81: A Conversation on Black LGBTQ+ Mental Health - with Josh Odam, Founder of Healing While Black

Josh Odam is the founder and curator of Healing While Black, an online space devoted to normalizing conversations around mental health for Black and Brown queer, trans*, and gender non-conforming people.

Currently, he is a first-year student, pursuing a Master’s in Social Work (MSW). He understands his mental health is inextricably linked to antiblackness and queerantagonism. His goal is to provide comprehensive and anticolonial therapeutic intervention for marginalized communities in New York State.       

In this episode, Josh discusses Black mental health & his experiences as a Black queer man. He also touches on the importance of acknowledging all parts of one's identity by embracing intersectionality, why being an "ally" is not enough, the process of healing, the need for accomplices in the LGBTQ community, and more.

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