'No LGBT person should feel that they're alone.' As lockdowns kick in, queer groups, celebrities and charities have stepped up to offer a virtual community like never before.
In east London, volunteers leave groceries on doorsteps for the elderly, or walk dogs for those now told to stay indoors. Charity workers take calls to the helpline from their own front rooms. In Manchester, condoms that used to be given out in bars are now stuffed into envelopes to post. A new befriending scheme for the over-70s is nearly ready. Elsewhere, an entire online scene is forming: Zoom room clubbing, virtual gyms, a community centre with space to talk and to grieve.
Mainstream mutual aid groups have sprung up across the country to help others in the local area, but as these are based on locality rather than any particular community, Carla Ecola, a homelessness worker, spotted a gap through which some could fall and co-founded the London LGBTIQ+ COVID-19 Mutual Aid group.
On the London LGBTIQ+ mutual aid Facebook page, members post links to free services they’re offering, from online yoga classes to writing workshops, queer workout sessions, meditation classes, live musical performances, DJ sets and mental health support groups. They hope to offer a room for people to discuss grief with others as the numbers of bereaved people rise as a result of the crisis, and have begun talking to other organisations about setting up funeral funds to financially assist people who’ve lost loved ones.
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