Gender-affirming care focuses on an individual’s physical, mental and social health needs. This care is absolutely lifesaving for transgender, gender diverse, and nonbinary people. As a therapist in California, I support gender-affirming care by providing necessary letters during our first session. In order to fully understand what gender-affirming care is, we must first understand what it means to have a “gender identity crisis.”
Most of us had a childhood filled with both subtle and overt lessons of how people and things “should” be. Our family, culture, and society expect us to fit into a certain mold and behave a certain way. Because of the type of upbringing that many people experience, it can be very difficult for people in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and asexual (LGBTQA) community to come out...
Abusers come in all colors, shapes and sizes, and from all cultures and religious backgrounds. And while you may think someone who is capable of violence must have a criminal background, studies have found that 90% of abusers do not have criminal backgrounds.
The journey of self-love and self-acceptance is often difficult for anyone, but members of the LGBTQ+ community often face unique mental health challenges. Due to societal stigma, discrimination, and a lack of understanding, individuals identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or any other sexual or gender minority may experience higher rates of mental illness.