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Welcome! Here you’ll find inspiring blog posts, toolkits, and other resources. Browse our inspiring It Gets Better videos and spotlights shared with us, along with our original content series! We hope the diversity of our community inspires and empowers you. You are not alone!
Navigating Dating Apps Safely We are in the age where digital connections, whether fleeting or for the long term, are being widely embraced. Dating apps can help us find hookups, partners, friends with or without benefits, and those classic queer ambiguous connections. As a powerful avenue for exploration and connection,
Explore what thriving beyond the binary looks like. We sat down with AL, a queer non-binary content creator to learn how they were able to be their authentic self by embracing life outside the binary and asked for their advice to non-binary youth. Thriving Beyond the Binary “Be authentic to
Why Queer Stories Matter It Gets Better Canada is proud to continue to uplift 2SLGBTQ+ voices across our nation. Watch this message from our new Executive Director, featuring an array of inspiring queer youth leading the charge for a better tomorrow! GET UPDATES and stay connected – subscribe to our
Today’s leading queer content creators are transforming TikTok and inspiring 2SLGBTQ+ youth! On October 18, 2022, It Gets Better Canada chatted with three impactful creators: Tyra Blizzard, Owen Unruh and Breanne Williamson, to learn how they have successfully maneuvered TikTok as their platform for instigating change. Together they unpacked how
Safe Space Sessions – National Coming Out Day with NYX This year for National Coming Out Day, It Gets Better Canada teamed up with NYX Cosmetics and some familiar faces to create a Safe Space Session for LGBTQ2+ youth. GET UPDATES and stay connected – subscribe to our newsletter. It
“Fire Song” panel co-presented by WE MATTER & IT GETS BETTER CANADA This panel explores topics of Suicide Prevention and Life Promotion, Two Spirit Identity in community, Lateral Violence and Lateral Love. Indigenous youth are resilient and in recognition of World Suicide Prevention Day on Sept.10, 2021, We Matter and
It Gets Better Canada wants you to #STAYSAFESTAYTRUE It Gets Better Canada and a few of our friends want to share a special message, letting you know that It Gets Better and to #StaySafeStayTrue! Playlist 12 Videos Ryan G Hinds wants you to SHINE BRIGHT 0:16 Tranna Wintour wants you
Otsíkh:èta – Queerography Episode 5 Non-binary and two-spirited dance Otsíkh:èta (they/them) shares their experience in finding peace by connecting with their community and making the most of their authentic self. Cinematographer and Editor – Phil Kim Dancer – Otsíkh:èta GET UPDATES and stay connected – subscribe to our newsletter. It
J.C. Pearce – Queerography Episode 4 In episode 4 of Queerography, J.C. Pearce (he/him), shares his journey of tenacity. Reflecting on his upbringing in a Caribbean household and as the only openly gay kid of colour in high school, J.C. shares what it has meant to find acceptance and resolve
Celeste Henriques-Powell – Queerography Episode 3 Trigger warning: mentions of self-harm and depression. In episode 3 of Queerography, Celeste Henriques-Powell (they/them), a non-binary, Black dancer, discusses their journey towards embracing their true emotions and exploring their Black and gender identity. If you or someone you know are in crisis or
