel like you need to hide it, and sometimes you really do have to, but in general, I think being open about my bipolar disorder can help destigmatize it by showing that it's normal and okay.
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The need to destigmatize lending through the discount window had become more urgent in recent days because companies are increasingly finding it difficult to borrow short-term funds that they use for various expenses such as payroll and rent.
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Addressing this crises demands public and governmental support for improved mental health services, a strategy to destigmatize mental and behavioral health challenges, and an aggressive social media regulation to address cyberbullying and hold the platforms that facilitate it accountable.
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" "Through the VFW mental wellness campaign, VFW Posts throughout the world have been helping to destigmatize mental health by educating veterans and their families on the signs of emotional distress and informing veterans of resources in their local communities.
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A 2015 campaign encouraged women to photoshop male nipples on their topless photos, in a test of Instagram's censorship policy, while the #freethenipple movement calls on women to post topless photos in an ongoing effort to destigmatize the female breast.
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But despite this cascade of stories, and the incredible work done by organizations like Shout Your Abortion and We Testify to destigmatize a woman's right to choose, there are still many who stay silent or hesitate to talk about their experiences.
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Our Let's Talk About It campaign will highlight stories of people and celebrities who have dealt with mental illness; we want to destigmatize it, provide resources about where to get help and offer support to help anyone in need cope.
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The aim is to destigmatize talking about mental health issues "So, one of the things for me, moreso than even being able to ask for help, was recognizing the problems to begin with and noticing the warning signs," Halsey says.
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The scene may be a natural progression for "The L Word" The original "L Word" series shocked mainstream television audiences when it premiered in 2004 for its open portrayal of lesbian sex and was known for attempting to destigmatize social taboos.
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Schulman further thinks that by broadcasting selected clips of his surgeries on Snapchat, he and his colleagues can help to demystify and destigmatize their process, and provide a more transparent view of the actual science, medicine, and hard work behind each operation.
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Reducing the risks -- and stigma Burri added that this insight should be used purely as a knowledge base and, if anything, could be used to destigmatize and change attitudes toward sexual behavior by showing how variable people can be at their core.
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Say what you will about whether you are or are not a fan of the Kardashian-Jenner family, but this type of honest and transparent talk about anxiety and mental health can do a lot to destigmatize and change the perception of it.
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But my desire to destigmatize sex-working mothers came at a price: I received death threats, strangers have called Child Protective Services on me, and I've even been accused of practicing Satanic witchcraft in order to coerce children into the sex industry.
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"We face the real challenge to destigmatize domestic work, which will be difficult considering how classist we are as a society," said Tania Turner, a program officer at Semillas, a nonprofit that provides grants and technical assistance to local women's rights groups.
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CONNECT BANKS WITH LEGAL DISTRIBUTORS Most members of the group were in favor of the Safe Banking Act, which would destigmatize financial relations between banks and businesses that might have an ancillary relationship with cannabis companies, although some in the group strongly objected.
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Much of Spencer's efforts, and that of the alt-right and white nationalist movement more broadly, has been to make these ideas palatable to mainstream audiences, attempting to destigmatize them and strip them of both their historical roots and their real meaning.
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Thereafter, she plans to use her data-focused background to track employee and company performance, set clearly defined goals for her team and get employees more excited about their mission to destigmatize feminine hygiene while giving back menstrual products to women without access.
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The hashtag #freethepimple, which activist Louisa Northcote began to encourage others to be open about their acne — and destigmatize the idea the acne indicates uncleanliness — has elicited hundreds of smiling barefaced selfies, the heartfelt captions on which often make me tear up.
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We got to just destigmatize it and make it okay for people to talk, and for people to be able to be emotionally connected to other people, and not value obvious things, and also then not vilify the things that were obvious before.
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Two videos, Waste Flow (1979-1984) and Sanman Speaks (1977-1985), chronicle her groundbreaking Touch Sanitation (1978-1980) performance, in which the artist shook hands with over 8,500 New York City Sanitation workers in an effort to appreciate and destigmatize their labor.
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Toward the end of his five-year Uber tenure, he realized the dire need for accessible and flexible tech-enabled tools to help workers endure stressful times, as well as the need to destigmatize the mental health issues prevalent within the tech industry and beyond.
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But share he does: Now 55, DiBona spends his retirement working for Blue H.E.L.P., the suicide prevention group, for whom he travels around the country talking about himself, about how to get help and about how to destigmatize mental health issues among law enforcement.
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This book is both about delicious, home cooked meals for you and the special stoner in your life as well as to educate the world on the positive and flavorful effects cannabis can have and to destigmatize its bad rep once and for all.
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I recently got an e-mail from a woman in Ottawa who didn't say overtly that she was dealing with mental illness, but she did mention that she and a group of other creators were coming together to try to destigmatize mental illness in African communities overseas.
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In having these conversations with well-known and successful artists like Silverman and Dunham about how going to therapy helped them manage negative emotions or mental illness, Shrink aims to destigmatize therapy and help others who may be struggling make the decision to find a therapist.
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The tenets of the movement mainly focus on wanting to destigmatize discussions of death, allow for more open talk about death and dying, as well as empower people to make their end-of-life wishes and to involve themselves in caring for their dead if they want.
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As the amount of money companies spend on the mental health of their employees continues to rise, there has been a movement among workers and employers alike to make mental health a priority and even to destigmatize such issues with "mental health days" off for professionals.
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According to the Seleni Institute, a New York City-based nonprofit working to destigmatize and transform mental health and wellness, girls who have a pre-existing mental illness are also three times as likely to give birth as adolescents than their peers who do not have mental health issues.
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As both a person with a decently ample backside and a journalist who writes about sexual health regularly, I knew learning more about butts in every way possible could be an invaluable way to destigmatize conversations about them and what they do, from pooping to creating sexual pleasure.
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But with continued debate over the hijab (why it's worn, should it be allowed in Western countries, and whether it actually helps or hurts oppression when non-Muslims wear one), it may take more than one progressive clothing line to destigmatize the item and make it feel more universal.
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After 50 years of near total prohibition, psychedelic drugs are finally being studied as legitimate therapeutic substances thanks to the work of organizations like the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), John Hopkins University, and the Beckley Foundation, which have been working for decades to destigmatize psychedelic research.
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George, who lives in London with her parents and younger brother, is the founder of the #FreePeriods campaign, which aims to make sure that no girl in the U.K. is living in period poverty and also works to destigmatize the taboo around menstruation and calls upon big brands to do more.
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If there is a ground zero for the push to destigmatize a criminal history in the workplace, it is Greyston, a 100-person Yonkers, New York, bakery that makes mostly brownies for a client list that includes Unilever's Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream unit, Amazon's Whole Foods grocery chain and Delta Air Lines.
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Destigmatize Antidepressants...AgainThe last time we were able to successfully decrease suicides in this country was during the late 1980s, when rates began a steady, decade-long decline after the FDA approval of the SSRI antidepressants Prozac and Zoloft, says Christine Moutier, MD, chief medical officer for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
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And if seeing that helps underline, for all the fans who sometimes have trouble realizing, that players are actual human beings, that's another positive we can take from it—to go along with the fact that Osuna being brave enough to have this be so public will only help to destigmatize such issues.
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"It's easy to think, Well, I am not crying all the time, so I don't have depression, or, in Kimmy's case, I am capable of moving forward with my life, so I can't have PTSD," says Jenny Jaffe, founder of Project UROK, a non-profit organization that works to destigmatize mental illness.
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Bracey Sherman said that the abortion storytellers—which she characterized as people who publicly share the story of their abortion in order to destigmatize the need for them—most likely to experience harassment are people of color, storytellers that identify as queer or trans, and storytellers who talk about their disabilities or mental health.
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I am grateful for these public statements by celebrity mothers of color -- which also include the blunt and hugely relatable Instagram and Twitter feeds of model Chrissy Teigen -- that destigmatize pregnancy-related weight gain and encourage women to accept that their postpartum bodies will never mirror their previous ones, even if they breastfeed their babies.
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That's why we partnered with Toyota RAV4 — a brand that's committed to causes like education reform, financial empowerment, and youth development — to scour our feeds in search of impressive and influential Black women who are making waves both online and out in the real world — whether they're leading workshops to empower women of color, promoting sex education, or launching initiatives that destigmatize mental illness.
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Here, Sarah Driscoll, cofounder of Spectrum Inspired and an autism mom herself, speaks with BuzzFeed News on the organization's inspiring mission and shares examples of how photography can help destigmatize an often misunderstood disorder: We have chosen to tell these stories because many of us who make up our team are autism mommas, advocates, or teachers with a passion to help those on the spectrum become successful.
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Biden's plan seeks to protect LGBTQ asylum seekers; reinstitute Obama-era federal prison guidelines to house trans inmates according to their gender identity; reinstitute guidelines banning federally funded shelters from housing homeless trans people according to their assigned sex at birth; put forth efforts to destigmatize and decriminalize HIV transmission; offer protections for LGBTQ seniors; and offer support for a federal ban on conversion therapy.
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Doctors also may have been at least partially to blame for the spread of some of this misinformation—in the 1800s in Europe, in an effort to destigmatize syphilis (which had ravaged the population since the late 1400s), doctors spread the rumor that you could get the disease from drinking fountains and communion cups, says Basil Donovan, a professor of sexual health program at the Kirby Institute for infection and immunity in society at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
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