Mental Health Hour

Webinars exploring LGBTQ+ mental health with guest speakers.

Lancashire LGBT have created a unique series of Mental Health Hour webinars exploring the intersections between diverse identities and LGBTQ+ mental health with a range of guest speakers. This series is for individuals wanting to learn how to manage their own mental health, and for professionals wanting to learn more about the lived experience of being LGBTQ+, and trying to access mental health services in the UK.

Each Mental Health Hour webinar has a different guest speaker who brings a specific focus to big topics in mental health.

So far, we have had professionals working in Psychotherapy, Mental Health, Sexual Health, Trans Health and Higher Education, as well as volunteers for regional and national LGBTQ+ charities. We are currently working on a second series.

You can also watch the full series on our YouTube channel.

Identity, shame and self-acceptance

Bryan Dalgleish-Warburton

In this Mental Health Hour, guest speaker Bryan Dalgleish-Warburton discusses the negative impact of shame on LGBTQ+ mental health, and reflects on his work in psychotherapy to suggest…

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Mind, Body, Spirit: A Queer Muslim perspective

Osman and Deenah

In this Mental Health Hour, guest speakers Osman and Deenah discuss the challenges of coming out and growing up as queer Muslims, and how they explore and celebrate…

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Accessing support for sex and relationship problems and gender issues

Matthew Pearce

In this Mental Health Hour, guest speaker Matthew Pearce discusses the different types of support available to LGBTQ+ people in Lancashire who are experiencing sex and relationship problems…

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Queer Black Mental Health

Tolu Ajayi and Cheryl Martin

In this Mental Health Hour, guest speakers Tolu Ajayi and Cheryl Martin discuss a series of topics relating to Queer Black Mental Health, and reflect on their own…

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Trans Mental Health

Jay McNeil

In this Mental Health Hour, guest speaker Jay McNeil discusses a series of topics relating to Trans Mental Health, and reflects on his lived experience navigating this as…

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LGBTQ+ and disability

Daniele Lul

In this Mental Health Hour, Daniele Lul discusses a series of topics relating to being a disabled LGBTQ+ person and his passion for improving visibility of LGBTQ+ people…

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Using Art as a means to explore Trans Mental Health

Emma Preston

In this Mental Health Hour, Emma Preston discusses her personal journey as a trans woman, how she has navigated mental health, and how important her creative outputs are…

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Queering Western Yoga practices

Tasmin Nicole

In this Mental Health Hour, Tasmin Nicole discusses the value of yoga as a means of improving mental health, and her experience of trying to make yoga less…

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