Queer Santa spreading holiday cheer to LGBTQ+ youth for 25 years
Linda Warren, 80, brings gifts to kids who wouldn't otherwise be getting one at The Center on Colfax's annual Holigay celebration in Denver, Colorado.
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Linda Warren, 80, brings gifts to kids who wouldn't otherwise be getting one at The Center on Colfax's annual Holigay celebration in Denver, Colorado.
Rejected by her family, this woman has been ‘Queer Santa’ for 22 years Sydney Page Linda Warren, 77, has been known as “Queer Santa” for 22 years. Each Christmas, she fundraises for The Center on Colfax in Denver to buy holiday presents for LGBTQ youths who feel rejected by their families. (Courtesy of Linda Warren) For the past 22 years, Linda Warren has called herself “Queer Santa.” Each December, the 77-year-old woman suits up in a classic Santa Claus outfit for an elaborate gift-giving operation in Denver, where she distributes gifts to LGBTQ youths who f...
Hart Van Denburg/CPR News Volunteer "Queer Santa" Linda Warren, who is 77 years old, has been the leader for 22 years of The Center on Colfax’s Holigay celebration to provide LGBTQ youth in metro Denver with a festive way to mark the holidays. One highlight: a pandemic-friendly drive-thru gift pickup on Saturday, Dec. 5, 2020. Santa Claus handed out presents the other day in Denver. Nothing too unusual about that, except this: Along with a jolly red suit, Santa wore a face shield. And people lined up in cars to get their gifts. From "Queer Santa." During a pandemic. Seventy-seven-year-old...