How can we build queer family and bridge generations?

Writers and subjects from our Queering Family series discuss the importance of intentionality within LGBTQ2S+ families

Xtra advice columnist Kai Cheng Thom moderates a discussion with health editor Ziya Jones,  contributor Tobin Ng and mother-daughter duo Tudor and Evan Robins to wrap up our nine-part Queering Family series. The conversation touches on everything from the benefits of being queer to the contentious idea of earning love to the idyllic dream of 17 trans people living in a commune.

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Lito Howse (they/them) is a queer and trans/non-binary identified videographer, editor and producer based in Toronto. They previously worked for the CBC where they wrote TV stories, edited and control room produced for News Network. They also produced videos for CBC Radio and wrote web articles for shows like The Current and As It Happens, among other roles. They speak English.

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