• Remembering Rainbow: LGBTIQA+ Memorial for World Suicide Prevention Day

    Collingwood Town Hall 140 Hoddle St, Abbotsford, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Switchboard Victoria is based on the lands of the Yaluk-ut Weelam clan of the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri peoples, with this event taking place on Wurundjeri Country. We acknowledge that our work takes place on lands that are under colonial occupation and that sovereignty has never been ceded. We hope to pay our deepest respects to Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri elders, past and present, and wish to extend this respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People across this Country we know as Australia. Remembering Rainbow: LGBTIQA+ Memorial for World Suicide Prevention Day 2026 World Suicide Prevention Day is an opportunity for LGBTIQA+ communities and our supporters to unite in action toward preventing suicide, show our support for LGBTIQA+ people who experience suicidality and to remember those in our communities who have sadly died by suicide. Ceremony and ritual are woven into the fabric of LGBTIQA+ histories. At Switchboard, we know the power of collective spaces to come together in the face of loss and pain to generate hope through action. This year, we are inviting our community to pay tribute and remember the lives of our LGBTIQA+ loved ones we have lost to suicide by participating in a […]