My partner of ten years died in a car accident and her family won't let me attend the funeral because they never acknowledged our relationship and I don't know how to grieve someone I'm not allowed to have loved.
More people experience this than they realize.
Disenfranchised grief compounds loss with the additional cruelty of having love itself erased from the record.
“Where Are You with LGBTQ+ Love, Partnership, and Its Varieties?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.