Headcase

Headcase is a groundbreaking collection of personal reflections and artistic representations illustrating the intersection of mental wellness, mental illness, and LGBTQ identity, as well as the lasting impact of historical views equating queer and trans identity with mental illness. The featured pieces offer personal views from both providers and clients, often one and the same, about their experiences. In the anthology, readers will access the inner thoughts of contributors who collectively document the difficulty of navigating flawed healthcare systems that limit affordable access to genuinely affirming, effective services. Traversing boundaries of race and ethnic identity, age, gender identity, and socioeconomic status, Headcase appeals to LGBTQ communities and, specifically, LGBTQ mental health consumers and their friends, families, and comrades.

Auteur

Stephanie Schroeder, JD, is a freelance writer, peer advocate and housing specialist in New York City. Teresa Theophano, LCSW, is a freelance writer/editor and social worker in the field of aging. She lives in New York City.

Contenu

Foreword Kai Cheng Thom Introduction Stephanie Schroeder and Teresa Theophano Part I: Conversations About Mental Health and Wellness 1. Falling Between the Cracks of Queer and Black Tanisha Neely 2. Queer Affirmative Therapy Arlene Istar Lev 3. Not All Wounds Are Visible Louisa Hammond 4. Border/ lines Juan Antonio Trujillo 5. Sa Kanyang Sariling Mga Salita: Health, Identity, and Articulations of Self Donald V. Brown, Jr., with Fidelindo A. Lim 6. Trust Me, I'm a Doctor Lynn Breedlove 7. LGBTQ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues: A Provider's Journey Joseph Ruggiero 8. The Bone Crushing Bill Konigsberg Part II: Stories of Survival 9. In Chiron's Footsteps Paula J. Williams 10. Not Our Fault Chana Wilson 11. Figuring It Out Together: Mental Health Survival Strategies from Detroit's Queer and Trans Youth of Color Lance Hicks 12. Sisyphus (or: Rocks Fall and Everyone Dies) J. R. Sullivan Voss 13. The Family Legacy Ends Here Teresa Theophano 14. Roll the Dice Michael Brown 15. Jesus and the Closets Sara Zaanti 16. The Lived Experience of LGBT Veterans: Finding Support Within the VA Healthcare System Kathryn Wagner Part III: Encounters of the Mad Kind 17. Psychiatry Kate Millett 18. Surviving Science, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Being Mad and Queer Calvin Rey Moen 19. Knowing Reynolds Lucy Winer 20. On a Subway Platform, a Life Flashes- Here, Gone Antoine B. Craigwell 21. This Work Is About Digested Socks Gabrielle Jordan Stein 22. Taming My Inner Fundamentalist Kelly Barth 23. Fix Me Please: I'm Gay! Guy Albert 24. Crowdsourcing My Antipsychotic Stephanie Schroeder Part IV: Pushing Boundaries 25. On Listening to Clients, or Why Do Providers Sometimes Have a Hard Time Hearing What Recipients of Care Have to Say? Christian Huygen 26. Problem Glyphs Eliza Gauger 27. Erasure Gabriella M. Belfiglio 28. Informed Consent Asher J. Wickell 29. Bad Penny J. M. Ellison 30. Liberating The Big Pink Elephant in the Therapy Room Thomas Mondragon 31. GLEAM Nikkiesha N. McLeod Part V: The Poetics of Mental Health and Wellness 32. Outlier: The Agoraphobia Fragments Kevin Shaw 33. Were You Confused as a Child? Stephen Mead 34. Pleasure- Based Parenting Crista Anne 35. Doctor Anonymous: A Play, and a Lesson in Medical Ethics Guy Fredrick Glass 36. Jekyll's Lover James Penha 37. Feathers Benjamin Klas Resources Index .