Green Party Councillors and members will march against stigma attached with mental health issues tomorrow as part of World Mental Health Day. The event will feature a walk from Brighton’s Palace Pier to the Peace Statue at Hove Lawns.[1]
Caroline Lucas MP stated:
“Historically LGBT people have suffered appalling treatment at the hands of the authorities' while many have been especially stigmatised by the inclusion of trans people on the Psychiatric Disorder Register– something that the Green Party would change through a re-write the Mental Health Act. I would like to express solidarity with everyone marching on Saturday; we must fight to end discrimination and to condemn the stigma which blights too many lives in the LGBT community.”
Cllr Phelim Mac Cafferty' National Spokesperson of LGBTGreens added:
“The Count Me in Too Survey[2] starkly highlighted that a majority of LGBT people in Brighton and Hove have experienced some form of mental health difficulty with nearly a quarter having suicidal thoughts and 7% attempting suicide in the last 5 years.
“This is why it is so important to stand up in public and say that we will march together against discrimination and together we will stamp out the stigma which wrecks lives. The Green Party are proud to show our support.”
[1] Saturday October 8th' 11:30AM' Palace Pier Brighton .
[2] Count Me in Too' May 2008 www.realadmin.co.uk/microdir/3700/File/CMIT_MentalHealth_Report_Final_29.5.08.pdf
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