: Violence, stigma and identity: Why the queer mental health crisis requires attention #IndiaNEWS During the Covid-19 pandemic, mental health re-emerged as a neglected global crisis. Somewhere in the

Violence, stigma and identity: Why the queer mental health crisis requires attention #IndiaNEWS
During the Covid-19 pandemic, mental health re-emerged as a neglected global crisis. Somewhere in the midst of these urgent discussions, the critical gaps in queer mental health, or the well-being of LGBTQI++ communities that are historically excluded and stigmatised, lay languishing.This is not surprising as a large section of these discussions are led by heteronormative constituencies of experts whose approach to mental health is unilateral. In regions such as South Asia, where mental health issues exist at an epic scale, the ask to focus specifically on queer mental health is often considered an overreach and privilege. It is crowded out among discussion and in programmes.Good mental health and well-being is critical for everyone but for some vulnerable communities such as LGBTQI++ folks, the dangers are immediate and pressing. In plain sight, the crisis is much more severe in these communities.On the margins In India, for instance, despite progressive movements in queer rights, mental health remains a critical, unaddressed challenge. By some measures, 17% of India’s population identifies as non-heterosexual. Yet, the access to information, support and mental health services in these communities is as good as negligible.These communities may not differ in terms of access to services from the rest of the populations but the health...Read more

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