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Your Communities in Action

A continuing series on LGBTQ2 folks coping and caring for each other during the COVID-19 crisis.

These Alberta students planned a digital prom for LGBTQ2 teens
Your Communities in Action

These Alberta students planned a digital prom for LGBTQ2 teens

Laurell Pallot and Lily Overacker organized a Pride prom to celebrate graduates over Zoom—from runway shows and prom court to reading circles

By Sarah Taher
Washington LGBTQ2 youth move online for support
Your Communities in Action

Washington LGBTQ2 youth move online for support

Spokane-based support group Odyssey adapts to COVID-19; gaps in service delivery revealed

By Krishna Rau
How Alberta GSAs are supporting LGBTQ2 youth during COVID-19
Your Communities in Action

How Alberta GSAs are supporting LGBTQ2 youth during COVID-19

The creative ways queer and trans students are connecting during the pandemic—from Zoom calls to Instagram board games

By Erica Lenti
LGBTQ2 groups in Canada petition federal government on COVID-19
Your Communities in Action

LGBTQ2 groups in Canada petition federal government on COVID-19

One hundred organizations demand recognition of special needs stemming from the pandemic and beyond

By Krishna Rau
Queer summer camp at home
Your Communities in Action

Queer summer camp at home

The Ten Oaks Project crafts love and support for LGBTQ2 kids and families

By Krishna Rau
Drag goes digital during COVID-19 with ‘Dragula’ alum
Your Communities in Action

Drag goes digital during COVID-19 with ‘Dragula’ alum

Drag supermonster Biqtch Puddiń offers performers an alternative to IRL shows during COVID-19

By Amanda Scriver
How queer disabled artists are maintaining community during COVID-19
Your Communities in Action

How queer disabled artists are maintaining community during COVID-19

From crafting nights to play parties, these artists are getting creative

By Dev Ramsawakh
Cocktail hour with LGBTQ2 artists
Your Communities in Action

Cocktail hour with LGBTQ2 artists

The world’s largest queer theatre launches digital performance series

By Gordon Bowness
In the face of COVID-19 fears, L.A.’s Leo Moore enlists practical facts and accessibility
Your Communities in Action

In the face of COVID-19 fears, L.A.’s Leo Moore enlists practical facts and accessibility

The doctor is in… and online

By Jon Higgins
COVID-19: Your communities in action, Mar. 25
Your Communities in Action

COVID-19: Your communities in action, Mar. 25

A running diary of LGBTQ2 folk coping and caring for each other. Today: The 519 community centre in Toronto and North Carolina’s Campus Pride

By Gordon Bowness, Jon Higgins
COVID-19: Your communities at work, Mar. 24
Your Communities in Action

COVID-19: Your communities at work, Mar. 24

A running diary of LGBTQ2 folk coping and caring for each other. Today: “Community defence” of sex workers and your favourite L.A. lesbian comic talks books

By Xtra Staff
COVID-19: Your communities in action, Mar. 20
Your Communities in Action

COVID-19: Your communities in action, Mar. 20

A running diary of LGBTQ2 folk coping and caring for each other. Today: Your weekend queer concert roundup with Jeremy Dutcher, Rufus Wainwright, Janette King and more.

By Xtra Staff
COVID-19: Your Communities in Action, Mar. 19
Your Communities in Action

COVID-19: Your Communities in Action, Mar. 19

A running diary of LGBTQ2 folk coping and caring for each other. Today: Your invitation to the partypocalypse and something darling for the kiddies

By Xtra Staff
COVID-19: Your Communities in Action, Mar. 18
Your Communities in Action

COVID-19: Your Communities in Action, Mar. 18

A running diary of LGBTQ2 folk caring and coping for each other. Today: queer Berliners mobilize to help the most vulnerable, the oldest LGBTQ2 bookstore in the world reinvents itself again, and Charli XCX spreads positivity

By Arvin Joaquin, Erica Lenti, Gordon Bowness
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