The document discusses the need for changes to address issues affecting the LGBTQIA+ community such as wellness, suicide, bullying, violence, isolation, lack of resources and lack of human rights protections. It argues that too many lives have been lost already and calls for greater care, support and coordinated efforts across sectors to value all people equally and ensure safety, well-being and fulfillment of potential for everyone in the rainbow community, especially youth.

1. mani bruce mitchell
LGBTTI WELLNESS &
SUICIDE:
WHAT DO WE NEED
TO CHANGE?
Auckland 2013

2. who am I?
WHY am I talking today?
Who am I talking about ?
GLBTIQ
Wellness - Suicide
Do we need to change?

4. Holding my own pain,
frustration anger and use it
once more to motivate myself
– my desire for change.
How many more of our family
have to die??

5. heather mac allister feburuary 13th 2007
Please remember to love each other, and to love
Ourselves. Take care of our minds, our bodies, without fail
and against all odds know beyond doubt, that
we are all beautiful, amazing beings.
Never forget that is what I lived for.
Take care of your selves you beautiful beings
mani bruce mitchell – counsellor – clinical supervision –– change agent – educator – itanz ceo

7. Australia – (Health Alliance)
built on our rainbow desk
wreckage - Gabi
Sweden
Peak body? First you need a
body.
Bodies are the sum of many
more…

8. Resources – sustainable ones
funding
local – national
at an equivalency level of our
GLBTIQ population…
Across the sector
Build, sustain/develop
capacity.. In all areas

9. No more abandoned centres
mani bruce mitchell – counsellor – clinical supervision –– change agent – educator – itanz ceo

10. Resources – training base line
AND professional
development… ALL sectors
Accreditation – sanctions?
Best Practice
Community lead
Government policy

11. Data – reliable accurate
Commitment at the highest
levels to CHANGE things
and address:

12. homo/bi/trans/herm aphobia –
is a ‘cancer’ that kills us..

13. end the shame the fear the
isolation

14. commitment to human rights
not token
a society that believes
everyone is equal
that lives and breathes this
24/7

15. This week, we celebrate the
anniversary of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights, which
proclaimed in its first Article, “All
human beings are born free and
equal in dignity and rights.” It bears
repeating: All human beings – not
some, not most, but all. No one gets
to decide who is entitled to human
rights, and who is not.

16. care for
value every part of the
rainbow family
in particular
be there for our youth

18. mani bruce mitchell – counsellor – clinical supervision –– change agent – educator – itanz ceo

19. mani bruce mitchell – counsellor – clinical supervision –– change agent – educator – itanz ceo

20. mani bruce mitchell – counsellor – clinical supervision –– change agent – educator – itanz ceo

21. mani bruce mitchell – counsellor – clinical supervision –– change agent – educator – itanz ceo

22. As a community we need to
care
for ourselves and each other
deal with the
destructive self harming
behaviour in our communities

23. care
in a coordinated cohesive way
which means dealing with our
own stuff… all of it
Building alliances
Having a shared vision

25. Deal with this toxic epidemic
of bullying in our schools
They should be safe places
for every one
pupils and staff..
Stop it!

27. We need to care for
love and value our Rainbow
elders
Is Australia a model to follow?

29. deal to the violence
outside and inside our
community
kids should be safe
we all should be
every precious one

30. can we do this?
Can we afford not to
we are reaching critical mass
now is the time
no more wasted deaths
no wasted empty lives

31. realising the sum of all our
potential..