Queer to Help: Queer Mental Health

Join hosts Amy Gordon (therapist) and Meg Specksgoor (comedian) in interviewing Angel Merritt (Professional Legal Guardian and Community Health Worker). In this podcast they discuss the dire state of queer mental health and some personal and systemic suggestions for creating a safer world for LGBTQIA2S+ folks.  Transcription available @ https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/UrviQppbQB-a9cmLtEU1yvWlZ7TaDcoKqu_1KIj_uGEKfb5PoFjLhSXpNeZqHCImFaQh2ns3p7qVT4H1qmmhNeeh8zk?loadFrom=SharedLink References and Resources: Bailey, M. (n.d.). The danger of hiding who you are | Morgana Bailey - YouTube. Retrieved June 16, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2gbcVaZ448 Fish, Jessica N. “Future Directions in Understanding and Addressing Mental Health among LGBTQ Youth.” Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, vol. 49, no. 6, Nov. 2020, pp. 943–56. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2020.1815207 Forstag EH, editor. Reducing Inequalities Between Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Adolescents and Cisgender, Heterosexual Adolescents: Proceedings of a Workshop. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2022 Jan 6. 5, Promising Interventions in Mental, Emotional, and Physical Health. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK578801/ Glossary of terms. Human Rights Campaign. (n.d.). Retrieved June 15, 2022, from https://www.hrc.org/resources/glossary-of-terms Meyer, Ilan H., et al. “Minority Stress, Distress, and Suicide Attempts in Three Cohorts of Sexual Minority Adults: A U.S. Probability Sample.” PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, 3 Mar. 2021, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0246827. Rethink.org. LGBT+ Mental Health. (n.d.). Retrieved June 15, 2022, from https://www.rethink.org/advice-and-information/living-with-mental-illness/wellbeing-physical-health/lgbtplus-mental-health/ Sage USA https://www.sageusa.org/what-we-do/?gclid=Cj0KCQjworiXBhDJARIsAMuzAuwpH_bV-VxK6L3u7vBx7Gpsy6jpiZueN3aHGfRID-yj8TuJcNR9XMsaAkSBEALw_wcB Jillian C. Shipherd PhD, Kelly E. Green PhD & Sarah Abramovitz BA (2010) Transgender Clients: Identifying and Minimizing Barriers to Mental Health Treatment, Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19359701003622875 The Trevor Project. (2022, May 18). Retrieved June 15, 2022, from https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/article/facts-about-lgbtq-youth-suicide/ Zambon, V. (2021, February 12). Depression and sexual orientation: Where to find support. Medical News Today. Retrieved June 15, 2022, from https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/lgbtqia-and-depression