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Put Me in the Living Room and Cover Me with Flowers
Queering Death
From: The Care We Dream Of
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In this account of her mother’s death, the author elaborated on the do-it-yourself attitude she brought to queering her grief, and also the the healing relationship she developed with death and dying.
Contributors
Zena Sharman
Zena Sharman (she/her) is a writer, speaker, strategist, and LGBTQ+ health advocate. Zena edited the Lambda Literary Award–winning anthology The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and winning anthology The Remedy: Queer and Trans Voices on Health and Health Care, and coedited the Lambda Award–nominated anthology Persistence: All Ways Butch and Femme, which was named a Stonewall Honor Book by the American Library Association. She regularly speaks on LGBTQ+ health to audiences of health care providers, students, and community members at universities and conferences across North America. A PhD-trained health researcher, Zena has worked in strategic leadership roles in the health research sector for over a decade. Her resumé also includes party thrower, cabaret host, go-go dancer for a queer punk band, campus radio DJ, and elementary school public speaking champion. You can learn more about Zena and her work at zenasharman.com.
