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The aim of the present study was to understand the experience of lesbian widows from a phenomenological-existential perspective. Two unstructured phenomenological interviews were performed, with the following starter question: “What was it like to lose your wife?” The interviews were analyzed according to the phenomenological method described by Giorgi. Data were categorized into the following essential constituents of the structure of the experience of lesbian widowhood: Discrimination, Loss of meaning of the life-world, Loneliness, Changes in mood and health, Restructuring daily life, Changes in the projects of their love lives, Lack of recognition as a couple, the Invisibility of suffering, Being silenced, Restrictions on the expression of pain, Social support, Rejection or acceptance by families, Need to secure personal rights, and Need for self-respect and self-recognition as a lesbian. The results revealed signifi cant psychological suffering in homosexual widows due to th e lack of social recognition of the legitimacy of their relationship, love, and loss. We conclude that structured support networks and health care resources are essential to minimize the suffering of lesbian widows and aid the construction of new meanings during bereavement.

Veiled Bereavement: The Experience of Lesbian Widows from an Existential-Phenomenological Perspective