Denver LGBTQIA+ Alternatives to Suicide

Denver LGBTQIA+ Alternatives to Suicide Peer Support Group is a free, non-clinical, peer-led support group for LGBTQIA+ adults who experience thoughts of suicide, self-harm, or a desire to escape life.

This group is grounded in the Alternatives to Suicide approach developed by the Wildflower Alliance and Yarrow Collective, which centers connection, curiosity, and shared humanity rather than diagnosis, risk management, or coercion.

When & Where

📍 Location:
The Center on Colfax
1301 E Colfax Ave, Denver, CO

🗓 Schedule:
1st and 3rd Monday of each month
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

What Makes Alternatives to Suicide Different

Many people have been harmed when they tried to talk honestly about suicidal thoughts — through forced hospitalization, police involvement, loss of autonomy, or being treated as a problem to be managed.

This group is intentionally different.

• There is no forced hospitalization, emergency intervention, or reporting
• There is no clinical assessment, diagnosis, or treatment plan
• There is no pressure to “get better,” be positive, or want to live
• Facilitators are peers, not clinicians — people with lived experience
• Everyone is treated as the expert on their own life

This is a space where you can speak openly about suicidal thoughts and urges without fear, and where those experiences are understood as meaningful responses to pain — not symptoms to be eliminated.

What the Group Is Like

This is not a group where everyone is required to check in or speak.

You are welcome to:

• Share what’s coming up for you
• Ask questions or explore meaning together
• Speak without wanting feedback
• Sit quietly and just be present

Conversation is guided by curiosity and respect. Participants often ask questions of one another — not to fix or advise, but to understand more deeply and build connection.

Names and pronouns are shared at the start of group, including access needs. You may use different names or pronouns here than you do elsewhere in your life.

Who This Group Is For

This group is for LGBTQIA+ adults (18+) who:

• Experience suicidal thoughts, urges, or fantasies
• Feel worn down by traditional crisis or mental health systems
• Want a space that honors autonomy, consent, and lived experience
• Are looking for connection without pressure to perform wellness

You do not need to be in immediate crisis to attend.
You do not need to know what you want or need.
You are welcome exactly as you are.

Group Values

• Consent and autonomy
• Curiosity over correction
• Peer support, not hierarchy
• Connection over control
• Honoring lived experience

What This Group Is Not

• Not therapy
• Not a skills group
• Not a crisis hotline
• Not a place where anyone will tell you what to do

Accessibility & Cost

• Free to attend
• No registration required
• Drop-in friendly
• If you have access needs or questions about the space, facilitators will do their best to accommodate