It’s July and Pride Month is over. I intended to write a few posts about Pride Mont, but the month quickly got away from me....and now July seems to be getting away from me.
An article that came up during June was the Gender-Affirming
Hormone Therapy Linked to Better MH in Trans Youth. For me, it was
exciting to see some research in this area because it has been a concern of
mine for some time. I don’t like giving my unfounded opinion on things and from
time to time I would find myself in some conversations regarding hormone
therapy for youth. Experts are calling
for youth to receive gender-affirming care including gender-affirming hormone
therapy if it is the desire of the youth. This is really important information
for social workers working with you. Social workers should be advocating for
laws and policies that increase access to gender-affirming care. While there is
a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, research like this provides evidence for
effectiveness rather than leaving things up to opinion.
Back in July
of 2021, I shared some writing I had done awhile ago about cyberbullying. This
piece really focused on educating social workers on cyberbullying and educating
parents on internet safety. Online safety is a major concern for everyone these
days- not just youth. Someone found this blog and shared an online guide to for
LGBTQ to protect themselves online. Here is the link to the guide: https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/lgbtq-guide-online-safety/.
There is actually a lot of good information in the safety guide that can help a
lot of people.
For work, I was able to develop a short learning challenge
to encourage behavioral health leaders and providers to learn more about the
LGBTQ+ community and the challenges the community faces and how to build
inclusivity. The challenge can be found here.
You don’t have to wait for June again to learn about LGBTQ+ issues so feel free
to use the resource anytime.
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