A new study from the University of Sydney will look at the impact of COVID on LGBTQI community life in NSW, including Oxford Street. The research project is being coordinated by the Sydney Policy Lab and will look at the implications of COVID-forced closings as well as new venues that opened during the height of the pandemic. Many LGBTQI venues closed and never reopened, which has an impact on the social cohesion of the LGBTQI community. The research area on “social capital” looks at the connection between businesses and other venues as hubs of community life, social connectedness, trust, and civic infrastructure that are created.