Alfonso Pezzella

I am proud to be Runner Up for Role Model of the Year: Education at the #QueerStudentAwards2025!
In a time of rising hostility, being recognised for uplifting queer students means everything. This fuels me to keep going, louder, prouder, bolder!🏳️‍🌈💪
#LGBTQinEducation #QSA2025

Super happy after another amazing #SWSexuality25 conference in Ljubljana!
Huge thanks to Mojca, Ana & Anže and the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Ljubljana for hosting us so generously.
Grateful for the radical care, joy & solidarity!

What an energising and inspiring start to #swsexuality25! After a fantastic first day, we’re thrilled to dive into day two, beginning with what promises to be a captivating opening keynote. Get ready!

Such an amazing and powerful start to the #SWSexuality25 conference! So great to be in Ljubljana, connecting duty colleagues and friends from across the world!

A powerful start of the #SWSexuality2025 Conference in #Ljubljana @swsexuality.bsky.social

Social work is a political statement that either controls or empowers, and we ought to choose wisely.

@alfpezzella.bsky.social

Not long to go now! Check out the full programme, packed with thought-provoking keynotes, critical conversations, bold research, and creative practice from around the world  #SWSexuality25

Another inspiring #ETNA2025!
Held in beautiful Budapest, hosted by Semmelweis Univ.
Exploring #transculturalnursing, #planetaryhealth, #LGBTinHealth, #EqualityInCare & more.
A global gathering driving inclusive, culturally responsive care. @etnatrannursing.bsky.social

I'm proud to share that I’ve won the Middlesex University Teaching Excellence Award 2025 for Community Impact! 🏆

This means so much as it recognises my work on LGBTQ+ inclusion in health, social care, mental health & education.

#TeachingExcellence #LGBTQinclusion

I am incredibly honoured to share that I have been shortlisted for the Middlesex University Teaching Excellence Award 2025 in the category of Community Impact.

This recognition means a great deal to me, as it reflects the work I am deeply passionate about!

Happy Pride Month #PrideMonth #PrideForAll2025 #pridemonth2025

Today is IDAHOBIT – 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈
IDAHOBIT marks the day 17th May 1990 when the WHO declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder.

Let’s listen, learn, speak out, and take real action — today and every day — to create a world where everyone can live safely, openly, and proudly.
#IDAHOBIT2025 #LGBTQIA

New Publication Alert 📢

I am proud to share my latest publication where we explored how school practices across 13 European countries impact the mental health of sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth.

🔗 Read the full article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#lgbtqi #mentalhealth #inclusion

Poland abolishes last remaining ‘LGBT-free’ zone in the country Poland has officially abolished its last remaining “LGBT-free” zone in the country, six years after the policy was first introduced.

Poland has officially abolished its last remaining “LGBT-free” zone in the country, six years after the policy was first introduced.

www.thepinknews.com/2025/04/29/p...

We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost | John Harris The blue dot of GPS has cut us off from a basic human skill. It’s no wonder mountain rescuers are being called out so often, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

We now leave navigation to our phones. The result: more of us are getting hopelessly lost | John Harris

I am beyond proud to share that I am a finalist in the @queerstudentawards.bsky.social 2025! 🌈💫
Honoured to be recognised alongside so many inspiring LGBTQ+ changemakers.

Let’s keep pushing for inclusion, visibility, and joy in every space we enter.

#QueerStudentAwards #LGBTQ+ #QSA2025

‘I’m super worried’: fewer UK tourists visiting US amid Trump’s policies and rhetoric Number of Brits crossing Atlantic down 14.3% from 2024 – and the travel industry fears decline could continue

‘I’m super worried’: fewer UK tourists visiting US amid Trump’s policies and rhetoric

‘I call it my mental health Monday’: how social workers look after their own wellbeing Life as a social worker can have its ups and downs, but with support from employers, professionals in the field are able to carve out valuable space for themselves – and improve their practice and…

‘I call it my mental health Monday’: how social workers look after their own wellbeing

#TransDayOfVisibility is important, not just today but every day of the year because #TransRightsAreHumanRights and we all need to join hands together to support each other and those who are victims of ignorance solely for being who they are! 🏳️‍⚧️ #lgbt🌈 #lgbt #trans

Half of UK professionals might quit if ordered back to the office full time, poll shows Exclusive: Hays says employers ‘risk losing top talent’ if return-to-office mandates are issued, with nearly 75% of workers preferring a hybrid pattern

Half of UK professionals might quit if ordered back to the office full time, poll shows | Working from home | The Guardian

‘I have a passion for keeping children safe’: five social workers on why they love their job The reality of frontline social work is that it can be demanding, but at the same time few jobs are as rewarding. Here, five social work professionals tell us why

‘I have a passion for keeping children safe’: five social workers on why they love their job

Humans aren’t the only ones whose social circles shrink in old age | BPS New comparative studies illustrate similar social dynamics elsewhere in the animal kingdom.

Humans aren’t the only ones whose social circles shrink in old age | BPS

Patience is a coping strategy, not a virtue | BPS New research untangles the concepts of patience and impatience, and proposes a new lens through which to understand them.

Patience is a coping strategy, not a virtue | BPS

Rachel Reeves accused of balancing books on back of UK’s poorest Labour is braced for a backlash from its MPs over welfare cuts called ‘appalling’ by a food bank charity

Rachel Reeves accused of balancing books on back of UK’s poorest

So excited and looking forward to this amazing conference! #SWSexuality25

Hungary bans LGBT Pride marches sparking protests - BBC News The move from Orban's conservative government is the latest in a crackdown on the LGBT community.

The move from Orban's conservative government is the latest in a crackdown on the LGBT community.

Source: BBC News

A ‘back to work’ approach to mental illness is no panacea | Letters Letters: Readers respond to the health secretary’s announcement that too many people are being ‘written off’ with a diagnosis

A ‘back to work’ approach to mental illness is no panacea | Letters

Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with medicines for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce

Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says | Health | The Guardian

📣 Another excellent job opportunity to work with a fantastic team of mental health professionals within the School of Mental Health and Social Work at Middlesex University:

For more information and to apply visit

🔗 jobs.mdx.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Please share widely!

📣 We are looking for an External Examiner for our MSc Mental Health and Substance Use (Dual Diagnosis) at Middlesex University.

If you are interested, get in touch - see below.

www.councilofdeans.org.uk/jobs/externa...

LGBT+ History month has never felt more important than this year, but as it draws to a close, we must remind ourselves that the work is not yet done. And I, in my little, will continue to champion LGBT+ rights particularly in Education, Health and Social Care! #LGBTplusMH25

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