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Nycum, Benjie
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Benjie Nycum was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania in December, 1972. He graduated with a Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies from TUNS in 1995, and a Master’s of Architecture in 1997. He was the co-founder of YGA Website and Magazine and was Associate Publisher of XY Magazine also (two youth LGBTQ magazines). He is the CEO of William Nycum & Associates Ltd., a healthcare architecture and planning firm in Halifax. He teaches in the School of Architecture and serves on the Board of Directors of Egale Canada and on Halifax’s North End Business Association. He is very involved in LGBTQ and human rights communities in Nova Scotia, as well as many youth organizations in HRM.