Oxford
Oxfordshire OX1 4AU
UK
Young lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people (LGBTQ) are more likely to suffer from suicidal thoughts than their straight friends. 42% of young LGBTQ people have sought medical help for anxiety or depression. 52% of young LGBT people report self-harm either now or in the past. 44% of young LGBTQ people have considered suicide.
Why is it that LGBTQ people show higher rates of poor psychological health, including high rates of anxiety, depression and suicidal feelings, and drug & alcohol misuse?
Would banning gay conversion therapy and removing HIV stigma promote better mental health for gay men? Will the acknowledgement of transgender and asexual identities as normal in psychiatry prevent the pathologisation and medicalisation of the queer community?
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This will be a panel discussion with the speakers below, and we encourage as many students as possible to participate in an open conversation.
DR MAX PEMBERTON:
Medical doctor, journalist and author. He works full-time as a psychiatrist in the NHS and is a weekly columnist for The Daily Mail, writing comment on news events concerning culture, social and ethical issues, the politics of health care and the NHS. Author of Trust Me I’m A (Junior) Doctor, Where Does It Hurt?, and The Doctor Will See You Now.
ALED HAYDN JONES:
Welsh radio editor, presenter and former radio producer. BBC Radio 1 Editor. Host and Producer of BAFTA-nominated Llond Ceg on S4C. Agony Uncle for the Gay Times Magazine. He was the presenter for BBC Radio 1’s The Surgery with Aled and Doctor Radha.
DAVE CHAWNER:
Award winning stand up comic using humour to cover eating disorders & mental health. Ambassador for Mind, The CALMzone, beat, Men Get Eating Disorders Too, and Men and Boys Eating and Exercise Disorders Service – Scotland. He also appeared in Pathe UK’s film ‘Pride’ and spoke at TEDxClapham with the talk “‘Over It’, My Battle With Anorexia”.
PHYLL OPOKU-GYIMAH:
Award-winning Co-Founder & Director of UK Black Pride and Head of Campaigns for the PCS Union. LGBTQ activist and Stonewall trustee. Also known as Lady Phyll, she recently declined an MBE in the Queen’s New Year 2016 Honours List.
EMILY BROTHERS:
The Labour Party politician who stood in the Sutton and Cheam constituency in the 2015 General Election. She is the first openly transgender Labour Party candidate to run for Westminster. Brothers is also blind, and in the past has fought for the rights of those with disabilities. She was instrumental in securing the Disability Living Allowance for blind people.
MATTHEW OGSTON:
Matthew Ogston is founded the Naz and Matt Foundation, after his fiancé Harley Street GP Dr Nazim Mahmood sadly took his own life, two days after his religious family confronted him about his sexuality. The Naz and Matt Foundation provides free support to LGBTQ individuals and their friends and family going through a difficult time because of their sexuality or gender identity.
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Venue: Grove Auditorium, Magdalen College
Doors open 4:30pm
Event begins 4:45pm
This event is open to all sex, gender, sexual, and romantic identities and orientations.
£2 for students (bring ID)
£4 for non-students
Please enter from Longwall Street Gate instead of the Porters Lodge on the High Street.
Grove Auditorium
Magdalen College
Oxford OX1 4AU
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/GI0GB
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There will be opportunities to dine with the speakers after the event. Please get in touch at [email protected] to get a place.