So You Need a Therapist Who Identifies As (And Specializes In) Disabled, LGBTQ+, POC, or Religious Minority

This #WorldMentalHealthDay, I posted a social media status about how imperative it is for folks from minoritized communities to support therapists from underrepresented backgrounds – counselors and psychologists who identify as people of color; queer, trans or non-Christian folks; and/or as individuals who have mental illness or other disabilities.

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US: Administration Eyes Defining Transgender Out of Existence

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The department argued in its memo that key government agencies needed to adopt an explicit and uniform definition of gender as determined “on a biological basis that is clear, grounded in science, objective and administrable.”

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UK: Gender Recognition Act debate is being used to roll back trans rights

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IT has been an odd facet of the debate around trans rights that those claiming to be silenced have managed to publish endless commentary in major newspapers, while the voices of trans people have remained remarkably absent.