CAITIE GUTIERREZ

Mental Health Consumer Advocate, Lived Experience Consultant, Peer Support Worker, & Freelance Writer

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CAITIE GUTIERREZ

Caitie Gutierrez is an award-nominated mental health consumer advocate, lived experience consultant, peer support worker, and freelance writer from Lenapehoking (New York) living on Gadigal Country (Sydney). As a bisexual and biracial Biawaisa (Two-Spirit) Irish Boricua (Puerto Rican) Taíno with complex PTSD and chronic illness, they draw on their lived experiences of complex trauma to explore topics like mental health, chronic illness, queerness, grief & loss, suicide, intergenerational trauma, ancestral healing, reconnecting to culture, and dismantling social media cults.

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Honour Awards 2024

Caitie's writing was recognised with a nomination for the Honour Media Award in 2024. This award, presented by OUT@NBCUniversal, recognises individuals, organisations and initiatives whose service and achievements has provided leadership, achieved outstanding success and/or made a significant contribution to rainbow communities in media including print, broadcast, online and/or social media.

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HONOUR 2024: FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

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STAR OBSERVER EXCLUSIVE: NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR 2024 HONOUR AWARDS

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Published Work

SAY IT OUT LOUD: "THE LOUD WAY HOME" ANTHOLOGY

Word on the Sheets: "Complex Trauma and Colonial Systems from a Two-Spirit Perspective"

AMWP x YO SOY ISSUE 5: "PA'LANTE"

EWF 2021 JUNK MAIL: "THE TRUTH FAERIE"

EWF 2020 Meme Girls: "Sorry Buttercup"

The Startup: "Animal Crossing, Mental Health, and Human Connection During a Time of Social Distancing"

SBS: "The Difference Between Being Bisexual and Pansexual"

SBS: "Why Bisexual Visibility in Sydney Mardi Gras Is So Important"

SBS: "The Unique Challenges of being Both Biracial and Bisexual"

SBS: "It's Time For The Whitewashing of West Side Story to Stop"

Women's March Global: "I Have a Mental Illness and I Have Never Committed A Mass Shooting"

The Quo: "Why Representation in the #MeToo Movement Matters"

Muck Rack

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Press

Star Observer: "EXCLUSIVE: Nominees Announced for 2024 Honour Awards"

Australian Pride Network: "Honour 2024: Finalists for NSW’s LGBTQ Community Awards Announced"

Sydney Morning Herald: "Writers' Festival guests on finding connection, chaos and care online"

Express Media: "Our 2020 Emerging Writers' Festival Picks!"

BILINES: "AN ANNUAL BI+ VISIBILITY DAY EVENT"

HuffPost: "What People With Invisible Illnesses Want You To Know"

Elle Australia: "How The Voices Behind The 2018 Women’s March Are Powering The Movement "

The Indian Express: "#MeNOMore: Australian music industry starts #MeToo-inspired campaign to end sexual harassment"

2SER: "VISIBILITY MATTERS: MENTAL HEALTH AND CREATIVE ARTS REPRESENT"

Everyday Feminism: "What You Need to Know About Dating While Mentally Ill: A Guide By Mentally-Ill Women"

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Co-design

Caitie is passionate about co-design and has collaborated on multiple projects with organisations such as ACON, BEING Mental Health Consumers, Blue Knot Foundation, CanTeen, Mental Health Carers NSW, NSW Health, Switchboard Victoria, and more. Here are some examples of the outcomes of these collaborations.

Switchboard Victoria: Changing the Landscape in LGBTIQA+SB suicide prevention

BEING Mental Health Consumers: Suicide Prevention Position Paper

ACON MENTAL HEALTH CAMPAIGN: #WITHYOUACON

BLUE KNOT FOUNDATION & BEING MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMERS: LIVING WITH COMPLEX TRAUMA

CanTeen Connect: online community designed to connect people affected by cancer

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CAITIE GUTIERREZ

ABOLISH NXIVM

NXIVM is a cult that engages in sex trafficking, forced labour, racketeering, and unethical research. NXIVM has been infiltrating and co-opting the language of social justice movements via social media influencers, memetics, and activism. The below links are documentation of their cyberstalking tactics, hate & smear campaigns, and the mental health impact on victim-survivors of sexual abuse.

The Real NXIVM Whistleblower: HBO’s “The Vow” is a Lie

How Clementine Morrigan, Dr. Christine Marie Katas, and the NXIVM Cult are Priming Survivors of Abuse

NXIVM Sex Cult is Actively Recruiting Through Influencers like Clementine Morrigan and Seerut K. Chawla

How Heterodox Academy is Influencing Anti-Cancel Culture Discourse Across Social Media

How White Supremacists & Men’s Rights Activists Are Using Pastel QAnon & Alt-Right Tactics to Infiltrate Mental Health & Wellness Spaces Across Social Media Platforms

Is Ezra Miller in the NXIVM Cult?

ABOLISH NXIVM SUBSTACK

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Limited List of Cult Members