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Fig. 1: Examples of LGBTQ2S+ Pride event attendees engaging the community to register as potential stem cell donors.

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Acknowledgements

We thank the members of the LBGTQ2S+ community who partnered with Stem Cell Club to develop and share photographs and videos in support of stem cell donation, as well as the organizers of the Pride festivals for inviting Stem Cell Club to participate and run stem cell drives. Stem Cell Club is supported by grant funding from Canadian Federation of Medical Students, Doctors of BC, and the Canadian Blood Services BloodTechNet Award.

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  1. Stem Cell Club, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Warren B. Fingrut, Natalie DeGurse, Adriyan Hrycyshyn, Brendon Lam, Kaveh Farrokhi, Rupal Hatkar, Kenneth Williams, Shamini Vijaya Kumar, Sze Wah Samuel Chan, Dylan Coupal, Sylvia Okonofua, Hayley Wroot, Kyla Pires, Sachini Jayasinghe & Terry Stubbs

  2. Department of Medicine, Adult Bone Marrow Transplantation Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA

    Warren B. Fingrut

  3. Faculty of Medicine, Western University, London, ON, Canada

    Natalie DeGurse & Kaveh Farrokhi

  4. Faculty of Medicine, Queens University, Kingston, ON, Canada

    Adriyan Hrycyshyn

  5. Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Brendon Lam

  6. Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Rupal Hatkar, Kenneth Williams, Shamini Vijaya Kumar & Sze Wah Samuel Chan

  7. Faculty of Medicine, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada

    Dylan Coupal

  8. Faculty of Science, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada

    Sylvia Okonofua

  9. Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Hayley Wroot, Kyla Pires & Sachini Jayasinghe

  10. Faculty of Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Terry Stubbs

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WBF conceived of the pilot campaign, and designed, led, and evaluated the recruiter training. All authors spearheaded stem cell drives at Pride events, recorded data, participated in the interpretation of the results. ND, AH, KP, SJ, TS, RH, and WBF partnered with members of the LGBTQ2S+ community to develop and share photographs and videos online to engage the community as donors. WBF wrote the manuscript, and all authors critically revised the manuscript and approved the final version.

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Fingrut, W.B., DeGurse, N., Hrycyshyn, A. et al. Towards a more inclusive unrelated donor registry. Bone Marrow Transplant 57, 688–690 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-022-01597-7

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