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LGBTQIA+ Deathcare Resource List

End-of-Life

Your Life, Your Decisions: AIDS Law Project Booklet on End-of-Life Issues Facing Clients with HIV

End-of-Life Planning Documents for the Transgender Community  

Whitman Walker Health | Creating End-of-Life Documents for Transgender Individuals

Living will Sample Document, tailored to your state

Hospital Visitation Directive Sample Document

Power of Financial Attorney Sample Document, tailored to your state 

State Advance Directive Forms | Cake & Order of the Good Death 


Legal Support (Living Wills, Power of Medical Attorney, etc.)

Ben Jerner, Jerner Law Group (Philadelphia, PA)

Nicole Council, Reid Council Law Firm (Philadelphia, PA)

Mazzoni Center Legal Services (Philadelphia, PA)

AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)


Funeral & Cremation Services

Friends Southwest Burial Ground (Upper Darby, PA)

Laurel Hill Cemetery (Laurel Hill, NJ)

Free Cremation Services via City of Philadelphia, Medical Examiner’s Office (Philadelphia, PA)


Grief & Bereavement Support

Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center | Online Bereavement Support Group (Allentown, PA)

Peer Counseling — William Way LGBT Community Center (Philadelphia, PA) 

Queering (Trans)itions: A Death Cafe (Philadelphia, PA)

Support for Grieving LGBTQ+ Youth via Uplift (Philadelphia, PA) 


Death Doula Support

Find a Provider - SAGE 

Death & Dying Doula Support | Liberation Therapy


Additional Resources

Transgender Law Center Life Planning Document Booklet

Protecting Trans Bodies in Death

ID Documents Center | National Center for Transgender Equality

Anton King-Rose (@transdeathcare) • Instagram photos and videos

Queer and Trans Deathcare - Revolutionising How We Handle Death   

End-of-Life Care for Transgender Older Adults - PMC

Queer Death Studies Network


Additional Articles

What If Death Care Were Designed for Trans and Nonbinary People?

End of Life Planning | The Order of the Good Death 

Dying Trans: Preserving Identity in Death

Trans Death Care Advocacy and Resources - TalkDeath

Advocating for Change: Trans Inclusive Death Care

Trans Death Rights Are Human Rights | The Order of the Good Death

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