LGBTQ2S+ & Schizophrenia
Why is it prevalent to talk about psychosis within the LGBTQ2S+ community? How are our coming out stories different or the same as our opening up stories about psychosis? What can the Psychosis community learn about language from the LGBTQ2S+ community? What additional barriers to care or additional stigma is presented with the intersection being part of both the Psychosis community and the LGBTQ2S+ community? How do you help an LGBTQ2S+ community member living with psychosis? Michelle Hammer from Schizophrenic.NYC and Cecilia McGough from Students With Psychosis get close-up and personal on this episode of @schizophreniaandthecity
Sources:
The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/surv…
NCBI: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti…
National Center for Transgender Equality: https://bit.ly/39EBpMc
BMC Psychiatry: https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.c…
Schizophrenia And The City
The Podcast
Schizophrenia And The City Hosts
Schizophrenia And The City is a podcast and video series hosted by two New York City women.
Michelle Hammer is a Schizophrenia Activist and spends her time passionately fighting stigma. At 27, Michelle decided to use her artistic talents and fearless personality to do something that could benefit the mental health community. In May 2015, she founded a mental health focused clothing brand. Schizophrenic.NYC is a clothing brand with the mission of reducing stigma by starting conversations about mental health. Michelle has also been featured in many publications such as Mashable, The Daily Mail, Stylist, and Buzzfeed.
Cecilia McGough is a New York City-based mental health activist, writer, media consultant, and radio astronomer. Cecilia also happens to have schizophrenia but does not let her diagnosis define her. Cecilia is the founder and executive director of the nonprofit Students With Psychosis and content creator for the I Am Not A Monster: Schizophrenia project. As a TEDx speaker and Special Books By Special Kids interviewee, Cecilia’s videos have been viewed over 20 million times over multiple platforms across the globe and featured in Forbes, Glamour UK, Barcroft TV, and CBS This Morning national news.
