The pandemic has posed a significant risk to marginalised and vulnerable groups, including LGBTQ+ and POC communities. In 2016, Higgins A.
et al conducted a national study of the mental health and wellbeing of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people in Northern Ireland.
The study highlighted the mental health struggles experienced by young LGBTQ+ people in Ireland. Findings of the study revealed Northern Irish (NI) LGBTQ+ youth were twice more likely to self-harm and three times more like to experience suicide ideation.
The LGBTQ+ youth were also four times more likely to experience anxiety and depression than their non-LGBTQ+ friends. BeLong To Youth Services’ new data has revealed this mental health struggle has been