Staff working for the ex BBC Director General Mark Thompson were allegedly warned about Jimmy Savile on two occasions by two separate sources, Sky News has reported. Their summary from Sunday 28th October, which preceded Savile’s great-niece’s disclosure later the same day, is here.
It’s a familiar story, yet so many people think that only weird, anti-social people could be pedophiles. No, it’s usually someone kids, and adults, know and trust. They will not “look” like a predator. On the surface Colin Gregg appeared to be a pillar of the community but he used his status to prey on…
Greater Manchester Police in England have reported a good response to their appeal for information following the abduction and rape of a 14 year old boy in June. There were criticisms about the delay in releasing the information but the force decided to go through its customary forensic procedures before using the wider media. In…
“Fewer men than women are formally diagnosed with depression, and in Western countries, rates of male depression are half that of females. Experts suggest that the lower reported rates of men’s depression are due, in part, to men’s reluctance to express concerns about their mental health and reticence to seek professional mental health care services…
Casey calls out those of us who would say “love is love” and support our LGBTQ friends and family members without standing up and doing what we can to actually make this world safer for them. I’ll go one further. If we want to call ourselves mental health advocates and advocates for trauma survivors we need to do what we can to push for a world that is safe for everyone. We can’t heal when we don’t feel safe, and for too many people in this world, they have no reason to feel safe.
We need to advocate for a world that is safe for them too.
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