RESOURCE OF THE WEEK: Suicide Prevention Australia - GLBT Position Paper
This short paper released by Suicide Prevention Australia, makes an excellent summary of the research and challenges related to suicide among GLBT populations. The report also makes important recommendations for how this important issue can be addressed.
To read the Position Paper, visit the Suicide Prevention Australia web page of Position Papers, you'll find the GLBT paper half way down the page.
Helpful resources
Menu items on the right indicate pages that are available. We will add to these pages and the menu over the next month. The menu will include coming out resources, gender, sexuality, parent support resources, things for teachers, anti-homophobia and safety and others.
In the meantime, a helpful website is the GLHV Clearinghouse, based in Melbourne. You can visit their website by clicking here.
There are three more local sites that are also accumulating some helpful resources:
GLYSSN (St George Youth Services) - www.glyssn.com
Not So Straight (Mountain Youth Services Team) - www.notsostraight.com.au
ACON (AIDS Council of NSW) - www.acon.org.au
