Lgbtq online community

Our Online Support Live Chat is confidential, non-judgmental and anonymous. We are open on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons.

To find out when we are open, see the pink bubble on every page of our website.

When we are open, you can chat to us through the chat box in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. When we are closed you can exit us a message and we will get back to you when we are next online.

“I make contact often, because it helps me feels connected to the outside world, without it I wouldn’t have contact with anyone.”

"Fantastic support. Non judgemental, the person didn't tell me what to do but instead asked really insightful questions to earn me thinking about what I had to do myself. Recognize you so much for this service!"

“I feel suicidal daily, mostly of an evening.  This service is a lifeline!”

Our online help sessions are run by:

• Trained and experienced LGBTQ online support volunteers
• MindOut’s LGBTQ mental health practitioners, including advocacy workers and counsellors
• External, specialist LGBTQ service

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  MindOut is a mental health service run by and for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer (LGBTQ) people.
  

  We serve to improve the mental health and wellbeing of all LGBTQ communities and to make mental health a community concern.

  We recognise that our communities are wonderfully diverse and welcome all LGBTQ+ people including those who spot as asexual, aromantic, pansexual, non-binary, genderqueer, genderfluid and intersex.

  Our services are also available to those who may not identify under the LGBTQ umbrella, including straight people who have sexual and/or romantic relationships with LGBTQ people, men who have sex with men, women who have sex with women, people who previously identified as LGBTQ and those who are questioning their sexual and/or gender identities. If you are unsure, please do obtain in touch with us.

  Our services are for LGBTQ people aged 18+ who are based in Sussex, with the exception of our Online Support service which is available nationally. See below for opening times.

  
  

  LGBTQ+ Communities

  This month marks LGBTQ+ History Month, an opportunity to grasp more about the history of the community and support our LGBTQ+ friends and family.

  The LGBTQ+ Network have spoken about what community means to them to tie into this year’s theme of ‘Community Connections’, and contain also pulled together a raft of resources to help people find local LGBTQ+ communities across England too which you can check out at the bottom of this page.

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  Melissa, a member of the Network said: “There are thousands of different definitions of what a community is. The Cambridge Dictionary definition states that a community consists of people living in one particular area or people who are considered as a unit because of their common interest, social group or nationality.

  “However, I perceive this doesn’t apply to the LGBTQ+ community. For example, the LGBTQ+ community extends across all over the globe, rather than just one particular area. It reaches out to many distinct social groups, whose people may all have completely different interests amongst them.

  “This is what I think make