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Remembering Rainbow: LGBTIQA+ memorial for World Suicide Prevention Day

September 6, 2025 @ 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm

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Date:
September 6, 2025
Time:
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm
Cost:
Free
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    https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/remembering-rainbow-lgbtiqa-memorial-for-world-suicide-prevention-day-tickets-1579698914979?aff=oddtdtcreator

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    Accessibility
    Wheelchair AccessibleWheelchair accessible
    Groups of most relevance to event
    Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Gender Diverse, Intersex, Queer, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, People of Colour, People living with a disability, Refugee & Asylum seekers, Multicultural, Multifaith
    Content warning
    Suicide; Suicide Loss
    Event is delivered in these Languages
    English
    Image Alt Text
    A digital poster with a soft purple background promotes an event titled "Remembering Rainbow", an LGBTIQA+ Memorial for World Suicide Prevention Day. On the right side of the poster, there is an illustration of a hand gently holding a magenta ribbon embroidered with a small purple flower and green stem. Below the hand is a semi-circular mesh structure with many small colorful ribbon figures attached to it, symbolizing remembrance and community. Event details are listed on the left side of the poster in dark purple text: 📍 Victorian Pride Centre 📅 Saturday 6 September ⏰ 1:30pm – 3:30pm 🔗 RSVP via Eventbrite At the bottom are two logos: Switchboard and Charlee, the event's organizing bodies.

    Venue

    • Community & culture
    • Social
    • VPC Presents

    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 Remembering Rainbow Memorial.

    Event Activities

    1:30pm – 2:30pm
    Share in space with other LGBTIQA+ people who are bereaved through suicide and those who are supporting our communities take action toward preventing suicide.

    We will have activities available on the day, including embroidering / sewing the names of LGBTIQA+ people who have suicided on colourful ribbons for the Remembering Rainbow. We will have volunteers guiding craft activities and offering help – no prior craft experience is required.

    You may wish to attend simply to be in a LGBTIQA+ space, drink tea and coffee, eat afternoon tea and connect with community. You are welcome to use our community space as you need.

    2:30pm – 3:30pm
    Hear from LGBTIQA+ lived experience speakers share their reflections on loss after a suicide. A memorial ceremony will be held where we tie the ribbons on the Remembering Rainbow, pausing to read each name.

    Supporting you to be there

    These occasions are tremendously significant and can bring up difficult thoughts and emotions. Switchboard peer supporters will be present on the day.

    About suicide prevention at Switchboard

    Switchboard is a LGBTIQA+ community organisation and the national leading organisation providing suicide prevention, intervention and postvention programs to LGBTIQA+ people. Established in 2019, our dedicated LGBTIQA+ suicide prevention program is centered on research and building community resilience through peer-led lived experience activities.

    If you have any questions or reflections about this event, or our wider program, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us at bereavement@switchboard.org.au

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