Can Sexual Frustration Lead to Depression?
Although the frustration that results from a lack of sexual activity can lead to depression-like symptoms, the link between sexual frustration and depression is a bit more complicated
Depression
Repercussions Of Abandoning Gay Children
Parents need to look at their children holistically, putting the sexuality aside
My Journey From Being Bullied, Fighting Depression, to Coming Out and Living My Life
Bullying is harmful and we need to stop brushing it under the rug. Bullied, assaulted, abused, I saw no way out, self harm and suicide attempts followed.
Free pan-India Helpline for LGBTQs launched by DrSafeHands and Solidarity Foundation
DrSafeHands and Solidarity Foundation have teamed up together and launched a pan-India free helpline service for LGBTQ people to provide mental health related support and counselling.
Taking Care of LGBTQIA Mental Health during Lockdown
Here are a few points that can be helpful for their mental health during lockdown time:
How to Find an LGBTQ+ Friendly Therapist
When you’re an LGBTQ+ person in India,
you face many hurdles, from discrimination, acceptance, to figuring out your
true identity. One person who can help is a... Read More...
Mental Health Resource for LGBTQ South Asians
In January 2018, the Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention launched a mental health resource for LGBTQ identified South Asians. The resource was created to a... Read More...
7 Ways to Identify if You are Depressed
If either you or someone you know is experiencing at least 5 out these 7 symptoms of depression, over a duration of 2 weeks or longer, then please contact your local mental health expert immediately.
Are You Faking it?
Inter- and intra-community dialogue and team building activity can be considered to enhance communication and supportive relationship in the LGBTQ community.
BHU Student Suspended from Girls Hostel for her “Lesbian Tendencies”
Mahila Maha Vidhyalaya, a women's college of Benaras Hindu University, has asked an undergraduate student to leave the girls hostel for her "homosexual tendencies"
How Chester Bennington and Linkin Park Helped Me Get Through a Tough Teenage Period
Chester Bennington helped me get through that tough teenage period which knew of abuse and self-denial and hardly of love. Hearing someone acknowledge that, acknowledge the pain told me I was not alone.
Vishal Tondon’s Suicide is a Collective Queer Failure
we need to talk; about our feelings and the hurt we feel, the insecurities, the invalidity we experience, the constant pressures of an oppressive heteronormative as well as a homonormative society and sub-culture which like a ruthless predator gets over us and takes away our well being, peace and happiness