September 2015

Tell Retailers: “Gone Mental” Halloween Costumes are Offensive and Stigmatizing

September 22, 2015

By Casey Dillon, Advocacy Associate

Halloween costumes are meant to be scary or funny, but costumes such as “Gone Mental” that caricature individuals in psychiatric hospitals are neither. They are offensive and harmful.

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