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My Safe Space

This series of articles showcase Xtra readers’ ingenuity in carving out special spaces, whether physical or spiritual, where they can be their truest selves.

I figured out my IRL drama watching ‘Vanderpump Rules’
My Safe Space

I figured out my IRL drama watching ‘Vanderpump Rules’

As my own life began to feel less real, I found myself needing a dose of reality during the pandemic

By Sadie Graham
In the darkness of the pandemic, I found light in a WhatsApp group chat
My Safe Space

In the darkness of the pandemic, I found light in a WhatsApp group chat

A writer with borderline personality disorder found a virtual space free from stigma and brimming with humour

By Miranda Newman
How queer-friendly Shabbat helped me fully embrace my Jewish heritage
My Safe Space

How queer-friendly Shabbat helped me fully embrace my Jewish heritage

When I bring in Shabbat, I get to do so with other queer Jews—not because I have to, but because I choose to

By Emily Zinkin
Amid canned foods and dishes, I found pandemic solitude in my pantry
My Safe Space

Amid canned foods and dishes, I found pandemic solitude in my pantry

I needed a place to ground myself, a place of solitude, of familiarity, of nourishment. I needed the pantry

By Allyson Darling
The solo back porch dance parties that revived me
My Safe Space

The solo back porch dance parties that revived me

I took queer nightlife for granted until I couldn’t access it anymore—so I made my own dance floor

By Emma Glassman-Hughes
I created a drag persona to get me through quarantine
My Safe Space

I created a drag persona to get me through quarantine

Connecting with my own queerness through Mairy Dilk gave me a lifeline when I couldn’t connect with anyone else

By Melanie Jayne Ashford
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Among the alligators, peacocks and rabbits, I found peace at my local zoo
My Safe Space

Among the alligators, peacocks and rabbits, I found peace at my local zoo

As I roam freely with them, the animals can just be—and I can, too

By Nikki Naser
Finding a second pandemic home at the corner store
My Safe Space

Finding a second pandemic home at the corner store

The small talk is always small with the shopkeepers. We are familiar strangers; we know each other because we are there

By JB Bergin
My bath time ritual is the perfect pandemic salve
My Safe Space

My bath time ritual is the perfect pandemic salve

The joy of bathing is the pleasure of being partially or wholly unobserved in the steam

By Hannah Copestake
I created my own soap opera to get through heartbreak and quarantine
My Safe Space

I created my own soap opera to get through heartbreak and quarantine

When the pandemic hit, I used “College Heights” to work through my own neuroses

By Skylar Baker-Jordan
My phone, a window to a brave new queer world
My Safe Space

My phone, a window to a brave new queer world

Watching LGBTQ2S+ content on the small screen of my iPhone is queer escapism, freedom from my everyday mundanities

By Sarah Taher
A tiny apartment in Lagos is my personal oasis
My Safe Space

A tiny apartment in Lagos is my personal oasis

In my small-roomed sanctuary, I can exist in a space where my queerness is not policed

By Nelson C.J
Building a pandemic garden helped me find glory in nature
My Safe Space

Building a pandemic garden helped me find glory in nature

I’m no cottagecore queer, but tilling the land in my parents’ backyard brought a comfort I was missing in New York City

By Gaby Messino
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