About 35 community members gathered at Roycemore School on Saturday evening for an All Ages Queer Joy Celebration. It was the first planned collaboration between Evanston Pride, PFLAG Evanston and Gender Affirming Evanston. Some attendees danced to Taylor Swift, Madonna and Lil Nas X in one part of the school, while others made signs and.
The all-female Mariachis Sirenas perform in Fountain Square at Thursday's Una Fiesta Hispana, an Evanston Pride celebration. Members from Evanston Pride –
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When Sandie Elliott was a teenager in Evanston, she had to turn to students at Northwestern University to learn more about her queer identity.
A lifelong Evanston resident, Elliott said in high school she searched for a community within the city, both to connect with others and to learn about herself. But she came up nearly empty-handed the only organization she could find was a student group based out of NU.
“We found a meeting at Northwestern and they would let us come and talk along with the other students that were there,” Elliott said. “Other than that, there isn’t anything at all.”