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It's annoying to have to wonder whether whoever started men's health month did it just to be all "but what about this other issue?" and intentionally move attention away from pride. Issues of men's rights and health are extremely important to me, and I hate how often they're brought up in bad faith by misogynists and other hateful people.
Totally bad faith. Mental health awareness month is May. It's non-gendered but it's been May since 1949.
Source: NAMI. The National Alliance on Mental Health. I support them financially.
If you want to make men's health a whole month, it's probably not a good idea to make it completely overlap with another prominent health-themed month. Not that June is any better.
If ya'll aren't emphasizing men's mental health, which is friggin epidemic, during the mental health month, it's being done wrong.
Let's be real, I don't remember seeing any 'mental health month' posts in May.
I got to be honest, that really bums me out.
I'm a person with C-PTSD who volunteers with local veterans. I really hammered home mental health awareness month. I mean, I talk about it all the time, but NAMI does some cool stuff during May. I even recall seeing some busses that had NAMI wraps on them talking about it in May!
Eta: I said elsewhere, and I'm saying it again (hope it sinks in), next May I'll try and generate content and memes and stuff. Hearing that some of you didn't see or hear anything during May has really had a massive dampening effect on my day. Ya'll deserve outreach, same as everyone in my meatspace.
I find it ironic that mental health awareness month happens during one of the most hectic months of the year for many people.