LGBTQIA+/Neurodivergent Alternatives to Suicide SE Denver

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This Meetup is for folx who identify as LGBTQIA+ and/or neurodivergent and who have personal lived or living experience with self-injury and/or suicide.

Because this group is private, event descriptions and addresses may be hidden unless you join. Public group details are listed below.

You do not need to join this Meetup or RSVP to attend any listed peer support group. RSVPs are not used here. You can just show up.

About Alternatives to Suicide (Alt2Su)
Alt2Su groups, such as this one are held to the standards of Alt2Su group charter, as developed and maintained by the Wildflower Alliance. Alt2Su groups are peer-led, non-clinical, non-carceral (meaning outside of the legal and state systems) gatherings of people who have personal lived/living experience with the impact of suicide. Groups like this one offer folx the space to talk openly, honestly, and voluntarily with others who perosnally live, or have lived, with the impact of suicide.
For more detail about Alt2Su values and practices, please read the Alt2Su group charter.

Who this is for
This group is specifically for LGBTQIA+/Neurodivergent flox who have personal lived/living experience with self-injury and/or suicide, however they define those experiences.

Alt2Su groups are not spaces for observers, students, researchers, or clinicians attending in a professional capacity. Alt2Su groups exist for the sole purpose of giving those with lived/living experience with suicide a space to explore their experiences with other people who can relate and hold space for these parts of our shared humanity.

Privacy, joining, and RSVPs
This Meetup group is private because suicide-related support should not require people to publicly display their name, profile, or attendance.

You do not need to join this Meetup group to attend any listed peer support group.

You do not need to RSVP on Meetup to attend any listed peer support group.

Values
In these spaces, we try to honor these core values:
• People are the experts on their own experiences.
• Suicidal thoughts can have meaning, context, and history.
• Honest conversation can reduce isolation and shame.
• Support works best when it is voluntary, mutual, and non-coercive.
• We do not assume illness.
• We do not assess people for involuntary intervention.
• We do not call police or emergency services on people simply because they talk about suicide.
• We respect confidentiality and the privacy of everyone who attends.

Group details
This group is organized by and holds our Alt2Su meetings at Joy Hertz, a nonprofit with a mission to hold space for the impact of self-injury and suicide within Denver's LGBTQIA+/Neurodivergent communities.

Joy Hertz Website