Patrick uses data from e-mental health services to measure the mental health and needs of 2SLGBTQIA+ users over time and determine what types of virtual services are necessary to close the gap.
"I want to contribute to a more inclusive world, and create spaces in academia where queer, trans, and gender diverse people feel heard and represented."
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This article contains details about sexual exploitation involving youth and may not be appropriate for everyone. 2SLGBTQIA+ youth are more likely to experience bullying, abuse, and peer victimization whether at home, school, or in their local community. For example, 2SLGBTQIA+ peer victimization reduced during the COVID-19 pandemic due to attending school virtually. Socializing virtually […]
Internalized homophobia and transphobia is described as directing society’s or culture’s negative attitudes about your identity towards yourself. There is debate about where research and mental health clinicians should focus their attention when working with 2SLGBTQIA+ people on feelings of shame, guilt, or self-hatred towards their identity. Internalized homophobia or transphobia are commonly heard terms, […]
This article contains potentially distressing details about conversion therapy and makes references to suicide. At the beginning of 2022, the practice of conversion therapy was banned in Canada. Conversion therapy, or also known as reparative therapy, is a range of techniques that falsely claim to be able to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender […]
Hate towards 2SLGBTQIA+ people is on the rise in Canada. Rising hate has been seen in country wide anti-2SLGBTQIA+ demonstrations in the fall of 2023, related to education policies, and the rapidly increasing number of hate crimes. Since 2016, hate crimes motivated by sexual orientation have increased 388%. In this past year alone, there was […]
There’s a common stereotype that it’s harder to find relationships in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, which could be true for some given a smaller dating pool. Romantic relationships are often linked to loneliness and research has consistently found that 2SLGBTQIA+ people experience greater levels of loneliness and isolation compared to others. But is this actually true? […]
Canada’s PRIDE began as protests and riots, a resistance against discrimination and criminalizing. In 1973, the first PRIDE week was held across major cities in Canada. That same year, homosexuality was removed as a disorder in the American Psychiatric Associations diagnostic manual of mental disorders. Psychiatry, psychology, and the practice of mental health has a […]
Almost 20% of Canadians are 65 or older. Although we aren’t sure the exact number of 2SLGBTQIA+ older adults, some estimates have been between 2% and 10%. 2SLGBTQIA+ seniors are often overlooked when considering senior care, retirement living, nursing homes, community programs, and healthcare. Many 2SLGBTQIA+ seniors experienced criminalization, discrimination, family rejection, and violence throughout […]
This article references suicide. In Canada, queer and gender diverse people are more likely to live in cities than rural areas. This is often attributed to seeking community in metropolitan areas. Stronger connections to community can have positive impacts, but does living in an urban area really influence 2SLGBTQIA+ mental health? Lesbian, gay, and bisexual […]
Every university student experiences their own unique challenges, whether with academics, making new friends, living away from home for the first time, finding housing, or affording an increasingly expensive education. On top of all these challenges, some students face prejudice, discrimination, a lack of representation, and systemic barriers to success on campus. Many 2SLGBTQIA+ students […]
