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Progress is made with allyship and consistent honest feedback. Have 15 min on your commute in or home today? Take a listen this 👇🏻 and then fill out the survey. There’s been a lot of progress made but still more to be done - the more data the better to help inform the actions needed. #lgbtq #beanally #participate

When it comes to LGBTQ rights, it can’t just be those from the community putting in the work. 📣 Other people must speak up too. And it’s this allyship that serves as one of the main drivers of inclusion in the workplace 🤝 To learn how your organisation can foster authentic allyship, check out this summary of our recent webinar with Dame Inga Beale, former CEO of Lloyd's of London and LGBTQ rights advocate, 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9UuRfBy

Does #PrideMonth help raise enough awareness about LBGTQ issues? 69% of the readers of our publisher Yahoo said ‘No’ and we also agree that waving the rainbow flag just for one month a year is definitely not enough. Is it important to dedicate an entire month to the achievements and challenges of the LGBTQ community? Yes. Is it equally important to address these things the rest of the year? Also yes. LGBTQ issues go beyond Pride Month. Because as we see in the results of the surveys, the rights and freedoms of LGBTQ people are still not a given and in many people’s opinion are once again under threat. It is therefore important to show awareness and support beyond Pride Month. Because in reality, every month is Pride Month.

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The US Heritage Foundation sets the weather for the Christian Right and has been highly influential on Trump. There isn't a word strong enough to describe its hatred for LGBTQ people and it reserves its deepest - pretty much murderous - loathing for trans people. Trump and his acolytes have been highly influential on the British Conservative Party, with the desperate Sunak aping talking points from the US Right increasingly. Some months ago, British Minster for Equalities, Kemi Badenoch was fawning over Ron DeSantis - a Republican governor who has made his state (Florida) THE most toxic place in the US to live for transgender people. Here, Nancy Kelly, who runs Stonewall, breaks down what The Heritage Foundation (also highly influential on UK anti-trans actors, some of whom have spoken at their events) has in mind for the next Trump administration. If you are LGBTQ this has the full resonance of Nazi rhetoric in the 1930s. It is terrifying to be trans in the UK at the moment, as the Tories, backs against the electoral wall, retreat further and further into hard right fantasyland - in their attempt to keep at least a few seats in the next election and to avoid Farage killing them. It's going to be grotesque, hateful and lie-filled stuff for the next year. Alongside this, it seems, according to recent social attitudes research, that the media in the UK has, in the space of three years (and in one question in just one year) produced a complete collapse in public support for trans people's human rights here. I am still trying to find the raw data for this annual survey, but, speaking as an ex-market researcher, the drop in support in some areas (huge increases in people publicly, un-self-consciously, admitting to 'being prejudiced' against trans people) seems on the face of it faster and more dramatic than anything I have EVER seen before. This is what happens when The Times, The Telegraph, The Mail, The Sun, The Guardian, The Express, the BBC and the government all align in a coordinated campaign of hate against a tiny, vulnerable group. A final remark. Last month, I posted about British Rowing's decision to join the stampede to ban trans women from the women's division of their sport, across the board. That post resulted in some sickening trolling on this page, which I deleted. The usual lies and hate were thrown around. I have blocked those who did it. As a woman with a trans history myself I am not interested in being abused by tired, hate-filled nonsense spewed by people who have never met a trans person, have no understanding of the trans experience, who rely on unhinged newspapers or columnists for their opinions, and who, QAnon-like, launch into a bigoted rage at the slightest chance. If you imagine that you have some game-changing piece of hate, some killer insult that will somehow shut me down, know this. You don't. I've heard it all before. We all have. All the lies. We hear them every single day. Go to hell.

Interested in LGBTQ health and health disparities? Need emerging data? The Trevor Project 2023 U.S. National Survey on the Mental Health of LGBTQ Young People is a fantastic resource. Noteworthy in their report, 41% of LGBTQ young people seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year—and young people who are transgender, nonbinary, and/or people of color reported higher rates than their peers. The report does a fantastic job of exploring the experiences of youth as well as the impact of anti-lgbtq policies and supportive actions and interventions. https://lnkd.in/d6tqqybE

Heading back to school can be a stressful time for LGBTQ youth. This week’s blog offers some supportive strategies for both parents and helpers. 7 Tips to Create a Safer School Year for LGBTQ Youth.  https://lnkd.in/e4_bH8Uz   If you found this helpful, check out CTRI’s workshop, Gender and Sexual Diversity in Youth. Its goal is to enable helpers to create more affirming, accessible, and welcoming environments for those who identify as LGBTQ .   https://lnkd.in/ehihDeJV

Our next webinar starts soon, 10AM - 12PM (2 CEUs) REGISTER NOW LGBTQ & Gambling Disorder: A Cultural Humility Primer & Updated Research This presentation will provide participants with a richer understanding of LGBTQ individuals (including basic knowledge of identities and terms), empirical research to understand the prevalence of LGBTQ gambling and risk toward disordered gambling, and how to use LGBTQ cultural humility tools to best work with LGBTQ individuals and their families. #MDCEPG #ClinicalWebinar https://lnkd.in/eMBt5F6G