UNAIDS and the LGBT Foundation Launch Groundbreaking Study on Happiness, Sex and Quality of life for LGBTI people
The survey is open for participation until 31 July 2019 and takes about 12 minutes to complete.
Mental Health
How ready is India to Provide Inclusive Healthcare and Legal Aid with Queer Citizens being Decriminalized by the Supreme Court?
The need of the hour is to ensure access to inclusive health services to enable the LGBTIQA+ communities to recuperate and also prevent future discrimination.
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.
Gay Men and Emotions : Behind the Mask of Strength are Vulnerable People Looking for Love
All these men, I see, "talk" like they own up their emotions. They claim to be "strong" and "happy", but the pain, ache that I see in their eyes, and how they fall so easily for a man made me wonder if they are actually ever emotionally strong.
Child Abuse and Molestation : How it Affects You and Your Relationships
Most of us live our lives saying that I am like this, because it's my nature. May be it could have been something that happened in your childhood that is still stopping you from living the romance you want to.
A Brief “How To” and 101 on Therapy and Psychiatry (Part 2)
Mental health medication can restore one’s sense of grounding and self, rather than altering it. Moreover, even if small shifts occur, the benefits of psychiatric medication can be enormous
The Politics of Shame and Mental Health
The lack of discussions around the politics of social interactions between multiple forces and the mentally ill person at the intersection of these forces needs to be broken, because existence cannot be free of politics, and any non-conforming act or condition will be met with the weapon of shame.
A Brief “How To” and 101 on Therapy and Psychiatry (Part 1)
Working with a mental health professional (MHP) can help you process issues you are dealing with and find ways to help reduce and manage stress, depression—or whatever you are feeling
Leap of Faith: Destigmatizing Mental Health
Nervous about broaching the topics of mental health, mental illness, and sometimes of intense or unpleasant emotions generally, we further proscribe discussion of these topics and the challenges that we all face.
I Have Been Fighting Depression And This is the Story of Many People like Me
Mood swings, depression, anxiety, all of these affect you in an invisible way. I am yet to accept myself this way, to be comfortable with being a psychologically ill patient requiring treatment. But yes, I am consciously trying.