Grief Is Queer! Exploring the Intersection of Grief and LGBTQIA+ Identity

Just like queerness, grief is weird, subversive, individual, and HUMAN. And living at the intersection of grief and queerness comes with both blessings and pitfalls. Join me for a live discussion on grief’s relationship to the LGTBQIA+ identity and learn how seeing grief as queer can help you better cope with life after loss.

In this hour-long workshop, facilitator Shelby Forsythia will show you:

• What grief and queerness have in common
• How seeing grief as queer can help you navigate loss
• How being a queer person can make grief both heavier AND lighter
• How you can support grieving queer folks in your life

When: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 7 – 8 PM ET

Where: Online

Cost: FREE! Or with an optional donation to support COPE families. RSVP on our website!

About the Facilitator:

Shelby Forsythia (she/her) is a grief coach, author, and podcast host. In 2020, she founded Life After Loss Academy, an online course and community that has helped dozens of grievers grow and find their way after death, divorce, diagnosis, and other major life transitions.

Following her mother’s death in 2013, Shelby began calling herself a “student of grief” and now devotes her days to reading, writing, and speaking about loss. Through a combination of mindfulness tools and intuitive, open-ended questions, she guides her clients to welcome grief as a teacher and create meaningful lives that honor and include the heartbreaks they’ve faced.

Website: https://www.shelbyforsythia.com/

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The information shared in this program is not intended to act as a substitute for any legal and mental health advice concerning individual situations; neither COPE, its Board of Directors, staff and personnel shall be responsible for any outcomes arising form any information or exercises provided in this program.