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This was a great event last year and promises to be even better in 2017! Mark R D Johnson Emeritus Professor of Diversity in Health & Social Care Mary Seacole Research Centre / CEEHD De Montfort University Leicester LE1 9BH please use e-mail: telephone messages may not be received ________________________________________ From: Julie Fish Sent: 04 January 2017 10:10 To: Mark Johnson Subject: Mental health in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Communities: Building resilience, Tuesday 28 February 2017, De Montfort University Dear colleague, Please circulate through your networks We are writing to invite you to our third annual #DMUpride conference to be held at De Montfort University. This groundbreaking conference will address mental health and well being which is a growing concern both among LGBT communities across the lifespan and more specifically for young people and students in higher education. We have an exciting line up of speakers who will address mental health among trans and non-binary communities, young people, LGB people’s mental well being from Black and Minority Ethnic communities and a service user’s perspective. Mental health in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Communities: Building resilience De Montfort University Tuesday 28 February 2017 All welcome 10.00-4.00pm – registration from 9.30 Venue: Trinity Chapel - 14th century former hospital - The Newarke, Leicester, LE2 7BY As part of #DMUpride month, we are holding our 3rd annual conference entitled Mental health in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Communities: Building resilience. This conference will uniquely bring together academic researchers in mental health alongside provider organisations in addition to the perspectives of people who are users of mental health services. The conference will address mental health among homeless LGBT people, trans people’s wellbeing and mental health among young people. We have a cutting edge programme of speakers and workshops addressing mental health and well-being across the broad range of LGBTQ communities including trans and non-binary people. Programme 10.00 Professor Julie Fish: Why we need to talk about mental health in LGBTQ communities 10.10 Dr Ruth McNair: Homelessness and mental health among LGBT communities 10.40 Dr Zowie Davy: Social movements in trans mental health Coffee break 11.10 Dr Liz McDermott: Queer Futures: Preventing LGBTQ youth suicide and self-harm 11.40 Adrian Trett: Mind over Matter: "Missing the Education Gap": Leading to a "Life Cycle" of Complications for LGBTQ people 12.10 Screening of LGBT Open Mind video 12.15 Panel Q&A 12.45 Lunch Workshops 1.45pm – 2.45pm 1. Zaqia Rehman –Mental health among LGB people from BME communities 2. Sam Hope - Challenging the binary: Non-binary struggles and opportunities in mental health 3. Michelle Grimwood – the Youth Chances project 2.45- 3.00pm coffee 3- 3.30pm Plenary feedback Places are limited, please register by emailing [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Kind regards, Julie Fish Professor Julie Fish Director, Centre for LGBT Research Chair in Social Work and Health Inequalities De Montfort University Leicester 0116 257 7750