Understanding LGBTQA+SB suicidal behaviour and improving support: insight from intersectional lived experience.
Barriers to accessing potentially life-saving support persist, according to new research into suicidality in the LGBTIQA+ community.
Switchboard is here to ensure that LGBTIQA+ people, no matter who you are or where you live can access affirming support. That's why we're immensely proud to launch our latest research report and training - Understanding LGBTQA+SB suicidal behaviour and improving support: insight from intersectional lived experience.
An RMIT-led study with Switchboard, Roses in the Ocean and University of Sydney interviewed members of the LGBTQA+SB community to understand their lived experiences of suicidal thoughts and behaviours, and uncover factors that protect people at these times of distress.
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Read the report
Read the full report co-authored by Katherine Johnson, Nicholas Hill, Vanessa Lee-Ah Mat, Anna Bernasochi and Martina McGrath, “Understanding LGBTQA+SB suicidal behaviour and improving support: insight from intersectional lived experience.”
Training
You can find out more by contacting training@switchboard.org.au.
RESEARCH
Understanding LGBTQA+SB suicidal behaviour and improving support: insight from intersectional lived experience
This research is a collaboration between researchers at RMIT University (Katherine Johnson and Nicholas Hill), the University of Sydney (Vanessa Lee-Ah Mat) and partners specialising in LGBTQIA+ community support (Switchboard) and lived experience of suicide (Roses in the Ocean).
“To facilitate better policy and service responses to LGBTIQA+ suicidal behaviour in Australia, the research had two aims - to generate new insights into lived experiences of suicidal behaviour within the LGBTIQA+ communities, including First Nations LGBTIQA+SB people and LGBTIQA+POC people in Australia. And to better understand the factors that influence and protect against suicidal behaviour in LGBTIQA+SB communities, and the practices and services experienced as helpful and supportive to prevent or manage it.”
Recommendations for policy and practice were outlined in the research, including the need to improve knowledge, awareness, and access to support services that are inclusive of intersectional experiences.
TRAINING
Understanding LGBTQA+SB suicidal behaviour and improving support
Switchboard has developed an important set of training that uses the lived experience captured in the research to better understand how we can improve the support outcomes for LGBTQIA+ people.
If you would like to find out more about the training, contact training@switchboard.org.au
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