Posts tagged LGBTI mental health

Folau is reportedly committed to fighting the outcome every step of the way, including the possibility of taking the matter to the High Court.

“I don’t say this lightly, what I’m about to say. The language I use…it’s to get that message across. There are literally kids in the suburbs killing themselves.”

Demand for the service has increased over the past four years, including a 20 per cent rise in 2017-18 alone.

“Mad Pride is a space for us to tell our own stories, to show how incredible we are, not in spite of our madness, but because of it.”

The study found that 71 per cent of LGBTI Australians didn’t reach out to support services during their last mental health crisis.

The awards this year introduced the LGBTI Award category, recognising Dion Tatow, Rebecca Johnson, and Wesley Mission QLD’s Expanded Horizons program for their impact.

beyondblue has launched Wingmen, an online resource to help gay men support their friends during a crisis.

“We are united against those with a prejudiced view on different sexual orientations or identities”

Headspace has 95 centres across Australia and provides early intervention mental health services to people aged 12 to 25.

The Queensland AIDS Council and Gay and Lesbian Welfare Association are the beneficiaries of LGBTI-specific funding allocated from the Queensland Government’s Early Action Plan aimed at tackling high rates of mental illness in the state.