$1.6 million in funding for LGBTQ+ organizations in Atlantic Canada
“In Newfoundland and Labrador, the Quadrangle Community Centre in St. John's, Newfoundland, will receive part of this funding.”
WAGE funding announcement interview with cbc
Federal Funding announcement
Dr. Ailsa Craig, Co-founder of Quadrangle is interviewed on the impact of this federal funding.
Learning about the cancer experiences of Transgender persons in Newfoundland and Labrador
"There are social and medical barriers, limiting the opportunities for (the transgender community), including in cancer care," write Sevtap Savas, Jocshan M. Loaiza and Charlie Murphy.
Trans Dudes with Lady Cancer
Documentary screening, panel discussion on transgender individuals and cancer
theindependent.ca coverage of Quadrangle 2SLGBTQIA+ Healthcare research TownHall
Quadrangle shared preliminary results of the survey at town halls in St. John’s on March 11, and in Happy Valley-Goose Bay on March 28.
Quadrangle has released a preview of the results from its survey on 2slgbtqia+ Health Care ahead of the full report’s release later this month.
NTV’s Bailey Howard tells us more.
Quadrangle to Release Study on 2SLGBTQIA+ Health Care
VOCM Coverage
“In the first study of its kind here, Quadrangle surveyed hundreds of gender and sexually-diverse community members to learn about their specific health needs, their barriers to health care, and the changes they’d like to see in the health care system.”
Report considers all health-care services in Newfoundland and Labrador
“The survey had 272 respondents from people in all regions of the province. About half indicated they are gender-diverse, which is around 10 per cent of the gender diverse-population of the province, Hawthorn said.”
2SLGBTQIA+ healthcare NTV Coverage
“The study found that 50.7 per cent of 2SLGBTQIA+ and 58.7 percent of gender-diverse people in the province say their mental health is poor or very poor, and 73.2 per cent of 2SLGBTQIA+ community members needed mental healthcare services in the past 12 months that they didn’t receive.”
CBC Morning Show 2SLGBTQIA+ Healthcare research radio interview
The state of health care for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in NL is anything but healthy. That's according to a first-of-its-kind study by a group called by Quadrangle NL
VOCM coverage of Core FUNDING
Executive Director Charlie Murphy says the funding is “huge,” noting that it will allow them to have stable staff members, keep their physical space inside St. James United Church, and expand their programming.
CBC Newfoundland and Labrador Core Funding Coverage
“Quadrangle N.L. — a 2SLGBTQIA+ advocacy group that works to improve the quality of lives and experiences of the community in Newfoundland and Labrador — is getting $890,000 from the federal government as part of the national action plan to end gender-based violence”
Quadrangle NL’s Chosen Family Dinners!
Listen to Lee Kelly, Program Facilitator at Quadrangle NL talk with Kris Holmes of the St. John’s Morning Show about the importance of our Holiday Chosen Family Dinners planned for the 2023 holiday season
Chosen Family Dinners
The holidays are a time for family - that's something we often hear. But for some people - including members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community - it can be anything BUT a celebration. That's why Quadrangle NL is hosting a Chosen Family Dinner for the holidays. Charlie Murphy is the executive director of Quadrangle NL.
Make it stand out
Ailsa Craig, a Memorial University sociologist and co-founder of 2SLGBTQIA+ community centre Quadrangle N.L.
"We educate people around things that have to do with heterosexual identity and cisgender identity all of the time, and that is not considered to be sexualizing children," Craig said.
Quadrangle Opens New Queer Safe Space in St. John’s
Executive Director Charlie Murphy says the local 2S/LGBTQIA+ community has been fighting for such a space for nearly 40 years.
Quadrangle N.L. gets its own dedicated space for 2S/LGBTQIA+ community of Newfoundland and Labrador
Ailsa Craig, co-founder and co-chair of the group's board, said having the space is important for the 2S/LGBTQIA+ community.
"To be able to have a space where you can really have the supports that you need so that your talents can grow and so that you can really engage fully in your community" Craig said.
Quadrangle offering counselling services for 2SLGBTQIA+ community members
The provincewide service offers 200 hours of free online counselling to members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. The program was developed through a partnership with Jacob Puddister Memorial with help from a $25,000 Bell Let’s Talk Community Fund grant.
NTV coverage of new 2slgbtqia+ counselling program
On November 8th 2022 during NTV Evening News Quadrangle NL’s latest new province wide weekly FREE counselling service in partnership with The Jacob Puddister Memorial Foundation and funded by Bell Let’s Talk was featured.
Quadrangle Launches Online Counselling Program for 2SLGBTQIA+
Quadrangle Executive Director Charlie Murphy says the project is the “first of its kind,” and will help fill a gap and reduce wait times for such services.
Incident Captured in Viral Video Being Viewed as Hate Crime Not Uncommon, Says Quadrangle
The Executive Director of Quadrangle says such incidents are not as uncommon as people think.
LGBTQ advocacy group wants more monkeypox info, pop-up vaccine clinics
Charlie Murphy, executive director of Quadrangle, says it's troubling that gay and straight contacts of the men who likely contracted monkeypox were given different advice
The that NEW policy Means!
Thank you to Martin Jones and CBC Newfoundland Morning for the chance to talk about the policy changes to Canadian Blood Services. Allowing Quadrangle NL and Fogo Island Pride to talk about how this is a step in the right direction in truly removing the blood ban but there are still needed changes to truly lift the ban.
New census data from Statcan confirms what community advocates have been saying for years
“The [Statcan] numbers show a clear case for funding,” said Murphy. “I see this as an opportunity for [the provincial government] to acknowledge what many organizations have been saying for decades, that the community is here and it’s thriving. But it needs the support to actually have the proper healthcare and services that it deserves, like any other population.”
Mutual aid is a lifeline for 2SLGBTQIA+ community members
“Permanent funding would mean that he doesn’t have to be the only paid staff member of Quadrangle, juggling a list of roles himself. Multi-year staff funding means that the organization can have a dedicated emergency support staff, program coordinator, bookkeeper, outreach staff, etc.”
LGBTQ2S+ organization calls on federal government to renew capacity fund
“Murphy says that if we want to ensure that the community is supported, organizations need stable and continued funding from all levels of government”
Article from Future of Good:
The LGBTQ Community Capacity Fund is a lifeline for Canada’s frontline queer and trans services. It’s about to expire.
“Many of the smaller, more rural organizations that received grants through the Fund, such as the Quadrangle LGBTQ Community Centre in Newfoundland and Labrador, were also the first LGBTQ community service organizations of their kind in their region – and their closure would be devastating for local queer and trans people.”
LGBTQ seniors in N.L. need social connections, boosts to long-term care training: report
“A new report, considered the first of its kind, sheds more light on what faces LGBTQ seniors in Newfoundland and Labrador, and offers up ideas for change. The report by Quadrangle N.L., a group that seeks to bolster the province's LGBTQ community, involved surveying and interviewing community members over the age of 50, as well as long-term care providers.”
LGBTQI2S+ SENIOR CARE AND HOUSING NL REPORT 2021
Shedding light on the needs of LGBTQI2S+ seniors in this province… Listen to our Executive Director Charlie Murphy and Quadrangle Co-founder and researcher Dr. Ailsa Craig about this new report thanks to a partnership with the Gray Gays NL and funding by the City of St. John’s Non-Profit Housing Catalyst Fund
Letter Campaign
Quadrangle NL asking for provincial support in creating a 2SLGBTQAI+ community centre.
Quadrangle Seeking Feedback on Future Inclusive Community Centre
Newfoundland and Labrador is one of the last provinces in the country that doesn’t have a physical space for 2SLGBTQAI+ community members and organizations.
That’s why Local charity, Quadrangle has a mission to create an inclusive community centre to provide both supports and a place for building connections.
Quadrangle launched a province-wide survey to help guide the building of the centre to ensure it meets the needs of the community.
Executive Director, Charles Murphy says in order to create a flexible community space, they need to hear from those it will serve.
The survey will remain open until August 20th.
Newfoundland's The Quadrangle Receives Funding
"We need multi-year core funding and a fully accessible physical space to support our work and the work of the community for 2SLGBTQIA+ people of the province. Right now we have this Federal funding to support our capacity building work but that ends come March 31st 2022. We need stable funding and supports to ensure this initiative becomes a sustainable reality."
How do we build community?
Quadrangle NL on CBC CrossTalk talking about how we as individuals and organizations build community on Thursday July 22, 2021. The segment starts at 3:30 into the recording.
"That’s why it’s important Quadrangle finds a permanent home"
CBC article about our 2020 Trans Day of Remembrance online community conversation to honour the memories of those who died as a result of transphobic violence. In partnership with Trans Support NL, MUNSU and First Light
TDOR 2020 radio interview (starts at 6:52 mins in)
“Having a physical space allows for all that. Allows people to come eat, have a coffee, and also talk about really hot-topic things that we need to talk about as a community that we need to start fighting for. So, you need space in order to rally.”
Host Melissa Royle Critch speaks with Quadrangle and their new charity’s mission
“After five years of working towards the first all inclusive community centre for LGBTQ2+, a local organization can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel.”
“The LGBTQ community in St. John's is one step closer to finding a physical home, as local group Quadrangle NL received official charity status.”
Tuesday, December 17th we opened our official registered charitable status papers
“A steering committee has been working on the project for about two years and will be looking for government funding. Newfoundland and Labrador is one of only three provinces in Canada that does not have a centre of this kind.”