The pandemic has completely transformed the way we view and experience health and wellbeing. Panelists discuss how the pandemic has specifically affecteded LGBTQ people’s overall health and wellbeing, and current research focusing on trans adults’ experiences in accessing healthcare and LGBTQIA+ resilience. The conversation also includes an exploratiom of LGBTQ research and campaigns around health and wellbeing that are helping to tell the story of LGBTQ southerners.