# Rahim Thawer

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What it takes to build queer-affirming mental health care: Rahim Thawer

Mental health tools often leave queer people out of the conversation. Rahim Thawer, a social worker, psychotherapist and author of The Mental Health Guide for Cis and Trans Queer Guys, wants to change that. Rahim shares why inclusive mental health care matters for queer men and their allies. We tal…

Unpacking Queer Masculinity and Mental Health with Rahim Thawer

In this episode of the Unapologaytic podcast, host Pierre speaks with Rahim Thawer, author of The Mental Health Guide for Cis and Trans Queer Guys. They delve into the complex dynamics of masculinity, body image, and internalized homophobia within the queer male community. The discussion covers the…

Mental Health for Cis and Trans Queer Guys- Rahim Thawer

Rahim Thawer (he/him) is a racialized, queer social worker who works as an instructor, psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, consultant, public speaker, podcast host, and writer. He calls Toronto home and currently teaches at The University of Alabama. His work explores the intersection of mental …

Rejection, Body Image & LGBTQIA+ Mental Health, with Rahim Thawer

In this episode, Wendy is joined by Rahim Thawer, clinician, educator, author and founder of The Politicized Practitioner, whose book The Mental Health Guide for Cis and Trans Queer Guys takes a deliberately broader view of mental health than most therapy resources offer. Rather than focusing on in…

Rahim Thawer and Maryam Khan eds., "Queer and Muslim: On Faith, Family, and Healing" (U Regina Press, 2026)

Rahim Thawer and Maryam Khan's new edited volume Queer and Muslim: On Faith, Family and Healing (U Regina Press, 2026) is a powerful anthology that brings together writers, activists, and scholars who meditate, reflect, and share stories of queer Muslim life, that contains the complexity of rage, g…

Rahim Thawer and Maryam Khan eds., "Queer and Muslim: On Faith, Family, and Healing" (U Regina Press, 2026)

Rahim Thawer and Maryam Khan's new edited volume Queer and Muslim: On Faith, Family and Healing (U Regina Press, 2026) is a powerful anthology that brings together writers, activists, and scholars who meditate, reflect, and share stories of queer Muslim life, that contains the complexity of rage, g…

Rahim Thawer and Maryam Khan eds., "Queer and Muslim: On Faith, Family, and Healing" (U Regina Press, 2026)

Rahim Thawer and Maryam Khan's new edited volume Queer and Muslim: On Faith, Family and Healing (U Regina Press, 2026) is a powerful anthology that brings together writers, activists, and scholars who meditate, reflect, and share stories of queer Muslim life, that contains the complexity of rage, g…

Rahim Thawer and Maryam Khan eds., "Queer and Muslim: On Faith, Family, and Healing" (U Regina Press, 2026)

Rahim Thawer and Maryam Khan's new edited volume Queer and Muslim: On Faith, Family and Healing (U Regina Press, 2026) is a powerful anthology that brings together writers, activists, and scholars who meditate, reflect, and share stories of queer Muslim life, that contains the complexity of rage, g…

Rahim Thawer – Sexuality and the Imprint of Shame

Many of us have an intimate and ongoing relationship to shame and shame forms part of a very public conversation about what it means to be queer in the world. And until my conversation today, which is with social worker and psychotherapist Rahim Thawer, I thought I had a pretty good grasp of what s…

Queer & Muslim w/ Rahim Thawer!

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