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We Need Queer Specific Grief Spaces - Queer Grief Club & Jamie Thrower

Published: June 16, 2023, 8:17 p.m.

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Jamie Thrower is a Queer death doula, end-of-life educator, and grief guide in Portland, OR. She is also the founder of the Queer Grief Club which provides inclusive non-traditional grief support offerings for those grieving both death and non-death losses. Jamie knows from her personal experience of grieving the deaths of her parents and her daughter, Birdie, who she and her wife lost in the second trimester, just how important it is for grief support to be reflective of identity, relationships, family constellations, and community.\\xa0

We get into:

  • Grieving as a queer person right now and the importance of community & connection.
  • Why\\xa0the grocery store is so challenging when you\\u2019re grieving.
  • The origins of the Queer Grief Club and how\\xa0it\\u2019s different than traditional grief support.
  • How the deaths of her parents and daughter shape the work she does in end-of-life and grief\\xa0education.
  • The importance of queer specific\\xa0spaces in grief.
  • Being queer in the gendered\\xa0world of baby loss grief support.
  • Breaking down the binaries that get created in grief. \\xa0
  • What grief has been saying to Jamie lately.\\xa0

https://jamiethrower.com

https://www.instagram.com/queergriefclub/

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