Growing up LGBT in Ireland can cause distress among teens and young adults

Author Matthew Todd and members of Irish support agencies talk to Sharon Ní Chonchúir about the need for ongoing progress.

BIG steps have been taken towards equality in recent years, but a worrying number of LGBT people suffer from anxiety, depression, addiction and other mental health problems.

“How can this be,” asks Matthew Todd, the author of a new book Straight Jacket: How to be Gay and Happy.