Liz Day. Lesbian Widows: Finding Support When Your Partner Dies

I run a self-organised group for lesbian widows. We have over 630 members from all over the English-speaking world. We have all had a partner die. The workshop will be an opportunity to understand our particular need for social and emotional support when we are bereaved and an invitation to think about how to support one another. I will be describing how we set up and run our grief forum and twice weekly zoom groups.

I am a lesbian relationship therapist. I teach therapy and research at the University of Bedfordshire and the Institute of Family Therapy. I am part of the ACCESSCare project at Kings College London which is researching into the needs of LGBT+ communities in relation to end of life care and bereavement. I am one of the authors of a number of papers on these topics.

My partner died five years ago of bowel cancer. We wrote a paper together called Living with Dying and Bereavement. I am a founder editor of Murmurations: journal of transformative systemic practice and one of the directors of Everything is Connected Press.

https://Graigconsulting.co.uk