This website is for guys into guys (G2G) — gay, bisexual, queer, questioning, two-spirit, gender queer, gender non-binary, trans, and other guys who are sexually and/or romantically interested in other guys. It’s a place for G2G to learn and get curious about the mental health issues affecting them and their communities and to help them locate mental health services in Ontario.

This website was created by a team of researchers who advocate for LGBTQ2+ mental health.

So, why good head? Though mental health can be a serious topic, we believe that we can reduce some of the stigma surrounding mental health by being intentionally playful. Hopefully this will lead to more self-awareness and dialogue in our communities. We want to show that mental health can be an approachable topic that deserves to be discussed.

Nonetheless, many of the topics we cover — suicide, substance use, HIV, discrimination — can be hard to discuss. They affect people in very real ways that we want to acknowledge and respect. If, while you’re browsing through this site, you start having troubling feelings or thoughts, please click the “Get Help Now” button above. We have suggestions about who you can reach out to for support immediately.

We gathered information from multiple research studies for this site. But a lot of the information laid out here comes from the Engage study. Engage is a large on-going research study examining the health of G2G living in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montréal. Engage includes surveys, in-person interviews, and monitoring for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

All of the quotations we share on this site come from Engage participants in Toronto who generously offered their time for an interview about mental health, here is an example.

I mean I also have my own theory that like everyone right now has a lot more mental health issues because it’s being talked about more. It’s being diagnosed better and also like because the world is so scary and so shit right now. But I feel like also all the same things that traditionally affect gays and queers are also heightened. And so a lot of my queer friends have a lot of mental health issues right now.

I think also that talking helps me be accountable to my own mental health because I feel like if I’m able to learn tips from other people and find tools that work for me, then hopefully I can share them with people around me the same way that people have been sharing all their really awesome tips with me. Not all of them fit, but at least I know them and then I can share them with other people if they need them.

Toronto Engage Participant, 30s