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This workshop will provide an introduction to the influences which shape LGBTTQIA+ people’s wellbeing and practical strategies in how to support them.
This workshop will provide an introduction to the influences which shape LGBTTQIA+ people’s wellbeing and practical strategies in how to support them.
Participants will learn common terminology used in Aotearoa to describe sex, sexual attraction, gender identity and gender expression and an understanding of health issues through a rainbow perspective. This workshop will also provide participants with rainbow resources and suicide prevention strategies.
Overview and Learning Intentions
Learn the difference between sexual orientation, gender identity and expression and sex characteristics
Identify health needs of rainbow people and social causes for these
Gain skills and resources to support LGBTTQIA+ people’s wellbeing
Explore ways to be an active ally to LGBTTQIA+ people you support
Working with people experiencing mental health and addiction needs
Working within communities
Challenging discrimination
Maintaining professional and personal development
Registered Nurse - BHSc, MN, Cert tertiary teaching
Tasha (she/her) is a Nurse Educator with 20 years experience working in specialist mental health acute services and nursing education across New Zealand. Currently she is the lead for both Risk and Rainbow education portfolios in Canterbury. Her professional practice is underpinned by a belief that everyone is capable and deserving of a leading a life with meaning, dignity and belonging. Tasha came out as a proud queer women in 2003 and since has been an advocate for greater recognition and support for rainbow mental health. Tasha completed her Masters research on Lesbian womens’ experience of grief and loss from the death of an intimate partner in a New Zealand context. When not working Tasha enjoys pottering in her garden with her wife and greyhound.
Workshop Type: Introductory | Workshop Level: Four Catering: Refreshments provided
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