Stigmabase | Australia - New Zealand

Red, yellow, pink and green: How the world's languages name the rainbow - We tested these ideas using color words in Australian Aboriginal languages . We worked with Australian languages (rather than European or other ...

Smoking Marijuana Accelerates Aging, Making Heart 11 Percent Older Than Normal - The study found that hardening of the arteries caused by long-term marijuana use increased the biological age of users by 11 percent, which could make a 30-year-old user biologically closer to 33 years old. They concluded that marijuana use was associated with accelerated cardiovascular aging.

Australia can find a way out of the darkness - The surprise is that the Australian selectors have not invested in youth. Older blokes know too much and fear failure; younger blokes embrace it and ...

The hardest part about coming out for Thorpe - When I was about 16 I was accused of being gay and because it was in that tone, I always thought of it as a negative, of not being equal,” he said at the Australians 4 Equality event held at Twitter’s Sydney offices.

Kylie Minogue flaunts huge engagement ring – after vowing not to wed until same-sex marriage ... -  AUSTRALIAN singer Kylie Minogue showed off her huge diamond engagement ... "When I found out that gay marriage was illegal in Australia , I was ...

Ian Thorpe and his boyfriend hit the campaign trail for marriage equality - Despite over a decade of focused effort in Australia , same-sex couples cannot have their marriages recognized as marriages at the federal level in the ...

Same-sex adoption law passes hurdle - MPs approved a Government proposal to allow same sex couples who have ... South Australia is the only Australian state not to allow gay adoption.

Standing against domestic violence - White Ribbon Day is the largest Australian male-led movement aimed at stopping men's violence against women, and a local event is being organised ...