Five books for Pride month
David shares five of his favourite books written by LGBTQ+ authors, and what they’ve taught him about mental health, identity, trauma and inclusion.
Type: Blog
Being asexual and the road to pride
A guest writer reflects on coming out as asexual, struggles with acceptance and invisibility, and hope for a future beyond labels and explanations.
Type: Blog
Podcast: David Woodhead
David Woodhead shares how his experiences as a gay man have affected his mental health, for good and ill, and about his journey from addiction to recovery.
Type: Blog
Let communities lead: reflections on lived experience and identity on World AIDS Day
David’s reflection sheds light on the crucial need to listen and learn from people living with HIV if we are to realise the interventions required to improve mental health and well-being.
Type: Blog
Why I won’t ‘debate’ trans and non-binary people’s lives and will champion their mental health instead
In his second piece as our writer in residence, Andrew K Kauffmann unpacks the harmful impact of transphobic rhetoric on trans people’s mental health and calls for solidarity within the LGBTQ+ community.
Type: Page
‘If I could turn back time’: What LGBTQ+ history tells us about collective grief and trauma
This LGBTQ+ history month, David reflects on the ongoing impact of the AIDS epidemic on those who lived and loved through it, the murder of Brianna Ghey and the impact of systemic transphobia today in decades to come
Type: Blog
Stigma and mental health: reflections for World AIDS Day
This World AIDS Day, David Woodhead reflects on the stigma, discrimination and isolation of HIV, and the impact on mental health
Type: Blog
Seasons of love: reflections on what makes me proud
David reflects on how his LGBTQ+ community and allies have carried each other through the most difficult of times
Type: Blog
Don’t leave me this way: what we can learn about grief and bereavement from the AIDS pandemic
For David, LGBTQ+ History Month is an opportunity for us to reflect on what we can learn from AIDS in the ’80s to prepare us for the next phase of the COVID pandemic
Type: Blog
Mental health for all?
The final report of the Commission for Equality in Mental Health highlights that change is possible, setting out a system designed for equality
Type: Publication