About the campaign:
Statistics consistently show that people in the LGBTQIA+ community disproportionately experience mental health conditions when compared to the general population.
This pride month, local Merseyside charities Homotopia Arts and Open Door are teaming up to show our support for the community, and to raise awareness of the vital importance of effective mental health support for LGBTQIA+ individuals.
We ran a t-shirt design competition open to entries from anyone identifying as LGBTQIA+ between the ages of 16-25. The winning design that you see comes from Beau Kay (they/them), a local illustrator and animator. Beau’s work can be found on Instagram @wormsuperfan_art and on their Linktree here: www.linktr.ee/wormsuperfanart.
All funds raised from Everpress will be split between the two charities, ensuring that we can continue our powerful work to support LGBTQIA+ youth.
Purchase the T- Shirt here: https://everpress.com/opendoor-homotopia#more-info
About the charities:
Homotopia is an arts and social justice organisation making a cultural impact through art and activism. Born and bred in Liverpool, their work supports and platform local, national, and international Queer and trans creatives, artists, and makers. They do this through a year-round programme of activity, which includes working with young people, artist CPD and our annual festival. Homotopia Festival is the UK’s longest running LGBTQIA+ arts festival, celebrating it’s 21st edition later this year.
Open Door Charity is committed to providing free, fast and effective mental health support to young people across Merseyside. They provide a range of programmes without long waiting lists or lengthy referrals, to get young people the right support, at the right time. Their flagship service Bazaar is an eight week peer-mentor led programme, that has a track record of significantly reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression, having powerful, life changing outcomes for members.
Find out more about Open Door Charity:http://www.opendoorcharity.com