Reece Georgas
Reece (he/him) is a speaker, writer and passionate advocate for inclusivity and intersectionality. Reece endeavours to use his professional and lived experience to amplify marginalised voices, destigmatise mental health issues and promote social change across healthcare services, within systems and in broader community contexts. Reece is a peer worker for the Butterfly Foundation (Australia), where he utilises his lived experience of anorexia and complex mental illness to foster hope and empower others in their recovery. As a man of transgender experience, he has a particular interest in exploring the complex relationship that individuals who identify as LGBTQIA+ have with their bodies. Reece believes that the process of recovery is about embracing authenticity and returning to inherent worth.
‘I have so much shame, they labelled me insane’
I sat on the dense wooden palings that ran along the front of the beach. I sat without a care in the world. Just me and the universe and the video camera, a truly perfect combination. It was 1999. I was rocking a bowl-cut, baggy track pants, an oversized hoodie and a white Quicksilver beanie...
Unmasking eating disorders among people in the LGBTQIA+ community
I was 15 when my father noticed money missing from his wallet. He asked if I had taken it. I said, “No.” However, after hours of being accused of taking drugs and screamed at to the point of having spit on my face and crawling into a ball in the corner of my room, I..
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