Let’s Talk About Suicide is a JOY 94.9 podcast that provides support, conversation, and comfort to people affected by suicide. The podcast has a particular emphasis on suicide bereavement in the LGBTIQA+ communities as it is more prominent in these communities. The podcast is produced in association with Support After Suicide and Switchboard Victoria.

Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia:

• Qlife: 1800 184 527 
• Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
• Lifeline: 13 11 14

Many people are affected by the suicide of a loved one (a partner, sibling, parent, or friend). It can be a devastating experience that is difficult to make sense of and difficult to cope with. This podcast raises awareness of suicide, how it affects people, and how people can learn to live with the death of a loved one.

The podcast has a particular emphasis on suicide bereavement in the LGBTIQA+ communities as it is more prominent in these communities. For example, LGBTI young people aged 16 to 27 are five times more likely to attempt suicide in their lifetime compared to the general population.

The podcast features the voices of four people who have lost a loved one to suicide: Beau, Lara, Peter, and Alice. They share their lived experience in an incredibly open and honest way. To help make sense of their experience are two experts in the field of suicide bereavement and suicide prevention: Dr Louise Flynn from Support After Suicide and Joe Ball from Switchboard Victoria.

Let’s Talk About Suicide was produced (with no government or sector funding) by Hamish Blunck a JOY volunteer, and in association with:

• Support After Suicide a program of Jesuit Social Services, that provides support to people who have been bereaved by suicide.
• Switchboard Victoria which provides peer-driven support services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender divers, intersex, queer and asexual people, their families, allies and communities. Switchboard is also a partner of Qlife.