May is National Mental Health Awareness Month. Each May mental health advocates strive towards making it known how commonplace mental illness truly is and how easily treatable most mental illnesses such as anxiety and depression are. LGBT people are often overwhelmed by issues that lead into depression, anxiety, eating disorders ...

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Our friends at OriginalPlumbing have launched a campaign within the last month devoted to getting our LGBT community talk about it.  Mental Health that is.  WIth LGBT people disproportionally impacted by mental health issues and generally have less access to care this is a great forum to share.  Talk About ...

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An LGBT school has recently opened in Phoenix Arizona. The school is housed in the same facility that one n ten operates their youth center during hours outside of normal school hours.  This school is one of the few like it in the country and provides an alternative way for ...

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Is some Homophobia Self-Phobia? That was one conclusion drawn by a recent study led by researchers at the University of Rochester.   Four separate experiments or questionnaires were conducted upon a total of 640 students in the US and Germany.  There is little previous research on the role that societal views ...

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Last week Jamey Rodemeyer, a 14-year-old high school freshman in Buffalo bullied for being gay or bisexual (depending on different media accounts) committed suicide.

Unfortunately, his experience was not unique. According to GLISEN LGB youth are 2-6 times more likely than heterosexual youth to attempt suicide. Transgender youth have even ...

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"Hello everyone, my namy is Chris Kelly, and when I was younger, when I was a kid, there was nothing that I wanted more than to not be gay. That was all I wanted. Was to not be gay."

You can't imagine all the weird ways that life is ...

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Everyone deals with stress in their life. As LGBT people, there are aspects of our experience that can create more stress for us on a daily basis: homophobia, transphobia, discrimination, coming out. Find healthy ways to reduce stress: talk to a friend, go for a walk or bike ride, or ...

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A 2000 survey reported that 70 percent of lesbians and 60 percent of gay men admitted having sought mental health counseling in some form. It’s normal to feel ‘down’ sometimes, but if those feelings persist or become too extreme, consider talking to a professional about it. There are also ...

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A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health supports the correlation between institutionalized discrimination (such as same-sex marriage being illegal in most states including New York) and mental health disparities among LGBT communities.

GLMA reports: The researchers found a significant increase in the prevalence of mood disorders ...

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A study to be published in April 2010 in the Journal of Epidemiology suggests that chronic boredom may be an important indicator of, and/or may lead to, other health risks & issues.

If you're feeling bored, grab a copy of the Empty Closet and find something to do! Because ...

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