by Julian Clarkson | Mar 29, 2026 | News
Today, 31 March is Trans Day of Visibility, an annual international celebration of trans pride and awareness, recognising transgender, gender diverse and non-binary experiences and achievements. Transgender people face a significantly higher risk of mental health...
by Julian Clarkson | Mar 19, 2026 | News
Happy International Day of Happiness! (although in these uncertain times happiness can have a hard time being heard above anxiety.) In the same way we recognise negative triggers that bring us down, increasingly we’re coming to recognise that positive triggers (better...
by Julian Clarkson | Mar 16, 2026 | News
From BEING CEO, Giancarlo de Vera. “Change can start with a simple phone call. Will you join me for this week’s Day of Action – tomorrow and Wednesday – and call your local MP? Ask them to support an inquiry into a NSW Human Rights Act. BEING...
by Julian Clarkson | Mar 16, 2026 | News
Human Rights Survey 2025 – NSW Results In 2025, the National Mental Health Consumer Alliance, with the assistance of State and Territory bodies like BEING – Mental Health Consumers, conducted a survey with people self-identifying as having mental health...
by Julian Clarkson | Mar 5, 2026 | News
5 March 2026 To acknowledge Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Awareness Day, we sat down with BEING member Ezra who lives with the disorder, to get past media portrayals and hearsay to find out what it’s really like to live with DID. “Today is Dissociative...
by Julian Clarkson | Feb 13, 2026 | News
FROM PRINCIPLES TO PRACTICE: The Path to a NSW Human Rights Act Yesterday marked a pivotal moment in BEING’s advocacy for a Human Rights Act in NSW. We hosted a sold-out event at Parliament House, bringing together legal luminaries, policymakers, and advocates...
