Autism and Expressions of Love

Autism and Expressions of Love

For Valentine’s Day, autism advocate Kaelynn Partlow released an Instagram Reel on different ways people express love. Click below to watch the reel….   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Kaelynn Partlow | Autistic Advocate...
Pride & Disability Comedy Web Series From Australia

Pride & Disability Comedy Web Series From Australia

Out of Here is a fantastic comedy web series from Australia starring an actor with Down Syndrome playing a gay woman named Billie. The series follows Billie as she schemes to get to her local Pride celebrations – against the wishes of her comically overbearing...
Guest Event – InWithForward presents Speed Connections

Guest Event – InWithForward presents Speed Connections

This Valentine’s Day, feel seen & heard — without all the holiday hype and commercial BS! Try out Speed Connections — speed dating, minus the dating, designed with & for folks who want to get to know themselves and their neighbours better. Test out and take...

CQC Holiday Dim Sum Brunch

CQC members got together for a holiday brunch of dim sum, live music, and good times. It was a great way to finish up another year of CQC. Mark brought his keyboard, and he and Colin treated the group to some fantastic live music.  Again, new people showed up who we...
Connecting Queer Communities’ Holiday Dim Sum Brunch

Connecting Queer Communities’ Holiday Dim Sum Brunch

Come join us for our last event of 2024! CQC is a social group for folks with cognitive disabilities who are 2SLGBTQIA+, who might be curious or questioning their gender or identity, or who might want to spend time in queer community! We meet a few times a month and...

Queer Movie Night

On November 15, CQC members got together to watch a holiday themed movie with a 2SLGBTQIA+ storyline. The movie was called Let it Snow, and it also starred a trans actor named Liv Hewson. It was a relaxing event, with folks enjoying some casual snacks and drinks,...
CQC Presents Queer Movie Night

CQC Presents Queer Movie Night

Connecting Queer Communities is having a movie night! It will be a low-key event to hang out and watch a movie with an LGBTQ storyline on Friday November 15th from 7pm – 9pm at 336 Columbia St. in New Westminster. There will be drinks and snacks but not a full...
Guest Event: Dates & Mates at BACI

Guest Event: Dates & Mates at BACI

Interested in meeting new friends or potential dates? BACI’s LIFE Services, Stitched Services and Community Inclusion are hosting a Speed Dating event on November 12, from 5:00 – 7:30 pm at Christine Sinclair Community Centre, 3713 Kensington Ave in...

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....