MindOut, the LGBT Mental Health project, are once again holding a Human Library at the Falmer Campus of the University of Brighton.
The event will take place on Wednesday, October 29 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and MindOut are currently recruiting volunteers.
A Human Library event is designed to challenge the stigma and prejudice associated with labelled identity. Volunteers act as ‘books’ with a title of their choosing that describes an aspect of their chosen identity such as bisexual parent; partner of a trans* person; older Jewish lesbian; person with social anxiety.
Readers choose to borrow the “book” from the library and spend time with him or her, asking questions, having conversations and learning how it is to live as a person with that chosen identity.
MindOut are seeking to recruit forty volunteers to act as books for the event.
Full training will be given on Monday, October 27 (6 p.m. – 8 p.m.) at Community Base.
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