The Importance of Mental Health Amongst the LGBTQ+ Community

Authors

Adrian Perotin, University of Central FloridaFollow

Files

Course Code

LDR

Course Number

3215

Faculty/Instructor

Shemeca Smith

Faculty/Instructor Email

shemeca.smith@ucf.edu

About the Author

Hello everyone! My name is Adrian Perotin, but I would like to be called "Ranae" Perotin! I am a sophomore trans woman who wanted to look into services that helped the lives of LGBTQ+ citizens in the Orlando area, especially with the recent anti-LGBTQ+ laws and wanting to help the community in any way that I could. I looked into Zebra Youth and the topic of mental health in the LGBTQ+ community as a means to learn more about the community and what services or actions can be taken to help the community and mental health. Thank you, and I hope you enjoy!

Abstract, Summary, or Creative Statement

When it comes to the LGBTQ+ community, it has become known with more studies and research that many in the community have suffered through traumatic experiences regarding sexual assault and/or violence. This has caused a big impact on the mental health of the victims, but because there is not enough resources to the LGBTQ+ community that are open to them, those victims have a hard time recovering or feeling seen. Amongst the community are of course the youth coming in from the next generations that may unfortunately deal with these issues in safety and mental health, so they deserve to have centers accessible to them to discuss and resolve these types of issues. All research or studies that have been towards these issues within the community have all found that centers are out there, but even those centers have a hard time being seen like the people within the community. The best course of action is to spread information about these organizations, as well as bring awareness that LGBTQ+ people are suffering from mental health and that like anyone else, deserve to have resources to help them in a safe and inclusive manner.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords

Mental Health, LGBTQ+, Youth

Recommended Citation

Perotin, Adrian, "The Importance of Mental Health Amongst the LGBTQ+ Community" (2023). High Impact Practices Student Showcase Fall 2023. 88.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/hip-2023fall/88