{"id":32548,"date":"2018-04-19T13:56:09","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T13:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=32548"},"modified":"2018-04-19T13:56:09","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T13:56:09","slug":"stand-lgbt-cardiff-university-taking-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/stand-lgbt-cardiff-university-taking-actions","title":{"rendered":"Stand with LGBT+, Cardiff University is taking actions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>&#8220;The LGBT+ communities are at higher risk of suffering from mental health problems. So it is important to show people the supports we have,&#8221; says LGBT+ Officer at Cardiff University.<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32569\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32569\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-32569 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/828380301-625x356.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"356\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32569\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32569 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/828380301-625x356.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"356\" \/><\/noscript> Taz Jones and Josh Lewis are the co-president of LGBT+ Association at Cardiff University.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cardiff University is running a campaign featuring a week of events to raise the awareness of mental health in LGBT+ community.<\/p>\n<p>The LGBT+ officers from Student Union are running a campaign named Stand with LGBT+ this week. This campaign aims to raise the awareness of LGBT+ mental health across the campus, by a series of activities, including coffee sessions, raising donation for LGBT+ association and also a celebration party at the end of the week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The LGBT+ community is particularly at risk of suffering from mental health problems, and trans-community is even more at risk within the LGBT+ community itself,\u201d says Josh Lewis, the LGBT+ officer and Co-President of LGBT+ Association, \u201cThe main purposes are to show how important it is to be aware of LGBT+ mental health, the support systems at Student Union and how can students access them.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32570\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32570\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-32570 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/1575407882-625x833.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32570\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32570 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/1575407882-625x833.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"833\" \/><\/noscript> LGBT+ Officer is at the school buildings for information and wristbands distribution.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the charity Rethink Mental Illness surveys LGBT+ communities are at more risk of suicidal behavior and self-half than non-LGBT+ people. And LGBT+ people are 1.5 times more likely to develop depression and anxiety compared to the rest of the population.<\/p>\n<p>However students are not always willing to talk about them. As Taz Jones the other the LGBT+ officer says, \u201cSometimes many students are happy to talk about their identities but not happy to talk about the mental problems they are suffering.\u201d And the issue is always serious and urgent.<\/p>\n<p>Josh shares his own experiences, \u201cI think that the problem is very widespread and it does access every area of society. I in Cardiff have been homophobia abused on the streets of the town in Cardiff, and that can seriously affect people&#8217;s mental health and has affected my mental health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, statistics from Stonewall recognized that Cardiff University as the UK\u2019s top 15 LGBT friendly employer and the top trans-employer in January. So celebrating the achievement is also another purpose of this campaign.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32571 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/1783452879-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-32571 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2018\/04\/1783452879-625x352.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Josh added,\u00a0 \u201cWe want the staffs know how acceptable and supportive the university is. There are safe places to chat,\u00a0 and always ways out of the mental health problems that they&#8217;re facing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the events for Stand with LGBT+ and supports you can get, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cardiffstudents.com\/your-voice\/campaigns\/standwithlgbtplus\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LGBT+ communities are at higher risk of mental health, and here are the supports people can get access to at Cardiff Uni.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":499,"featured_media":32569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6,14],"tags":[],"coauthors":[742],"class_list":["post-32548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture","category-global-city","category-politics-social-justice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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