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When tragedy exposes community failures to accept difference

My cousin died by suicide after our family rejected him for being gay and now everyone wants to do ceremony but it feels too late.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Devastating loss reveals how traditional communities sometimes fail to create space for members who don't fit cultural norms, generating complex grief and guilt.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous restorative traditions?”

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