Global: “How digital clubbing became the saviour of queer nightlife during the coronavirus pandemic”

This is far from being a unique lament: as well as being a leisure activity, clubbing acts as an important pressure valve for lots of people — something which I would argue is particularly true for queer people. Thankfully, a number of DJs and promoters have risen to the challenge of recreating the club experience within the new parameters we find ourselves in. Last Saturday, I decided to check out Club Quarantine, one of the indisputable leaders of the trend. Club Q is based in Toronto and was co-founded by four queer Torontonians: comedian and producer Brad Allen, digital creator Mingus New, DJ and musician Casey MQ, and recording artist Andrés Sierra. Their creation is providing a vestige of hedonism for bored and locked-down queers across the world.