Managing Suicidality: The Experiences of Canadian-Based Racialized Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (GBTQ) Men

. In suppressing isolation and emotional pain, participants spoke to a lack of social support and capacity to fully deal with their suicidality. In this context, distracting themselves from suicidal thoughts was used as a means for staying alive. In processing the underbelly of suicidality, participants reflexively interrogated an array of marginalizing experiences and inequities, with the goal to better understand and waylay their suicidal thoughts. Lastly, in building mental health strategies, participants engaged professional and/or relational supports to sustainably manage and mitigate their suicidality risks in the long term. These findings provide crucial insights for tailoring culturally and gender-responsive mental health promotion and suicide prevention programs that can help racialized GBTQ men manage their suicidality and bolster their mental health resilience in the long term.