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DESCRIPTION:LGBTQ+ Communities and Mental Health: Thriving with Courage in the Face of 
 Adversity\n\nWhen: June 22, 2021 @ 11:00 AM PT\n\nInfo & Register: 
 https://www.disabilityrightsca.org/post/webinar-lgbtq-communities-and-mental-health-experiences-of-thriving-with-courage-in-the-face\n\n\nIn 
 honor of Pride Month, we have invited speakers from the LGBTQ+ and mental 
 health communities to share their personal stories of courage, strength and 
 purpose. \n\nThey affirm that we all have the ability to reach our fullest 
 potential. From their lived experiences, we will learn how support, 
 guidance and encouragement have empowered them to voice their own needs and 
 advocate for their rights.\n\nPlease join us as we discuss:\n\n--Personal 
 Stories\n--LGBTQ+ Communities and Mental Health\n--Self-Advocacy 
 Strategies\n--Accomplishments and Message of Hope\n\n\nSPEAKERS:\n\nVictor 
 Alvarez \n\nVictor Alvarez (he/him/his) lives in Sacramento with his 
 husband, Ryan, and two teenage kids. Passionate about theater, languages, 
 cultures, and coffee, Victor is eager to travel and be around diverse 
 people once more.\n\nVictor studied Latin American Studies, Spanish, 
 Italian, French and Russian at CSU Chico. Upon graduating cum laude, Victor 
 became a Youth and Young Adult Director in Minnesota and California while 
 pursuing his Master’s Degree in Pastoral Administration from Loyola 
 University - New Orleans. Victor started at DRC in January 2014 as an 
 Administrative Assistant. He has been a Patients’ Rights Advocate at Napa 
 State Hospital since July 2017.\n\nAt CSU Chico, Victor came out as 
 bisexual to his close friends. In 2002, Victor married Nicole and had two 
 children in 2004 and 2008. After a messy divorce in 2010, Victor dated men 
 and more closely identifies as a gay man, marrying Ryan in 2018.\n\nVictor 
 has struggled with depression and anxiety all his life, but did not seek 
 treatment or receive an official diagnosis until 2003. Victor manages with 
 a combination of talk therapy, medication, and light therapy – for those 
 pesky winter blues (Seasonal Affective Disorder).\n\nA pop-culture, Drag, & 
 Disney junkie, Victor can usually be found drinking iced coffee while 
 playing with his two chihuahuas and people-watching outside a local coffee 
 shop. He loves reading biographies about the secret, sordid lives of 
 Hollywood’s Golden Age actors and is currently learning 
 Portuguese.\n\nMary Jensen\n\nMary Jensen (they/them/their) is a Reviewer 
 in the Office of Payee Review and Beneficiary Assistance with Disability 
 Rights California. They graduated with a degree in Deaf Studies from CSU 
 Northridge and have been with DRC since 2016. Mary is an Autistic, Hard of 
 Hearing wheelchair user with mental health disabilities; they are also 
 transgender and mixed raced. Mary is passionate about advocating for 
 disability justice and mental health care equity through an intersectional 
 lens.\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/14/18843227.php
SUMMARY:LGBTQ+ Communities & Mental Health: Thriving with Courage in the Face of Adversity
LOCATION:Online webinar
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/14/18843227.php
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