Tegan and Sara Quin have advocated for LGBTQ and gender equality amid a recording career that has sold over 1 million albums, earned three Juno Awards and one Grammy nomination.
The Vancouver-based duo — who in 2019 released a memoir, High School, and a new album, Hey, I’m Just Like You — launched the Tegan and Sara Foundation in 2016 to improve the lives of fellow LGBTQ women and girls.In March, TSF established a series of community grants to meet the immediate needs created by the coronavirus pandemic among LGBTQ people, who are particularly vulnerable to the virus due to factors including “compromised immune systems, higher rates of tobacco use and provider discrimination,” according to TSF.The program provided $29,000 to grassroots.
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