The Latest Posts
The LGBTQ Immigrant - A Familiar, Yet Unique Narrative
The blog highlights that LGBTQ refugees often flee their home countries due to persecution, discrimination, and violence based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. It covers the challenges these individuals face while seeking asylum and what we can do to help.
Mental Health Goals Check-In
At the end of 2022, we offered you some mental health New Year’s goals. Now, we want to see how things are going!
Why We Need to Tell Black LGBTQ Stories for Mental Health Equality
The history of the black LGBTQ+ community needs to be elevated, but not just for public awareness and appreciation. Mental health equality depends on it. Read to learn why and discover what you can do to help.
Top Five Universities with Inclusive Mental Health Programs
It’s important to the mental health of LGBTQIA+ students to learn about ways to connect, access support, and adapt in a new school culture. Picking an inclusive University is the best way to start! Here are my top five picks for universities with inclusive LGBTQIA+ mental health programs, clubs, and services.
Inclusive But Not Actually
The LGBTQIA+ community faces bigotry from outside forces constantly. Many organizations and groups, such as CALM, fight to address the issue. But what we do not see often are people standing up to push back against the bigotry from inside forces. Let’s talk about it.
How poverty impacts the mental health of LGBTQIA+ people
Do you know the implications of financial inequality and poverty on the mental health of the LGBTQIA+ community? How about why these issues impact LGBTQIA+ people more harshly than they do cisgender and heterosexual people? Read to find out!
The Community’s Blindspot: Indigenous LGBTQ+ People
Understand why the Indigenous LGBTQIA+ community is often left out of the discussion of equality, how their mental health is impacted, and what we can do to help!
Without Community: Isolated LGBTQ+ People
Many LGBTQ+ people do not have connections to the community as a whole. They experience isolation and the negative effects that come with it. How can isolated LGBTQ+ people overcome these challenges? Why is access to the larger LGBTQIA+ community important to our health? Read to find out!
A Lifetime on Alert: How LGBTQ+ people must exist.
What does it mean to exist as an LGBTQIA+ person? Why and how do we start each day in survival mode? Read to find out.
Can clubs benefit LGBTQ+ mental health?
Youth in the LGBTQIA+ community struggle to find their place and their people. Read to learn how LGBTQIA+ clubs that have a focus on mental health can benefit youth.