06/25/2022
Great Article! And I am quoted several times in it. Did you know that last year 45% of LGBTQ youth considered su***de? “LGBTQIA+ people are growing up in a heteronormative world, so they’re experiencing a lot of negative messages that can lead to shame and what we call toxic shame,” explains David Strah, a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in LGBTQIA+ affirmative therapy and the author of “Gay Dad’s: A Celebration of Fatherhood” “Toxic shame is feeling bad about yourself or like there’s something wrong with you on a very core level.” Feelings like this, coupled with the fact that 60 percent of LGBTQIA+ youth who wanted mental health care last year were unable to receive it, helps to explain why the rate of anxiety and depression in LGBTQIA+ youth is two times higher than that of young people who identify as heterosexual”
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