June is Pride month, and I want to highlight 2SLGBTQ+ titles in the Grief Library. See also Canadian Virtual Hospice resources. Love is love and grief belongs to us all. ~Terri
The Handbook of LGBTQIA-inclusive hospice and palliative care / Kimberly D. Acquaviva
Hospice and palliative care professionals are experts at caring for individuals and families experiencing serious or life-limiting illnesses. But not everyone feels safe seeking out their expertise: LGBTQIA+ people may be deterred from seeking support because of barriers – both overt and subtle. An accessible, expert guide to incorporating LGBTQIA-inclusive practices into end-of-life care.
Human(e): A radical reimagining of grief, loss, and learning to live without / Rachelle Bensoussan
Written by a Queer woman of North African and Middle Eastern descent, Human(e) takes a radically non-pathology-based approach to grief and loss. Grief is human, and to grieve is to be human. Rachelle seamlessly and beautifully weaves together her vast professional expertise on grief with her own personal lived experiences of loss. Human(e) is a must read for anyone learning to live without.
Queer dying: Workbook / captain snowdon
A collection of embodied resourcing activities, conversation/writing prompts, experiments and questions of deep wonder for you and your community to play with. *Librarian’s note: This is probably my favourite book in the whole collection. It is deeply personal and challenges our notions of love, loss, grief and community.* ~Terri
Something, not nothing: A story of grief and love / Sarah Leavitt
A poignant and beautifully illustrated graphic memoir about love and loss and navigating a new life In April 2020, cartoonist Sarah Leavitt’s partner of twenty-two years, Donimo, died with medical assistance after years of severe chronic pain and a rapid decline at the end of her life. Sarah began making comics again as a way to deal with her profound sense of grief and loss.
Tending grief: Embodied rituals for holding our sorrow and growing cultures of care in community / Camille Sapara Barton
This take speaks directly to the ways that BIPOC and queer readers disproportionately experience unique constellations of loss. Deeply practical and easy to use in times of confusion, trauma, and pain, it includes rituals, reflection prompts, and exercises that help us process and metabolize our grief-without bypassing or pushing aside what comes to the fore.
Thirst: Poems / Mary Oliver
Grappling with grief at the death of her beloved partner of over 40 years, Oliver strives to experience sorrow as a path to spiritual progress. In this collection of forty-three poems, she chronicles for the first time her discovery of faith, without abandoning the love of the physical world that has been a hallmark of her work.