Crew Health<\/a>, an Orlando-based nonprofit organization that provides\u00a0medical care and case management to people, with a specific LGBTQ+ focus.<\/p>\n\u201cCrew Health offers money for traveling expenses, promotions\u00a0and\u00a0events discussing mental health awareness for the LGBTQ+ community at events hosted by the Les Vixens Burlesque troupe,” Ivy said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
During the event, Ivy emphasized the importance of taking care of mental health, specifically by taking breaks from social media. She said she spends her time away from social media by journaling, allowing her to unravel the cloudiness that may be in her brain, and exercising to release positive endorphins.<\/p>\n
\u201cTouch grass and move your body,\u201d\u00a0she said.\u00a0\u201cIf queer people would take care of their\u00a0mental health, we would be in a better position with the government and the community.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
UCF students who were in attendance laughed, expressed their own beliefs and asked questions about self-inclusion\u00a0and gaining self-confidence in the modern world.\u00a0<\/p>\n
B Goldberg, junior psychology major, was in attendance at the event. Goldberg said they enjoyed the event and hopes events like these promote an \u201coutside perspective to encourage common ground\u00a0so people can come to a common ground and work together.”<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important for universities\u00a0to teach people about creating spaces for the LGBTQ+ community,\u201d\u00a0Goldberg said.\u00a0\u201cIt is a disservice to the community to be avoiding these open dialogue conversations. It\u2019s important for people to learn and have empathy for one another.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ivy Les Vixen said she hopes her platform encourages students to embrace their intrinsic confidence and authenticity within their everyday lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI hope the students who were in attendance today end up feeling more confident going out into the world to support themselves in whatever career field and feel proud of who they are,”\u00a0she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Queer burlesque performer and founder of Les Vixens burlesque troupe\u00a0Ivy Les Vixen speaks at an event organized by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1209,1210,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-189699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-culture","tag-life","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}