Learning

The Dandelion Hive works towards educating people around topics connected to the various intersections of the LGBTQIA+ community, especially within mental health and recovery spaces. Here you will find some training modules, specific information on a variety of topics, workshop info, and other media resources related to these topics of interest. We utilize grant funding support to create training modules to be available to the public whenever possible. Any modules that were created without financial support will also be available to the public. We only ask that if you utilize them, that you make a donation to The Dandelion Hive to help either offset the cost of producing them or to support upcoming modules and educational content.

The dandelion is ever-evolving, ever-learning, and ever-growing no matter where and how the seeds fall.

  • A trauma-informed perspective is the recognition and understanding of someone’s trauma responses in systems of care. It creates space and safety for the person to come as they are without fear of judgment and punishment due to the wide range of manifestations of their trauma. Each piece of any system of care plays a part in acknowledging these responses and engaging in a way that is deactivating, rather than activating them further.

    • Self-guided PowerPoint coming soon!

  • Coined by Kimberlé Crenshaw in 1989, intersectionality is a term to describe how someone’s various identities, whether personally recognized or socially assigned, blend together to construct varying degrees & forms of oppression, discrimination, privilege, or advantage.

    Common examples of different identities that make up these intersections are: sexuality, gender identity, gender expression, neurodivergence, mental health concerns (psychosocial disabilities), physical disabilities, HIV status, level of education, spirituality, race, ethnicity, substance usage status, trauma history, social “class”, etc.

    Some randomized examples of intersectional identities within the LGBTQIA+ community are: a non-binary Jewish person in recovery with Tourette’s, a black trans woman living with cPTSD and HIV, an gay indigenous alcoholic living with a dissociative disorder, a lesbian with ADHD who never graduated college, an asexual genderfluid person who is autistic, and a latinx queer drag queen who uses a wheelchair.

    Each intersection presents different levels of marginalization and/or privilege depending on how society perceives and treats each identity or combinations of identities. The LGBTQIA+ community automatically has one or more identity related to sexuality or gender identity and expression. Most people within the LGBTQIA+ community also have an intersection with mental health and/or recovery.

    The Dandelion Hive acknowledges all of the intersections of the LGBTQIA+ community and works to center them in conversations around mental health and recovery.

  • We invite you to further your own understanding and knowledge by utilizing our learning modules. We only ask that you help support us in any way that you are able to. Some modules are grant funded, some are made collaboratively, and some are made possible by donations from our supporters.

Our Workshops

We tailor workshops on LGBTQA+ topics in recovery & mental health spaces according to organizational learning or training goals. We are versed in different workshop formats and timing.

To request more information and a quote, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/Yq1ueDqXsPxPMtap9

For more information, contact Jayden LeBlanc via email at jayden@thedandelionhive.org.

Peer-Led LGBTQIA+ Workshop — Sept 19 & 20, 2024

For peers working with LGBTQIA+ clients, other peers, and professionals in mental health and recovery spaces.

  • 20-minute learning module on LGBTQIA+ topics

  • LGBTQIA+ presenters on peer-based experiences

  • Takeaway worksheets and resource lists

  • 30-minute Q&A session

Drinks and snacks provided!

Thursday, Sept. 19 from 6-8pm and Friday, Sept. 20 from 1:30-3:30pm @ Diversity Richmond, Main Event Hall