The tragedy of finding then losing shared community online
Justin Saint
Justin is a makeup artist, performer, and queer geek activist. He migrated to Vancouver, BC from the Philippines in May 2004. He is best known for his award-winning Cosplay transformations into pop culture characters like Maleficent and Queen Amidala. An advocate for inclusive spaces within the geek community, Justin co-founded the Vancouver Gaymers, a meetup club for LGBT gamers in Feb 2009. Justin was ranked #1 in Xtra's BC Top 30 Under 30 list in 2013 and was also recognized by The Advocate for his work in creating safe spaces for queer geeks. Justin has no preferred pronoun as is comfortable with he/she/they as long as their is no malicious intent.