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February 2012: Yale Student Studies Gender Identity in India
Last summer, Ms. Megan McInnis, an MPH candidate at the Yale School of Public Health, explored how stigma and gender identity affect and/or are correlated with three major mental health problems (anxiety, depression and post traumatic stress disorder) within the homosexual and transgendered women’s community in Chennai, India. In this photo, 75 members and supporters of the LGBT community, marched down the main street of Marina Beach, one of the world’s longest beaches, and demanded basic human rights and acceptance.
“It was a powerful experience and I will always remember chanting and singing with some of the most motivated people I’ve ever met,” Ms. McInnis said.
Photo by Ms. Megan McInnis and submitted by Yale.
February 2012: Yale Student Studies Gender Identity in India
Last summer, Ms. Megan McInnis, an MPH candidate at the Yale School of Public Health, explored how stigma and gender identity affect and/or are correlated with three major mental health problems (anxiety, depression and post traumatic stress disorder) within the homosexual and transgendered women’s community in Chennai, India. In this photo, 75 members and supporters of the LGBT community, marched down the main street of Marina Beach, one of the world’s longest beaches, and demanded basic human rights and acceptance.
“It was a powerful experience and I will always remember chanting and singing with some of the most motivated people I’ve ever met,” Ms. McInnis said.
Photo by Ms. Megan McInnis and submitted by Yale.