Sick & Tired: Chronic Illness and Holiday Grief
Sick and tired of being sick and tired?
Us too.
Join death doula Jamie Thrower, Lisa Pahl of The Death Deck, and Catherine of Death Project Managerfor a discussion on chronic illness and grief.
This is the third event in our Sick and Tired series.
This time, we’re talking about grief and the holidays:
what does it mean to try to connect with bio family and chosen family, when you are low on energy and executive function?
How do you participate in community and a spirit of togetherness if you can’t get out of bed?
What does it look like to focus on the returning of the light, at a time when things are globally so dark?
Monday, November 3, 7PM EST / 4PM PST.
90 minutes over Zoom.
$10 - $15 sliding scale.
We'll open with a grounding exercise, then create space for your thoughts on chronic illness, grief, burnout, and death / aging / mortality / the many ways our bodies can fail and surprise us.
Bring your grief, bring your rage, bring your messy humanity.
We'll be there to meet you.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1783249510289?aff=oddtdtcreator
Seasons of Loss: Navigating Queer Holiday Grief
We’ll begin by acknowledging the unique challenges of grieving during times that emphasize togetherness and joy. Through guided reflection, journaling, and community conversation, participants will be invited to name what this season brings up for them and explore ways to care for themselves through it. We’ll also discuss queer and chosen family traditions, and how to reshape or reclaim holiday rituals that feel aligned and affirming.
Themes we’ll explore:
Understanding the cyclical nature of grief
Navigating expectations, loneliness, and memory
Creating affirming rituals for the holidays
Finding belonging in community care
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/seasons-of-loss-navigating-queer-holiday-grief-tickets-1909647359659?aff=oddtdtcreator
LGBTQ+ Funeral Planning
Funeral planning is often overlooked, but for LGBTQ+ people it can be especially important to know your rights and options. In this free educational workshop, we’ll explore funeral planning from an LGBTQ+ perspective, covering topics such as pre-arrangements, primary rights, home funerals, and choices for after death. Together we’ll discuss how queer and trans communities can make empowered decisions, reduce family conflict, and create funerals that reflect who we are.
This session is hosted by Queer Grief Club in partnership with Care Partners Hospice. All are welcome.
Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lgbtq-funeral-planning-tickets-1735440181299?aff=oddtdtcreator
Queer Grief Club Pet Loss
This is a monthly, drop-in group for Queer grievers to come together in community to share and release their pet loss grief in a supportive and nurturing space. You are invited to show up authentically and vulnerably, with no pressure to share or speak.
This is a confidential, peer-support space and there will not be a recording of the event.
Loose Structure of Grief Release:
-Welcome and Introduction & Intention
-Grounding Visualization Exercise or Ritual
-Grief Shares
-Closing
Sliding scale $10-$15 (No one turned away, but please pay something--even if its just a couple dollars if you are able– this helps me continue to have sliding scale services for our community.
Register here: https://calendly.com/queergriefclub/queer-grief-club-pet-loss-11-13
Queer Grief Club November
This is a drop-in group for Queer grievers to come together in community to share and release their grief in a supportive and nurturing space. You are invited to show up authentically and vulnerably, with no pressure to share or speak. This is a confidential, peer-support space and there will not be a recording of the event.
Loose Structure of Grief Release:
-Welcome and Introduction & Intention
-Grief Shares
-Closing reading or poem
Sliding scale $10-$15 (No one turned away, but please pay something--even if its just a couple dollars if you are able– this helps me continue to have sliding scale services for our community.
Register here: https://calendly.com/queergriefclub/queer-grief-club-11-16
Queer Grief Club October
A monthly, drop-in grief support space for Queer grievers. All grief is welcome, no pressure to share.
Register: https://calendly.com/queergriefclub/october2025
Queer Grief Club Pet Loss
A monthly, drop-in group for Queer grievers who are experiencing pet grief in any form. Bring your photos, your love, your questions, your uncertainty, your mountain of grief. We’ll be here to hold it with you.
Register: https://calendly.com/queergriefclub/petlossoctober2025
Free Webinar: LGBTQ+ End of Life Care and Decisions
In this session we will be exploring essential end-of-life topics through a queer-centered lens. We’ll cover hospice vs. palliative care, Medical Aid in Dying and VSED, types of care facilities, caregiving options (including the role of death doulas), and the differences between Medicaid and Medicare. Hosted by Queer Grief Club in partnership with Care Partners Hospice.
1.5 online educational session
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lgbtq-end-of-life-care-and-decisions-tickets-1732768209359?aff=oddtdtcreator
Free Webinar: Queer Grief 101: Understanding What We Carry
Explore grief through a queer lens—death, identity, community, chosen family, systemic loss, and coping with grief in body & spirit.
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/queer-grief-101-understanding-what-we-carry-tickets-1735483300269?aff=oddtdtcreator
Queer Grief Club
This is a monthly, drop-in group for Queer grievers to come together in community to share and release their grief in a supportive and nurturing space. You are invited to show up authentically and vulnerably, with no pressure to share or speak.
This is a confidential, peer-support space and there will not be a recording of the event.
Pet Loss Queer Grief Club
Welcome to Queer Grief Club’s Pet Loss Grief Release. Losing a pet is devastating. In our grief averse society, we do not recognize how painful and profound this type of loss is. We do not give room or place value on the unique emotional experience of saying goodbye to a beloved animal. This is a drop-in group for Queer grievers to come together in community to share and release their grief of pet loss in a supportive and nurturing space. You are invited to show up authentically and vulnerably, with no pressure to share or speak. This is a confidential, peer-support space and there will not be a recording of the event.
Walking Them Home: A Death Doula's Perspective on End of Life Pet Care, Grief and Honoring
A workshop about end of life care for pets
Queer Grief Club: Grief Release
This is a monthly, drop-in group for Queer grievers to come together in community to share and release their grief in a supportive and nurturing space.
The Death Doula is IN: Community Virtual Open Office Hours
Virtual Open Office Hours for Community
Queer Grief Club: Pet Loss Grief Release
This is a monthly, drop-in group for Queer grievers to come together in community to share and release their pet loss grief in a supportive and nurturing space.
Queer Grief Club May Grief Release
A monthly grief group for the Queer community. All grief is welcome.
Queer Grief Club May Pet Loss Grief Release
A monthly grief group for those who are mourning the loss of a pet.
Tending The Fire: A Ritual Space for Grieving Disconnection & Political Loss
A grief workshop for Queer, Trans, and allied people navigating relationships changed or lost due to MAGA/MAHA ideology.
Queer Grief Club Virtual Pet Loss Grief Release
A drop in grief group for those grieving the loss of a pet.
The Death Doula Is In: Open Community Office Hours
-Have a question about end of life care that you need answered?
-Aspiring death doula and want to talk more about what working in death care can look like?
-Want to connect or talk about a collaboration?
-Ask me anything! Death care, grief work, this time is for you!
Register here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Sist3cqNRaSvpoSb-qEZXA
End of Life Care and Considerations for the Queer Community
An informational session at Portland Arts Collective for folks who are looking for find queer specific resources about end of life care and decisions, by Jamie Thrower. Q & A to follow, with Jamie and Ezekiel Martin-Brunkhart.
Let’s Learn: When Grief Shows Up Early
Join this discussion to gain an understanding of anticipatory grief. Family caregivers, people diagnosed with a serious illness, individuals bracing themselves for ecological harm caused by injustice and climate change, and those facing all kinds of fear about the future are most welcome.
Surviving the Loss LGBTQ+ Grief Group with Care Partners Hospice
October 16 – November 20, 2024
Wednesdays 2 – 3:30 Pm, Virtual via TEAMS
A grief group for LGBTQ+ community members who have lost someone close to them in the last year, such as a partner, significant other, friend, family member, etc. This group meets for 6 weeks and is led by LGBTQ+ facilitators. The group will be closed to 10 participants, please register early!
Open to LGBTQ+ community members only & Oregon residents.
Register by emailing Jett at: jett.koda@carepartnersor.org
LGBTQ+ End of Life Care and Decisions with Care Partners Hospice
End-of-Life Care & Decisions for the LGBTQ+ Community
September 17th, 10 – 11:30 Am, virtual and free of cost
Zoom link provided after registration.
hospice versus palliative care
Death with Dignity (DWD) & Medical Aid in Dying (MAID)
types of care facilities
caregiving options including role of death doula
Medicaid vs Medicare
Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lgbtq-community-end-of-life-care-and-decisions-tickets-998634491647?aff=oddtdtcreator
Queer Grief Club: Gentle Yoga for Heartbreak and Grief
Come join us at Side Yard Farm and Kitchen for a soothing session of gentle yoga to help navigate heartbreak and grief in a supportive queer community. Join us for a connective and gentle yoga/somatic movement class to tenderly hold our personal and collective heartbreak and grief. We’ll gather on the mat to share our grief, connect to our bodies, and ground ourselves in community care and love. Hosted by Queer Grief Club and Elayna Caron.
Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/queer-grief-club-gentle-yoga-for-heartbreak-and-grief-tickets-993710223027?aff=oddtdtcreator
Queer Grief Club: Gentle Yoga for Heartbreak and Grief
Join us for a connective and gentle yoga/somatic movement class to tenderly hold our personal and collective heartbreak and grief. We’ll gather on the mat to share our grief, connect to our bodies, and ground ourselves in community care and love. Hosted by Queer Grief Club and Elayna Caron.
Class size limited to 15 people.
Covid safety: Event is outdoors with room for distancing.
Pay what you can: $10-$30
(no one turned away )
Registration Required via eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/queer-grief-club-gentle-yoga-for-heartbreak-and-grief-tickets-900247403217?aff=oddtdtcreator
Queer Grief Club Pet Loss Grief Release
A monthly, drop-in group for those grieving the loss of a pet.
Queer Grief Club April Grief Release
Welcome to Queer Grief Club’s Monthly Grief Release for March. This is a monthly, drop-in group for Queer grievers to come together in community to share and release their grief in a supportive and nurturing space. You are invited to show up authentically and vulnerably, with no pressure to share or speak. At Queer Grief Club, we invite you not only to release the grief that you are holding, but to also practice releasing the ways that society keeps our grief small, individualized, and disconnected from community.
This is a confidential, peer-support space and there will not be a recording of the event.
Loose Structure of Grief Release:
-Welcome and Introduction & Intention
-Grief Shares
-Closing Grounding Visualization Exercise or Ritual
Cost: Free of charge, though donations are greatly appreciated (suggested donation $5-$10) so that I can continue to do this work and keep it accessible for my community. www.paypal.me/queergriefclub
Group Agreements:
-My grief experience is my own, and I speak only from my own experience.
-No advice giving unless specifically asked by an individual
-Respect and maintain the confidentiality and privacy of all individuals within the group. What is shared in the group should stay within the group.
-Recognize and appreciate the diversity of experiences within our LGBTQ community and honor the intersections of other identities within our Queerness.
-Remember to care for your own emotional and mental capacity during group discussions. Practice self-care and set boundaries if you need to protect your own well-being.
If you have specific accessibility needs for zoom, or have any questions about the grief release, feel free to reach out queergriefclub@gmail.com
Queer Grief Club Pet Loss Grief Release- April
This is a drop-in group for Queer grievers to come together in community to share and release their grief of pet loss in a supportive and nurturing space. You are invited to show up authentically and vulnerably, with no pressure to share or speak. This is a confidential, peer-support space and there will not be a recording of the event.