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# Chicago Drag Queens create Valentines cards for LGBTQ+ elders
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/chicago-drag-queens-create-valentines-cards-for-lgbtq-elders/
- Published: 2021-02-17T15:45:15.000Z
- Updated: 2021-02-17T10:34:26.000Z
- Description: The Chicago Black Drag Council recently partnered with Our Art of Giving to create 200 Valentines Day cards for older LGBTQ+ people.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Queer Corner, Chicago, Drag Queens, LGBTQ, US

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/black-drag-council-chicago.jpg)

A member of the Chicago Black Drag Council

The **Chicago Black Drag Council** recently partnered with **Our Art of Giving** to create 200 Valentines Day cards for older LGBTQ+ people in an effort to ‘give back’ to those who fought for queer rights in the 20th century. According to [*NBC Chicago*](https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/lgbtq-senior-citizens-surprised-with-valentines-in-lake-view/2438021/?ref=scenemag.co.uk), the ‘Valentine’s Day Senior Prize’ project was thought up by drag queen **Jo Mama**, who said: *“Within the LGBTQ+ community, we can find ourselves often out-aged or overlooked and it’s important that we make sure that doesn’t happen. It’s our inherent responsibility to give back to the people who opened the doors for us.”*

Local Chicago LGBTQ+ venues such as Progress Bar, Roscoe’s Tavern, and Scarlet Bar also collaborated on the project. **Danny Beers**, the LGBTQ+ coordinator for Our Art of Giving, has been assisting the elderly LGBTQ+ community since the pandemic began, by donating thousands of food items and household essentials to older people in Chicago. He said: *“I just wanted to show them as much love as I could in their golden years.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/lgbtq-valentines-cards-chicago-1.jpg)