As pandemic weighs on Ontario’s LGBTQ+ youth, helpline adjusts

At an undisclosed location in downtown Toronto, young queer volunteers used to answer calls from peers across the province. With its doors shuttered since COVID-19 hit, Youth Line’s chat service has gone remote, and it is now taking on helpers from outside the city.
Alastair Sharp
Youth Line staff, including Minna Frederick (second left) and Sierra Savedra (second right), pose for a photograph at the charity's The Lesque is Drag community cabaret event in March, 2020. Photo by Brianna Roye

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