By La Sarmiento — 2019
Creating spaces where the need to assimilate, conform, and belong are no longer important
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We collaborated with several of our favorite talent supporters who are LGBTQ people of color to offer advice to youth on how to navigate the intersections of their identities and protect their mental health.
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Speaking truly, to yourself and to others, does mean being authentic.
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New research reveals the harms of religion-based LGBTQA+ conversion practices are more severe than previously thought. All survivors needed help balancing the relationship between their LGBTQA+ identity and their faith, family and culture.
The author really interested in what a popular movement would look like at the intersection of radical mental health, social justice politics, and disciplined spiritual practice.
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The ancient Eastern religion is helping Westerners with very modern mental-health problems.