Gay and lbians who have lost partners - LegacyConnect

Contents:

• GAY AND LBIANS WHO HAVE LOST PARTNERS
• LOSS OF A GAY OR LBIAN SPOE
• THE BEREAVEMENT EXPERIENC OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND/OR TRANS* PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST A PARTNER: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW, THEMATIC SYNTHIS AND MOLLG OF THE LERATURE

GAY AND LBIANS WHO HAVE LOST PARTNERS

If you are a gay or lbian person, the hol left by the loss of your partner may feel eper and wir a world that often dimish the value and validy of your love.

Disenanchised grief is not part of beg gay or lbian. To be gay and grievg is sometim a harsh remr of how the world still views you.

LOSS OF A GAY OR LBIAN SPOE

Gay grief is margalized.

THE BEREAVEMENT EXPERIENC OF LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND/OR TRANS* PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOST A PARTNER: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW, THEMATIC SYNTHIS AND MOLLG OF THE LERATURE

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Co-workers, neighbors, and so forth, might not have any gay people their circle of iends and don't know what to say. If your gay muny is small or non-existent, reach out to onle rourc cludg the Human Rights Campaign, The Trevor Project and Parents & Friends of Lbians & Gays (PFLAG) to make for a place to put your pa.

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