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Trade and Donate to LGBT Homeless Youth Center

Posted by strange on March 30, 2015
Trade and Donate to LGBT Homeless Youth Center

The Strange is Beautiful is having a Spring Trade at Pershing Square on Saturday, April 18 from 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. Bring clothes from your closet and zines, artwork, vinyls, mixed tapes or any DIY goodies to trade! We’ll also collect one treasure from everyone for a white elephant gift exchange so we’ll all leave with something awesome xoxooxx. Plus a photobooth with a spaceship + surprises + posi vibes!

Posted in: Uncategorized | Tagged: #thestrangeisbeautiful, anxiety, bipolar disorder, clothing trade, depression, donate clothes, eating disorders, event, garage sale, homeless lgbt, lgbt youth, lgbt youth center, los angeles lgbt center, mental health, mental illness, panic attacks, park sale, park trade, pershing square, spring break, spring cleaning, the strange is beautiful, tsib, tsib party, zine trade

Amanda Bynes, Robin Williams, and the Spectacle of Mental Illness

Posted by strange on October 21, 2014
Amanda Bynes, Robin Williams, and the Spectacle of Mental Illness

I know the picture is harsh, but it expresses how the media ridicules and mocks celebrities with mental “illnesses” (we call them obstacles) – until someone dies.

Posted in: Uncategorized | Tagged: amanda bynes, bipolar disorder, robin williams, schizophrenia

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