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For National Inclusion Week, Be/Here looks at the difference between visible promises and the everyday psychological safety LGBTQIA+ people actually experience.

I want to start this gently, because this conversation can feel heavy. When we talk about queer people experiencing higher mental health challenges, we have to be really careful not to make it sound like being LGBTQIA+ is the problem. It isn’t. Being queer is not a mental health issue. Being trans is not a mental health issue. Being non-binary, bi, lesbian, gay, pan, ace, intersex, questioning or anywhere under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella is not the thing that makes someone unwell.

There is a particular kind of anxiety that I think many LGBTQIA+ people know far too well. It is not always loud. It does not always look like panic. Sometimes it looks like checking the room before you speak. Changing your language without even realising.Wondering whether it is safe to mention your partner.Bracing yourself before a family gathering, a workplace conversation, a GP appointment, or even a form that only gives you two boxes to choose from. At Be/Here, this is so