CQC Out on Screen / Birthday Movie Night

Connecting Queer Communities had a birthday party for one of our members where we watched movies from the Out on Screen LGBTQ Film Festival. One of CQC’s members has just started taking gender affirming hormones and they wanted to celebrate their new birthday....

CQC at New Westminster Pride

Connecting Queer Communities had a booth at the 2024 New Westminster Pride Festival on August 17th. The booth had information on CQC’s activities, plus Pride stickers and a button making machine where people could design their own Pride pins. CQC members took...
Project SHINE

Project SHINE

A bold new sexual health initiative in New York centres youth aged 16-24 with cognitive disabilities. The project is a partnership between the Self Advocacy Association of New York State, YAI, Sinergia, City University of New York’s Disability and Aging Justice...
New York Times Opinion

New York Times Opinion

An Op / Ed piece arguing that sex education is essential for all students. It’s encouraging to see such an influential paper lend its voice to the conversation on the rights of students with cognitive disabilities to get information about how their bodies work,...