LGBTQ SOLACE
Using research and collaboration to help LGBTQ+ individuals and communities achieve mental health and wellbeing together
OUR WORK
LGBTQ SOLACE uses research and community-engaged planning to promote access to...
Support,
Opportunities for Learning,
And Community Empowerment
for LGBTQ people with current or previous experiences of mental health challenges,
centering the needs of LGBTQ people in upstate New York
Now SEEKING PROJECT ADVISORY BOARD members!
We are currently recruiting community members (e.g., clinical social workers, peer advocates, community members) for the LGBTQ SOLACE Project Advisory Board (PAB). The PAB will consist of up to 10 NY state residents who meet quarterly on Zoom to discuss and provide feedback on the work of LGBTQ SOLACE. This is a fabulous opportunity to support LGBTQ+ peer mental health support efforts in upstate NY through a modest time commitment. At this time, we are particularly looking for folks living and/or working in the North Country, Adirondacks, Central NY, and Finger Lakes.
"Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. healing is an act of communion."
bell hooks (1999)
Contact Us
Our Partners
LGBTQ Solace is a research and action project of the School of Social Welfare, College of Integrated Health Sciences, University at Albany, SUNY. The study is funded through the Faculty Research Award Program (FRAP-A) at UAlbany (5/1/2024-10/30/2025) and funding is managed through the SUNY Research Foundation. The study protocol, "Towards the Development of a Novel Mental Health Peer Support Intervention for Sexual Minority Women in New York State" has been reviewed and approved by the University at Albany Institutional Review Board (Protocol 23X214).