suicide Archive

  • Kevin Hague

    Mental Health Awareness Week - by Kevin Hague



    This week is Mental Health Awareness week. The culture around mental health in New Zealand has come leaps and bounds from where it was even five years ago. I congratulate everyone who has helped bring about this culture change and raise awareness about mental health issues, and I thank them for doing so. However, this [...] read more
    October 12, 2011 1:44 pm - 6 Comments
  • Kevin Hague

    Message to young queers: It gets better - by Kevin Hague



    Today is the day for “wearing purple to stand up against anti-gay bullying”, created in response to the recent wave of suicides by young gay people in the United States. Not to be confused with “wearing a pink shirt day, to take a stand against bullying”, which was on 28th April, as I recall. In [...] read more
    October 20, 2010 3:39 pm - 7 Comments
  • Kevin Hague

    No more deaths by prejudice - by Kevin Hague



    The recent suicide in the US of Tyler Clementi highlights the need for us to take effective action to create a more supportive world for young gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and intersex people. Despite New Zealand’s great progress, things are not yet much different for young people than they were 35 years ago. read more
    October 3, 2010 2:47 pm - 46 Comments
  • frog

    Gutting ACC – Sewer-side Smith - by frog



    It won’t matter if a suicide victim was incapable of forming a rational intent. It won’t matter if the suicide was caused by an abject failure of mental health services to provide appropriate treatment. The victim’s family will get no help from ACC. It’s just not fair. read more
    October 20, 2009 9:04 am - 1 Comment