Mental Health and LGBT+
Some people who identify as LGBT+ may experience difficulties that affect their health and well-being. This page looks at some of the issues affecting LGBT+ people and how to to best support them.
LGBT+ Mental
Health
Stomp's LGBT+ Mental Health Guide
Why do so many LGBT people suffer from mental health problems?
Group task, to protect your mental health
Identifying the physical and mental symptoms
Exercise Two: Do you wear a mask to work?
You will ask yourself to what extent do you feel your public self image matches your personal image?
Exercise Three: Taboo or not?
Exposing what is considered ‘taboo’ in a safe space creates a sense of community and establishes that mental health belongs to us all.
Exercise Four: Learning Lunch
‘Lunch and Learns’ are a great way for people who work in different teams and don’t normally interact to get to know one another
Exercise Four: What does stigma feel like?
This activity is designed to help an audience you are speaking to learn what it feels like to experience stigma.