Mental Health Advocates from the LGBTQ Community

Australia

• Jason Ball, mental health advocacy with Young and Well CRC
• Georgie Harman, Chief Executive Officer, Beyondblue (a mental health organization).
• Lex Watson, activist with CAMP (Campaign Against Mental Persecution)
• Jennifer Westacott, Chair of the Mental Health Council of Australia.

Canada

• Persimmon Blackbridge, writer whose work focuses on mental health.
• Katherine Dudtschak, Board member of mental health organization Jack.org.
• Alain Mootoo, Chief Operating Officer, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
• Susan Mullin, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
• Ness Murby, mental health practioner.
• Seamus O'Regan, spokesperson for Bell Let's Talk, which focuses on mental health.
• Lori Ross, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

Germany

• Nicolas Endlicher, mental health activist.

Great Britain

• Christina Angermayer, co-founder, Aurora Institute.
• Jonny Benjamin, Mental health and suicide prevention campaigner.
• Dinesh Bhugra, Professor of Mental Health and Diversity, King's College London.
• Ellen Jones, campaigns for LGBTQ mental health.
• James Longman, mental health activist.
• Hannah Jane Parkinson, journalist and columnist for The Guardian.
• Dr Pepe, mental health of HIV and AIDS patients.
• Liz Sayce, author of books on mental health, and policy director of mental health charity MIND.
• Soren Stauffer-Kruse, psychologist.
• Jacqueline Wilson, writer whose themes include mental health.

Greece

• Nicholas Yatromanolakis, worked on mental and physical health of children.

Ireland

• Gavan Hennigan, mental health activist.
• John McNamara, Chair of the charity Community Creations.
• Gearoid Towey, Founder of Crossing the Line Sport - an organisation dedicated to athlete mental health.

New Zealand

• Elizabeth Kerekere, produced the first major research on mental health and the culture of on the takatāpui whānau.

Somalia

• Diriye Osman, writer who explores mental health in his work.

United States

• Michael Angelakos, founder of the mental health advocacy group 'The Wishart Group'.
• Mary Barber, Co-editor, Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health.
• Robert Paul Cabaj, Medical Director of Mental Health Services, San Mateo, California.
• Laura Erickson-Schroth, Psychiatrist, NYU Medical Center.
• Richard Green, lobbied to remove homosexuality from the list of mental disorders.
• Scott Harms Rose, President, Institute for Clinical Social Work.
• Christine Hallquist, Chaired the Sterling Area Services Mental Health Board.
• Pamela S. Hyde, US Department of Health and Human Services.
• Allison Ikley-Freeman, mental health counselor and therapist.
• Rebecca Isaacs, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.
• Rosemary Ketchum, National Alliance on Mental Illness.
• Wilfred Labiosa, worked in state, national, and international projects that focused on mental health.
• John Richard Nichols, lobbied the American Psychiatric Association to remove homosexuality from their definition of mental illness.
• Ron Schlittler, Program Coordinator, American Psychological Association’s Office on Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.
• Andrew Solomon, Special Advisor on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Mental Health at the Yale School of Psychiatry.
• Henry van Ameringen, foundation focuses on mental health issues.