come try on a lens where we see death as a natural part of cyclical human maturation, & digestion of experience as an ongoing, mundane yet essential practice of being with death.
pleasure & power are essential for surviving despair & resisting rising fascism.
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Yoga for Grief Tuesday March 10 at 7 p.m. EST Queer Death Salon is a community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death, dying and grief. It is a facilitated drop-in discussion space, with the purpose of building connection, skill, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities. Join Yoga Therapist in training, Des for a trauma-informed yoga practice. Explore yogic practices, such as pranayama/breath work, asana/physical shapes, and pratyahara/tuning inward to aid in processing grief. Des (they/them) is a Yoga Guide and Grief Doula who lives, breathes, and plays on Michi Saagiig Anishnaabeg territory, Treaty 20, and the Williams Treaties in Nogojiwanong, what is colonially know as “Peterborough, ON” in so-called “Canada.” Nogojiwanong means “the place at the end of the rapids” in Ojibwe. Cost PWYC including free Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/yoga-for-grief-queer-death-salon-tickets-1980408626513
Join Yoga Therapist in training, Des for a trauma-informed yoga practice.
Explore yogic practices, such as pranayama/breath work, asana/physical shapes, and pratyahara/tuning inward to aid in processing grief.
Register at www.eventbrite.ca/e/yoga-for-g...
Teeth Become Weapons: Trans Grief and Rage Tuesday February 17 at 7 p.m. EST Our bodies, lives, and very beings are increasingly politicized. Our stories and histories are flattened, made palatable for the sake of survival. Our unique grief becomes increasingly buried and unheard, unshared. What makes this grief unique? What do we grieve? How does that grief affect us? What prevents us from engaging with that grief? How does our grief connect us and bring us together? Queer Death Salon is a community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death, dying and grief. It is a facilitated drop-in discussion space, with the purpose of building connection, skill, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities. Guest Facilitator Imogen Reid is the last of the feral trans women, a proud dirtbag, degenerate, and fuck up. She is a harm reduction advocate and educator, a former founding member of Communities Organizing for Harm Reduction, one of the first organized groups in Ottawa doing harm reduction before there were any safe sites. Imogen is a recovering drug addict, survivor, fighter, activist, shoplifter, parent, story teller, and the holder of the memories of her dead. She is a visual artist, photographer, shitty punk musician, and author whose work explores themes of bodies, gender, queer desire, poverty, trauma, drugs/addiction and her own very weird life on this hell world we call home. Participants are encouraged to bring their own questions, stories, and complexities to share. Automatic closed captioning is enabled for the zoom session. Follow the link in bio for more information about Imogen, on format and accessibility, and to get the zoom link.
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#deathpositive #trans #grief #rage #deathsalon #deathcafe
URGENT NEED! HELP KEEP FAMILY TOGETHER, DONATE NOW! We are raising funds for a pillar of our community: a trans sex worker of color who is at risk of losing custody of their children. While their lawyers are confident they can win this discriminatory case, funds are needed by February 2026. We believe they should no longer have to face this on their own, which is why we are asking for your support. Goal: $50,000 https://www.gofundme.com/help-keep-family-together-urgent Venmo: carta-monir Cashapp: $cartamonir Send donations with a red heart emoji to ensure funds are redirected to this SWER
We are raising funds for a beloved community member; a trans sex worker of color who is at risk of losing custody of their children. For their safety and privacy they must remain anonymous, but this is a pillar of our community, loved and verified by those of us running this fundraiser. Our friend is facing a trial in February regarding the custody of their young children. The case against them is based on the fact that their primary form of income is sex work. Notably, the judge of the initial custody arrangement ruled that their job was not reason enough to restrict their parenting time years ago. Because of this precedent, their lawyer feels very confident they will win their upcoming case.
To defend their rights to parent their own children, our friend needs to raise $75,000 by February 2026. This staggering amount of money is required by the court to cover the costs associated with a two day trial (lawyers fees, expert witnesses, the court reporter, depositions, creation of trial binders, the list goes on). If they cannot secure these funds by the February deadline, they will be forced to settle, resulting in severely reduced interaction with their children. We obviously do not want this to happen. Our friend has provided for themself and their children for years, fighting their custody battle in private while continuing to be an incredible parent, friend, and educator. They can no longer face this by themselves, which is why we are asking for your support.
In our current political climate, we know that our friend's situation is especially precarious. This is a crucial moment to show solidarity with a community member who needs it more than ever.
I am fundraising for an anonymous friend, who is a trans sex worker and POC. They are at risk of losing custody of their children. Please, please donate. This is a situation that is painful and scary beyond description.
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Write Your Grief Tuesday January 13 at 7 p.m. EST Participants will be led through a short meditation/reiki offering to ground and center in the space, followed by some intentional and prompted writing time, where we’ll pick a source of grief, or grief itself, and write letters. There will be optional time for sharing about the experience itself or what you’ve written and some additional prompts for continued writing practice. Participants are also invited to submit completed letters to a queer grief zine for publication. Queer Death Salon is a community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death, dying and grief. It is a facilitated drop-in discussion space, with the purpose of building connection, skill, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities. Guest Facilitator Melissa Delizia, MSW, LSW, DSW (she/they) is a writer, witch, social worker, educator, death doula, and Reiki Master Teacher whose work lives at the intersection of sacred care, social justice, and transformative education. Their practice centers queer and transgender experiences of death, dying, grief, and ritual, with a deep commitment to equitable, accessible, and community-rooted death care. Participants are encouraged to bring their own questions, stories, and complexities to share. Automatic closed captioning is enabled for the zoom session. Follow the link in bio for more information about Melissa Delizia, on format and accessibility, and to get the zoom link.
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An image of Badly Licked Bear gazing to the right with shimmery pink lipstick, swept back wavy hair, her hands clad in black leather gloves rest upon her pearl necklace. She is the foreground to green leather texture background with event information all around her. Psychic Death and Transitions Tuesday December 16 at 7 p.m. EST Badly Licked Bear loves death. As a transsexual person, as an Indigenous person, as an adoption survivor, as someone who works with the knowledge of the body and of bodies, death is a constant companion in her work. Participants will be held in exploring psychic deaths, what it means to be “once dead and twice born,” and how our sexuality often skirts, confronts, plays with, or outright embraces death. What does it mean to bring death and the process of death consciously into one’s daily life and practices? Queer Death Salon is a community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death, dying and grief. It is a facilitated drop-in discussion space, with the purpose of building connection, skill, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities. Participants are encouraged to bring their own questions, stories, and complexities to share. Automatic closed captioning is enabled for the zoom session. Follow the link in bio for more information about Badly Licked Bear, on format and accessibility, and to get the zoom link.
Psychic Death and Transitions with @badlylickedbear.bsky.social
Queer Death Salon is a facilitated drop-in discussion space with the purpose of building connection, skill & resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating grief & end of life.
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Grieving Medically Assisted Deaths Tuesday November 18 at 7 p.m. EST Medically assisted death is becoming more common globally, and yet there are few places to share about this experience. Join us as we discuss our experience and share about our loved ones who chose medically assisted death at the end of their lives. Some questions to consider: How did you support or interact with the decision making around this choice? What opportunities has this choice opened up? How did this compare to other deaths you’ve experienced? How does it feel to know ahead of time when a loved one will die?
Grieving Medically Assisted Death at Queer Death Salon.
Queer Death Salon is a facilitated drop-in discussion space with the purpose of building connection skill & resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life.
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Join us tonight!
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"In some places, French postal workers now pick up prescriptions, return library books, and deliver flowers. Last year, only twenty eight per cent of La Poste’s revenue came from sending mail."
Services can evolve in positive ways to meet new and growing needs.
Tuesday October 21 at 7pm eastern Let’s gather and engage with our questions and feelings about: sex after the death of a loved one. the disenfranchised grief of polyamorous and kinky relational loss. how pleasure and erotic energy can support our mourning. changes in desire as death approaches for ourselves or a loved one. cultural expectations of how a widow should act and our internalized stories about that. anything sex/pleasure and bereavement related. No question is too taboo. Jess will invite folks to participate in embodiment exercises, freewrite and consider the ways they want to be in relationship to their sexual expression within their (anticipatory) grief. Jess DeVries is a queer somatic sex coach and grief worker. She primarily serves the queer/trans community supporting folks in reclaiming body autonomy and to inspire curiosity about pleasure and sexual expression, guiding folks to define and pursue pleasure on their own terms. She is a grief advocate who regularly facilitates spaces for people to grieve, inviting the wisdom of the body to guide the grief process. Queer Death Salon is a community space for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people to come together to discuss death, dying and grief. It is a facilitated drop-in discussion space, with the purpose of building connection, skill, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities. Participants are encouraged to bring their own questions, stories, and complexities to share. Automatic closed captioning is enabled for the zoom session. Follow the link in bio for more information about Jess, on format and accessibility, and to get the zoom link.
Recently I took my boy to a secluded off grid cabin. We were only clothed long enough to make a game of removing clothes. This is an image of him standing and facing away from the camera. His white y-front undies have been sliced away, exposing his luscious butt. My ankh flogger by Talisman Leather is resting over his shoulder while I take a break to enjoy the view.
It has been so long since I’ve taken any pervy photos. Truly these times have chilled my desire to be horny on the Internet. Which is a deep loss.
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What is the meaning of grief in the context of political identity? Who gets to grieve? When? How? Drawing from her own intersectional identity and spiritual evolution, Victoria is thrilled to guide us through an exploration of our bodies and minds as we discuss what roles we have to play in our unfolding future. Prepare to move just a bit, think critically, sow hope, and acknowledge the grief of living in this world while dreaming into the futures we desire! Victoria Rutledge is a tenured yoga teacher and certified death doula, with experience leading group processing sessions, leading workshops and retreats, and hospice volunteering. Passionate about self inquiry and creating an equitable and just world for all people, she finds purpose in creating spaces to hold the vastness of the human experience. This is a facilitated drop-in space hosted on zoom, in English, with automated closed captioning. The purpose is building connection, skill, and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ people navigating end of life in our personal lives and in our communities. Follow the link to learn more about Victoria and register for the zoom session. See you September 9th at 7pm eastern
Tues Sept 9 7pm eastern on zoom.
Grief & Political Identity
What is the meaning of grief in the context of political identity? Who gets to grieve? When? How?
Prepare to move just a bit, think critically, sow hope, & acknowledge the grief of living in this world & dreaming the futures we desire!
The cool thing about pride celebrations is they happen all over the place on different days. If you live in a city, where prides are quite large, consider a little roadtrip to a smaller town to bolster their numbers and make new friends!
I hope to see you there!
One way to counter repression is to get louder
You’re invited. Bring your friends.
This weekend I got to force feed some pups some Queen Anne cordial cherries until their mouths and throats could hold not more and there was spit up to rub their snouts in and vomit to praise them for.
Invite me to all your parties 🍒
Tuesday March 11 7-8:30 pm eastern we are having a zoom about Writing, Preserving and Sharing our Stories. Optionally includes pre-writing our own obituaries!
Join us and guest Jeffrey Canton of Queers In Your Ears
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#deathpositive #lgbtq #archive #story
TRAILER DROP! We're thrilled to announce the first in a new series from AORTA films... CUMPILATIONS: 10 Years of Group Scenes features the hottest moments from our best queer & trans gangbangs and orgies!! Premieres March 7th only at aortafilms.com
Assigned was on the ground and in the Discord, reporting on the historic return to the streets of foundational trans rights activist group Transexual Menace, @transexualmenace.bsky.social
@valorievandieman.bsky.social has our story, with photos and additional reporting by Simon Feisthauer Fournet.
Whoops I forgot to post here but Tuesday Feb 11th we’re doing a Queer Death Salon with presenters talking about medical assistance in dying and a discussion afterwards.
#deathpositive #maid
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
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[Mexico City, Mexico]
Following the attempted murder of a trans woman. Cops just let the alleged perp go. So actionists from the Mexican sex workers union stormed the judicial building.
Via Ghost of Durruti
Often when I’ve spoken of the dead in the present tense, people got really uncomfortable about it. 😂😂
#deathpositive
