Networking of Kansai LGBTQ + related organizations and Kansai suicide countermeasure related organizations

Sunday, January 30, 2022
13: 30-15: 30
Only this subcommittee has a total of 120 minutes.

* There will be no live viewing on this day (1/30).

Thoughts on the subcommittee

Pride House Tokyo has decided to carry out a suicide prevention measure project (subsidy from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) for "sexual minorities such as LGBTQ", which is a high-risk group in this year's suicide.
In cooperation with "groups working on LGBTQ issues" and "groups working on suicide countermeasures" in five regions nationwide, we will provide consultation support and whereabouts for LGBTQ, and provide training courses for consultation supporters.
This subcommittee will be co-sponsored with QWRC as part of this.
We hope that cooperation will be created with supporters and organizations working in each region, and that the safety net for LGBTQ will spread to each region. In addition, Pride House Tokyo has also set up an LGBTQ + life consultation desk and accepts online consultations. Please take advantage of it. https://pridehouse.jp/legacy/event/273/

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Speakers

Aki Takahashi

Solaniji Akashi member

Born in 1960 After working as an office worker, he has been operating a community cafe since 2011, closed in 2018, and is now a local government employee.
Since he was a student, he has been working on refugees, overseas conflicts, nuclear power plants, environmental problems, etc. as a civic activity.
He was in the closet from his twenties because he had a difficult incident as LGBTQ +, but he came out in 2017 and started LGBTQ + support activities.
Currently a member of the voluntary organization Soraniji Akashi in Akashi City.

Kenji Yanase

NPO corporation living development network Kitashiba

Born in Aichi prefecture in 1989.
Worked as a part-time employee of the Child Guidance Center Temporary Protection Center while enrolled in graduate school. Since joining the NPO Living Creation Network Kitashiba in 2013, he has been engaged in the independence support project for people in need. Also engaged in NPO business such as whereabouts business for young people, housing support, employment support, etc. Together with young people who find it difficult to live in today's society, they are mainly engaged in coffee roasting as an activity to create new jobs. Engaged in suicide consultation business using SNS from 2019.

Koji

Director and co-representative of NPO QWRC

Born in 1982.
An elementary school student with many transfers, he refused to go to school because he was bullied at the second elementary school. From that time on, I started to be aware of death. Self-harm was from around the age of 14 to about 32, and there was death close to me. By the time I turned 35, I started to think that the world wasn't welcoming me, and I'm past 38, who should have died, so I'm living thinking I'm still alive. I want to spend the rest of my life happily. My favorite word these days is that I will die even if I get impatient.

Material on the day

This is a subcommittee that seeks cooperation between groups working on LGBTQ issues and groups working on suicide countermeasures.
There is also data that LGBTQ are more likely to think of suicide than those who do not. What does LGBTQ need in the harsh conditions? What do LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ people need to live without dying? Solaniji Akashi and QWRC, who are engaged in LGBTQ activities in Kansai, will talk about the role they feel in the exchange meeting. From the NPO Living Creation Network Kitashiba, which is rooted in the community, we will talk about suicide countermeasures through SNS and get to know each activity. After talking about each group, we will have a discussion, and then we will receive questions from viewers at LIVE. Please join us. (Only this subcommittee has a total of 120 minutes).
This subcommittee is jointly held by Pride House Tokyo and QWRC.
It is held with the cooperation of Pride House Tokyo as part of the suicide prevention measures project for dealing with the new coronavirus infectious disease provided by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.