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A screen shows a woman holding a microphone joyously. In the right hand corner it says "We will begin shortly." In the left hand corner, it says "CURED" the documentary's name, which covers LGBT health and historic abuse of LGBT people in the medical system..
Posted inGender health

Fixing past wrongs: NC mental health advocates reflect on LGBTQ discrimination in medicine

by Elizabeth Thompson June 30, 2021August 31, 2022

By Elizabeth Thompson Dan Leonard was struggling in the spring of 1966. He had recently come out as gay, and he was in the midst of a difficult academic program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Eventually, he was dismissed from the medical school. The sting of the dismissal […]

A person sits at their computer. On the screen is the LGBTQ flag with people on it.
Posted inGender health

Building community and mental health spaces went online for LGBTQ youth in North Carolina and beyond

by Elizabeth Thompson June 15, 2021August 31, 2022
Shows a woman speaking to a crowd of people sitting in a wood paneled chapel. Behind her is a rose window.
Posted inMental Health

Dix Park opens All Faiths Chapel on grounds

by Thomas Goldsmith June 1, 2021August 31, 2022
A woman at a podium in front of a trifold poster. She is Laurie Coker, who is discussing a peer support and community-first model to mental health
Posted inMental Health

In Winston-Salem, a community-first approach to mental illness

by Yen Duong November 6, 2019November 5, 2019
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Posted inMental Health

Family members of people with mental illness find support, skills

by Yen Duong August 12, 2019October 23, 2019
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Posted inAging

Bill to focus on caregiving for NC’s older adults struggles for life

by Thomas Goldsmith May 23, 2019May 23, 2019

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