Dialing In London: Intergenerational 2SLGBTQ+ Community Conversations

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Join team members and supporters, past and present, in an intergenerational celebration of LGBT YouthLine & Open Closet's 30 year anniversaries, and a reflection on 2SLGBTQ+ peer support services. There will be a Q&A after the panel discussion as well as time for mingling.

Moderator: Tyler Chartrand

Panelists: Dana Nosella, Richard MacDonagh, Iylah Neves, Marah Abdelkader

Date: Thursday, April 3, 2025

Time: doors open 6:30pm, panel and Q&A from 7pm to 8:30pm

Venue: London Central Library (C.E. Lawson Room), 251 Dundas Street, London, Ontario

Ticket types:

Tickets are by pay-what-you-can donation, including a free-option. We recognize that many 2SLGBTQ+ people of all ages are working-class and low-income, and encourage you to give according to your means, or to take the free option if you need it. You can also select a combo of tickets.

Donations for tickets will be split between LGBT YouthLine and Open Closet, our organizing partners for this panel.

Virtual tickets are free. Attendees will be emailed a livestream link 24 hours before the event.

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ACCESSIBILITY:

COVID safety: Masking is strongly recommended, and we will have both KN95 and regular surgical masks for you to use. We will have hand sanitizer available. If you have ordered a ticket and get sick prior to the event, please keep yourself and others safe by staying home.

Light Food & Refreshments will be provided.

For Deaf and HoH guests: ASL interpreters will be present. The livestream will be live-subtitled.

Wheelchair accessibility: The building and room are wheelchair-accessible.

Washrooms: Washrooms are on the same floor as the event room. They are gendered, with a wheelchair-accessible stall in each one. There is also a wheelchair-accessible "family washroom" on the same floor.

Sensory environment: Fluorescent lights are not dimmable. Washrooms do not contain scented products. The room does not have an echo.

QUESTIONS? Please contact admin@youthline.ca

[BANNER DESCRIPTION: A turquoise ribbon curves across a beige background and provides a backdrop to the event title in black text: "Dialing In: Intergenerational 2SLGBTQ+ Community Conversations: London". Below the title is a photo of YouthLine team members smiling and posing at a Pride outreach table. Below the photo, black text reads "Thursday, April 3, 7pm to 9pm, London Central Library." At the bottom of the image are the logos of Open Closet, Regional HIV/AIDS connection, and LGBT YouthLine.]

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Thank you to Desjardins Financial Group for their generous support of our 30th Anniversary events.