THE latest beneficiary of a sizeable donation from The Pink Triangle Trust is MindOut, a UK-based mental health service run by and for lesbians, gay, bisexual, trans and queer people with experience of mental health issues.
According to its website, MindOut do this by:
* Listening to and responding to the LGBTQ experience of mental health
* Offering hope through positive relationships and professional expertise
* Preventing isolation, crisis and suicidal distress in LGBTQ communities
* Providing safe spaces for people to meet and support each other
* Helping people protect their rights and get their voices heard
* Campaigning and creating conversations about LGBTQ mental health throughout the world.
MindOut is needed because LGBTQ people:
* Do not get the support they need for their mental health from mainstream services
* Often feel isolated from LGBTQ communities
* Face additional discrimination, exclusion and minority stress
* Deserve a space where their identities are recognised and understood.
The PTT’s decision to choose MindOut as a beneficiary follows the recent suicide of a person known to the Trust’s Chair, Stephen Harvie, who said of Raphael Coco-Bassey’s tragic death:
A young man aged 19 took his own life which has devastated both his family and his extended family. His sister and his mother to whom he was especially close are distraught. The gutting of NHS Mental Health Services by consecutive Tory governments continues to leave vulnerable LGBTQ+ people at great risk with very little support in times of crisis and charities are under resourced to make up the shortfall.
According to this report, LGBTQ+ young people are twice as likely to experience poor mental health compared to others. Here are some of the facts:
A report by Stonewall found that 44 percent of LGBTQ+ young people have experienced suicidal thoughts, compared to 26 percent of hetero-sexual non trans people.
Forty-three percent of LGBTQ+ pupils in the UK are bullied in school because of their identity, making them feel unsafe.
Many LGBTQ+ young people are forced out of their homes due to family rejection. 30 percent of homeless young people in the UK identify as LGBTQ+.
The NHS reported that LGBTQ+ youth often face long waiting times, lack of understanding or fear of discrimination when seeking mental health support.
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