Gay and Lbian Health Victoria

Contents:

• GAY AND LBIAN HEALTH VICTORIA
• GAY AND LBIAN HEALTH VICTORIA WEBSE
• DIVERSY AND INCLN: IMPACTS ON PSYCHOLOGIL WELLBEG AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER COMMUNI

GAY AND LBIAN HEALTH VICTORIA

GLHV, formerly known as Gay and Lbian Health Victoria, is a lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenrand tersex (LGBTI) health and wellbeg policy and rource un.

Rabow Health Atralia is a program that supports lbian, gay, bisexual, trans and genr diverse, tersex and queer (LGBTIQ) health and wellbeg through rearch and knowledge translatn, trag, rourc, policy advice and service accredatn through the Rabow Tick. The Queensland Council for LGBTI Health (QC) has been a home for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Intersex, Queer, Sistergirl and Brotherboy people and muni Queensland for over 35 years. Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Intersex, Queer, Sistergirl and Brotherboy Queenslanrs live longer and happier liv, and have accs to the servic and supports they need.

GAY AND LBIAN HEALTH VICTORIA WEBSE

Gay and Lbian Health Victoria Company Profile | Management and Employe List. The Substance Abe and Mental Health Servic Admistratn (SAMHSA) today released a new data report Lbian, Gay, and Bisexual Behavral Health: Rults om the 2021 and 2022 Natnal Surveys on Dg Use and Health (PDF | 2.1 MB), ditg that lbian, gay, and bisexual adults are more likely than straight adults to e substanc, experience mental health ndns cludg major prsive episos, and experience ser thoughts of suici.

“We know that statistilly, lbian, gay and bisexual Amerins face creased risks for mental health and substance e issu, which is often related to strs ed by stigma, discrimatn and harassment,” said HHS Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Miriam E. SAMHSA’s approach to addrsg the behavral health needs of LGBTQI+ people wh, affected by, or at risk for mental health and substance e ndns, builds on the Print’s Executive Orr on Advancg Equaly for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex Individuals (EO 14075).

DIVERSY AND INCLN: IMPACTS ON PSYCHOLOGIL WELLBEG AMONG LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR, AND QUEER COMMUNI

Gay and bisexual mal and femal were two to three tim more likely than their straight unterparts to have ed illic dgs other than marijuana the past year.

About one third of bisexual femal, bisexual mal, and gay mal had a substance e disorr (SUD) the past year.

The prevalence of ser mental illns (SMI) the past year was more than three tim higher among bisexual mal than among straight mal and more than twice as high among gay mal than among straight mal. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love.

There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.

'Authentilly myself'Ray said he had also stggled growg up gay the 1970s and 80s England, which was "tough" said his relig school "dmmed to you, 'you are gog to hell'" Adam returned home to Sdi Arabia, spe beg more than 3, 000 apart and later rtricted by the Covid-19 panmic, they kept touch daily and the romance years ago, Ray proposed on a vio ll and after succsfully applyg for a UK fiancé visa, Adam moved to Manchter December 2022. Adam said he had been aaid to even wear lours his home untry so the first thg he did when he moved was start to "grow my mullet, got my ears pierced and booked appotments for tattoos" relled how, ntrast, one of his gay iends Sdi had been forced to marry a woman, addg: "It has ed not only his life but the life of his wife. The uple, who live London, said a "really betiful memory" was on the way home when one of their sons shouted out of the black b wdow to Trafalgar Square, "My dads jt got married" and cheered "Yay, gay marriage".