LGBTQIA+ End of Life Workshop (Online)

For LGBTQIA+ people, our motivation for making plans, preparations, and considerations about the end of life can look a little different. If you have questions you don’t know who to ask, are curious about how to plan for the future, or if you’ve never thought about it but now want to learn more -this is the workshop for you. 

Sign up below to attend our LGBTQIA+ Courage Conversations Workshop facilitated by Birth, Death and Trauma Doula Patricia Lübeck. 

Part of the Courage Conversations series, this workshop offers a supportive space for LGBTQIA+ individuals to explore end-of-life planning with care, creativity, and community. 

It blends education, therapeutic holding, and guided reflection to help participants navigate key aspects of planning – including community support, digital legacy, finances, alternative celebrations, and essential legal considerations like wills and ADRTs. 

While no legal or medical advice is given, this workshop encourages open conversations about life, death, and legacy. Participants will leave with clarity, resources, and a starting point to put their wishes in order. It can be useful for starting to think about and reframing meaning and purpose in our own lives. 

Most importantly, this workshop can be useful for LGBTQIA+ people of all ages (18+) and stages of life. You do not have to be impacted by cancer. This might be the first time you have thought about what End of Life care is, or might mean.

This workshop will be taking place over two online (zoom) sessions: 

🗓 Saturday 2nd May 2026, 12.00–2.30pm 
🗓 Saturday 9th May 2026, 12.00–2.30pm 

These are standalone workshops, meaning you can attend one of them on its own if it aligns more with you, or you can attend both sessions, as they work particularly well together. 

Workshop 1 – Saturday 2nd May: Exploring personal perspectives on life, death, and legacy

The first session is designed to gently ease people into conversations around death, dying, and legacy in a supportive and creative way. Together, participants will reflect on questions such as: What does a “good death” mean to me? What makes me who I am? Where and how will I be remembered or missed? 

This session focuses less on the intimidating practicalities and more on exploring your personal relationship with death, your life, your values, and your wishes. It will also include reflections on preferences around funerals, celebrations of life, and what matters most to you. 

Workshop 2 – Saturday 9th May : Focusing on wills, ADRTs and more technical matters through creative approaches

The second session will build more towards practical planning and actioning wishes discussed in the first workshop – although attendance at Workshop 1 is not required. This session will explore areas such as wills, finances, advance care planning, medical wishes, and ADRTs in a way that feels accessible, creative, and community-focused. 

Participants will continue to engage in guided reflection and creative exercises while gaining clearer understanding of practical end-of-life considerations.