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Contents:
- THE ARE THE 6 BT GAY-FRIENDLY SILENT MEDATN RETREATS
- LGBT ADDICTN TREATMENT: GAY REHAB CENTER
- RNGAY NVERSN THERAPY SURVIVORS SHARE PAFUL LEGACY OF 'EX-GAY' TREATMENTS
- 8 BT LGBTQ AND GAY-FRIENDLY REHAB CENTERS
THE ARE THE 6 BT GAY-FRIENDLY SILENT MEDATN RETREATS
* gay healing camp *
WE ARE an all-male clothg optnal bed and breakfast retreat terg to gay, bi, and straight men 21 years or olr. CAMP FYERFLYALBERTA, CANADAAGES: 14-24Camp fYrefly is Canada’s only natnal learship retreat for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, two-spir, asexual, tersex, queer, qutng, and allied youth. THE TEN OAKS PROJECTONTARIO, CANADAAGES: 8-17Camp Ten Oaks is a one-week sleep-away mp for children and youth om 2SLGBTQ+ (two spir, lbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer) inti, fai, and muni.
Not only is their likelihood of addictn greater, gays, lbians, bisexuals, and transgenrs have different needs pared to straight people terms of addictn treatment. Read on to fd out how a gay rehab center n help.
LGBT ADDICTN TREATMENT: GAY REHAB CENTER
Sce 1997, Ameri’s premier summer mp for LGBTQ adults has offered a fun and distctive all-clive vatn for the gay, lbian, bisexual & transgenr muny. * gay healing camp *
Acrdg to rearch by the Natnal Epimlogil Survey on Alhol and Related Condns-III done on 36, 309 adults sufferg om substance abe, about 6% of them intified as beg homosexual.
The same rearch also showed that lbians and gays were twice as likely to have a severe alhol or tobac e disorr pared to heterosexuals.
RNGAY NVERSN THERAPY SURVIVORS SHARE PAFUL LEGACY OF 'EX-GAY' TREATMENTS
When Health Mister Greg Hunt refed to nmn polil discsns on gay nversn therapy, people who endured such treatments were shocked. They say attempts to 'cure' their same-sex attractn have ed life-long pa. * gay healing camp *
Acrdg to the 2015 Natnal Survey on Dg Use and Health, 39% of lbians, gays, and bisexuals ed illic dgs pared to 17% of heterosexual adults. Until 1973, homosexualy was nsired a mental illns rather than a variatn of human sexualy.
Not surprisgly, gays, lbians, bisexuals, transgenrs, and queers equently turn to tobac, alhol, and dgs as a pg mechanism. Some of the factors that ntribute to alholism or dg pennce gays and lbians are discsed below. Internalized Homophobia.
8 BT LGBTQ AND GAY-FRIENDLY REHAB CENTERS
Although only a small mory of L.G.B.T. Catholics will ever seek nversn therapy, the assumptns unrlyg that therapy often fluence the msage many gay Catholics hear the nfsnal and om iends and mentors. * gay healing camp *
One of the leadg factors ntributg to creased substance abe the LGBT muny is ternalized homophobia. This is the type of homophobia where a person accepts the social stigma and discrimatn they face as part of their inty. Gay Rehab Centers: A Safe Haven for Revery.
Inpatient gay dg rehabilatn programs offer fort and privacy and the opportuny to overe addictn whout beg judged for sexual orientatn.
Lbian rehab centers and gay alhol rehabs ter to women and men who intify wh the sexual orientatns, rpectively. The bt thg about a gay and lbian rehab is that the staff are sympathetic and passnate. For example, a gay rehab center or a lbian rehab center may teach participants how to al wh discrimatn the workplace or rejectn om fay members whout rortg to alhol or dg e.