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Award-winning comedy panel show hosted by Danielle Ward, with team captains Margaret Cabourn-Smith and Michael Legge and amazing special guests. In it, two teams work out the right thing to do in strange scenarios and scary situations which range from the everyday to the weird and extreme. Don't feel you have to start at the beginning - we'd suggest you start with the most recent series then work backwards! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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One of the longest running LGBTQ+ radio shows in Canada, Queer FM Vancouver: Reloaded blends current events, human interest, arts, news and entertainment with a focus on LGBTQ+ involvement and community building. Get your rundown on Vancouver, Canada, and the World in every colour of the LGBTQ+ rainbow, our allies and more. Check out Barb Snelgrove and DJ Denise on Queer FM Vancouver: Reloaded with highlights from LGBTQ+ artists and content from around the world with special attention on hom ...
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Hello! This isn't a new episode of Do The Right Thing (sob!) but we thought you might like to sample Margaret's new(ish) podcast Crushed! - and in particular the latest episode in which she chats to Danielle about her crushes and unrequited loves in all their intense and embarrassing glory. Within there is plenty of discussion of why stand ups make…
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Kwolanne Felix (she/her) is a queer writer, student, and gender equality and environmentalist. She was born in Haiti, grew up in Miami, and currently lives in New York City. She is a senior at Columbia University studying History focusing on the African Diaspora. Kwolanne writes creative nonfiction, opinion pieces, and personal essays where she ref…
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Murry Peeters (she/her) is an actor and WGC-award nominated screenwriter. Recent screenwriting credits include: THE PARKER- ANDERSONS and AMELIA PARKER. Her screen credits include NBC’s TAKEN, FARCRY 5 and SEE. Peeters’ acting experience enables her to write material populated by richly diverse and layered characters. She was selected to participat…
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Restlust, (aka) Tianna Nicole (they/them) is a queer, non-binary, Black- and Mexican-American artist, sound explorer, transdisciplinary artist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and DJ, based in Los Angeles. Their focus is on creating sonic healing experiences, often as a collaborator. They are also the drummer and manager for the queer Af…
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KENDALL GENDER As a performer, host, model and LGBTQIA2S+ activist, Kendall Gender (he/him (out of drag, she/her in drag) is a bonafide Canadian drag sensation. With grassroots in Vancouver, she has performed coast to coast since 2014 and shows no signs of slowing down. Kendall is best known for being on season 2 of Canada’s Drag Race, where she pl…
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Vertarias is a Singer, Choreographer, and creative director originally from California and now a resident of Austin for four years. He’s slayed commercials for Dell technologies as well as starred in music videos for the “Seratones” and debuted his debut ep “VERT” (available on all platforms) on the “ICONIC” Cheer Up Charlie’s stage in Austin exact…
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Originally from Montréal, Mélanie Bray is a bilingual actor and producer who has worked across the country in both French and English. Mélanie’s film and television credits as an actor include: QUÉBEXIT, THE L WORD, PSYCH, YEAR OF THE CARNIVORE, ODD SQUAD MOBILE UNIT, RAIN DOWN, (UN)CERTAINTY, and ROSIE (the short film). Mélanie is a Dome Theatre g…
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We welcome Shaun Brodie (he/him) the Artistic Director of The Queer Songbook Orchestra (QSO), a Toronto based 13-piece chamber pop ensemble, dedicated to exploring and uplifting 2SLGBTQ+ narrative in pop music. The QSO have been steadily working to bring intimacy and vulnerability to stages across Canada since the project was founded in 2014 by Art…
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Andrea Routley is a writer, editor, and the 2022/23 Haig-Brown House Writer-in-Residence. Her work has appeared in literary magazines such as Geist, Room and The Fiddlehead Review. In 2020, the title story of her new collection, “This Unlikely Soil,” was shortlisted for the Malahat Review Novella Prize. Her debut collection, Jane and the Whales (Ca…
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Holly Cinnamon (she/they) is a queer femme-inist lesbian actor, singer-songwriter, poet and embodiment educator hailing from Edmonton, Alberta, currently based in NYC. Holly has been singing and writing songs since they can remember, but only during the pandemic did they transition their creative energy fully back to songwriting. They have written …
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Benjamin Lefebvre (he/him) lives in Kitchener, Ontario. His edited books include the three-volume critical anthology The L.M. Montgomery Reader and a set of books that collect Montgomery’s extensive shorter works, most recently Twice upon a Time: Selected Stories, 1898–1939. This fall, he published his first novel In the Key of Dale, (Arsenal Pulp …
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Kevin Chiang (he/him) is a Canadian singer/recording artist based in Vancouver, BC. who is breaking all society norms. At a very young age, Kevin represented everything that culture and society didn’t believe in. Now he wants to show the world that “you can”!! Break the chain because the world is changing. You can be whatever, and whoever you want …
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Crys Matthews, she/her/hers A troubadour of truth, Nashville resident Crys Matthews (she/her) is among the brightest stars of the new generation of social justice music-makers. An award-winning, prolific lyricist and composer, Matthews blends Americana, folk, blues, bluegrass, and funk into a bold, complex performance steeped in traditional melodie…
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BELINDA GILBEY Belinda Gilbey (she/her) is a female entrepreneur, green building enthusiast and market leader in heat pump technology. Her graduation from the University of Ottawa with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering kickstarted her successful professional journey that was fueled by her passion for clean technologies. While working in…
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RENEE MUZQUIZ (she/they) Where Trees Once Made a Sound is the third album from Renée Muzquiz, lead singer and guitarist for Major Tomboys, Portland’s all-woman David Bowie cover band. Muzquiz claims that playing with the Tomboys, as well as in many Portland tribute shows over the past decade, helped shape her as a lead guitarist. This inspired her …
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Gisele Lullaby - mystery reporter, woman of the people, drag sensation and can now add to the ever-growing list of accomplishments WINNER of Canada’s Drag Race Season 3 and Pop Star! Gisèle began her ascent in the drag community in 2009 after being a dancer for Rita Baga. She has been igniting the various stages and TV sets of Quebec for 15 years, …
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A nonbinary boy band of one, Joey Baby (they/them) is a NYC-based artist and producer. A student of late 90s/early 2000’s R&B and pop artists like TLC, NSYNC, Destiny’s Child and Aaliyah, and producers like the Neptunes, Missy Elliott and Timbaland, Joey Baby invites listeners into a creative universe that’s one part unreleased TRL video, one part …
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jaye simpson (she/they) is an Oji-Cree Saulteaux Indigiqueer from the Sapotaweyak Cree Nation. simpson is a writer, advocate and activist sharing their knowledge and lived experiences in hope of creating utopia. simpson’s work has been performed at the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (2017) in Peterborough, and in Guelph with the Vancouver Slam Po…
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HELEN COUNTS (she/her) is a queer indie singer songwriter who began her musical career singing in East Coast coffee houses. This resident of Madison, Wisconsin then self published her own CD, 'Into Your Arms' in 2002 which is newly released NOW on streaming platforms. She first broke into Spotify in 2021 with her single 'That Look', followed quickl…
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SIESKI (she/her) is a Vancouver-based performer and multi-disciplinary artist. As a singer, songwriter, musician, and actor, she is a queer-femme force, charming audiences on the stage and screen. The pandemic was a catalyst in SIESKI’s music, landing her in the Top 20 of the online songwriting competition, ‘Sing for the Shot,’ composing an origina…
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2021 saw THE HYAENAS launch onto the music scene in an explosive sold-out performance alongside iconic rock duo, The Pack AD and they haven’t slowed down since. Embodying the energy and ferocity of the animal they are named after, Hyaenas is a new Indie Rock band breaking into the Canadian music scene. With fun, catchy hooks, their songs are writte…
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Francis Plourde (he/him) is an award-winning journalist from Quebec. He co-produced the podcast Recall: How to Start a Revolution on the rise and fall of the FLQ, Quebec’s radical movement of the sixties. Since Francis joined Radio-Canada in 2007, he’s worked across the country - mostly in French, sometimes in English. His work has appeared on inve…
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RABIN (he/him) is the author of the novel 'I Only Make Love In Montreal'. This stunning debut collection of stories draws heavily on the author’s memories of growing up in Trinidad and explores themes of family, faith, race, child abuse, sexuality, and otherness. Heartbreaking yet hopeful, funny yet wise, these stories are infused with the warmth a…
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Out On Screen is bringing back the highly anticipated Annual Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF) for its 34th edition and we welcomed their ED, Brandon Yan to join us and talk about all the incredible programming that is in store for you. The festival runs August 11-21st this year, both online and in person with a creative theme of “Make It Yours”…
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Elliott Ramsey (he/him/them) is Curator of The Polygon Gallery and holds a Master of Arts degree in Comparative Media Arts (2015) from Simon Fraser University. In 2021, he curated Interior Infinite, an exhibition on self-portraiture through masquerade and disguise featuring internationally acclaimed artists including Nick Cave, Martine Gutierrez, Z…
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Karen Marshall (she/her) As co-founder of Fleurs de Villes and with a long-term international career in publishing and the digital space, Karen has put together countless programs bringing key community organizations and media together to create outstanding promotions and immersive experiences through the joy of flowers. With Fleurs de Villes, she …
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Henry Fry (he/him) grew up a gay vegetarian butcher’s boy in rural Southwest England. After stints as a theatre designer, journalist, copywriter and briefly manager of a crystal shop, he is now a writer, designer and LGBTQIA+ activist living in London. His words have appeared everywhere from national magazines, sites and apps to protest placards an…
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Emerging singer/songwriter, Courtney Wolfe (she/her) delivers passionate indie-pop music through stripped lyrics and abstract sounds. Beginning to sing from a young age, Courtney’s true connection with music unfolded when she discovered her love for the art of songwriting. As her musical skills developed, Courtney Wolfe made her official debut in 2…
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ISABEL KANAAN Executive Producer/Performer/Writer/Co-Creator ISABEL KANA’AN (she/her) is a Filipina-Canadian actor, comedian and writer. Isabel is a Second City graduate and Seneca College Acting for Camera and Voice alumna. She has been awarded the NBC Universal Bob Curry Fellowship. A cast member of two iconic Canadian comedy classics, Royal Cana…
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THIS WEEK on QueerFM Van we shine the spotlight on our Indig-queer community for National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous Peoples Day! We at QueerFM Van gratefully acknowledge that we live and operate on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, x?m??k??y??m (Musqueam), S?wx?wú7mesh (Squamish), S…
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Veronica Gutierrez (she/her) is the author of As You Look, a mystery novel. She is a former community organizer, civil servant, civil rights attorney, and corporate executive. She draws from years of experience in those worlds for her fiction. "In "As You Look", former LAPD cop-turned private investigator Yolanda Ávila blames herself for her mother…
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Brayo Bryans (he/him - real name Brian Nkoyooyo) is a Toronto-based aspiring singer-songwriter and newcomer from Uganda East Africa. A human rights activist, Brayo has used his musical talents to advocate for LGBTQ+ Rights in Uganda and empower, sensitize, and educate about LGBTQ+ issues. He is the Composer of the Ugandan LGBTQ+ movement song calle…
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All The Way Mae is the powerhouse performer and producer behind Twisted Tassels Productions. They are Autistic, queer, and non-binary, and the proud parent of two Autistic kiddos. When they created Twisted Tassels, their aim was to make productions that reflected their social justice values and promoted equity within the art form. *****************…
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Peter Breeze is a former club kid and underground pop star who performed with acts like Bif Naked, Aaron Carter and Sharon Needles. He now has a podcast called The Superficial Spirit that explores the relationship between pop culture and spirituality and has featured Canadian icons like Jann Arden, Rick Campinelli, Simone Denny and Priyanka. How do…
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FRNKE (they/he/her) is an androgynous free spirit from the streets of Toronto, Canada; yet, heavily rooted in the Caribbean culture. Love and light is key, and men must understand that they too could express vulnerability, be sensual. With this, FRNKE leaves messages and alludes a soulful spirit with the undertones of a sweet, sultry alternative re…
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TIANA WARNER (she/her) is an LGBTQ+ author from Coquitlam, BC, Canada, best known for her critically acclaimed, #1 Amazon bestselling series, Mermaids of Eriana Kwai. Her books have been recognized by Writer's Digest, Foreword's Top 10 Indie YA Books of 2014, and the Dante Rossetti Awards. In addition to writing stories, Tiana is a tech nerd and fo…
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EMILY MCNALLY Brooklyn based queer singer/songwriter Emily McNally (she/they) is creating the soundtrack for the lovelorn & an anxious generation of young people with their genre-fluid, DIY bedroom pop music. With vulnerable lyricism, Emily confronts their own naivete & yearning in layers of lush vocals, sharing a time capsule of emotions in order …
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ELLAROSE: ELLAROSE CHARY (she/hers) is an award-winning writer and advocate for inclusion in media. She is a Richard Rodgers Award Winner, Drama League Award Nominee, Dramatists Guild Fellow, O’Neill, Kleban, NYFA and Kernodle Finalist, Rhinebeck Writers Retreat Triple R, Ars Nova, Milikin University and Catwalk resident and a Harvard TDM Guest Lec…
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Elaine Mercedes Mendoza (she/her) is an Author and Speaker with a thirst for knowledge, equality, inclusion, and bases her work around the idea that diversity IS our strength. She created the #AllHumansBelong movement which emphasizes that EVERYONE regardless of nationality, sexual orientation, race, religion, BELONGS. Elaine enjoys sharing her lif…
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Incendiary Sweet is the singer-songwriter/indie rock project of Victoria Feige (SHe/Her). It started because of the pandemic. As a multi-instrumentalist wheelchair user, and adaptive surfing world champion, she put her energy into music during the Covid lockdown. She was hesitant to perform after her acquired spinal cord injury, but when everything…
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"Matriach of the Blues", Dalannah Gail Bowen (76) is a member of the NY Blues Hall of Fame and has been singing professionally for more than half a century. Her music career began in Winnipeg, Manitoba with an all-female group called the Feminine Touch. Touch had the good fortune to tour Canada, opening shows for groups that included the Guess Who …
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Marisa Rosa Grant (They/Them) is an event planner/producer focused on creating unique spaces for Black Queer and Trans folks. If you want to make something happen, Marisa is the person to do it! Based in Toronto, they are the founder and creator of: STRAPPED, Pour Choices: A Queer Wine tour, Strapped House, and many more events yet to come. Aside f…
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SHAMIR Coming off the 2020 release of his acclaimed self-titled LP that cemented his legacy as a songwriting dynamo; SHAMIR just dropped a 2021 release of a chapbook of essays which focus on his paintings; and he shepherded a 2021 collaboration between his Accidental Popstar Records imprint with the inimitable Macy Rodman out in the world… Now just…
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TEA FANNIE (her/she): Hip Hop Artist Tea Fannie was born in Victoria, raised in Edmonton and now calls Calgary home. She grew up listening to Kenny Rogers and Whitney Houston, (no, that’s not a typo) and by the time she was old enough to choose her own ear vibes she was into Green Day and Nas. She feels that her music style reflects that in a rando…
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Icesis Couture (pronouns & Velvet Code (He/Him/They/ Them) Time for one of today’s interviews. This next duo (music artist and producer) just combined to create LA PUSETTA, one hella hot dance tune that is burning up the streaming services online! Entertainer, Singer, Drag Star and recently crowned CANADA’S DRAG RACE S2 winner Icesis Couture is an …
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RAINE HAMILTON Raine Hamilton (they/them) is part prairie songstress, part storyweaver; Each song has a story, delivered between songs with humour and grace. Raine invites their love of the violin into the singer-songwriter genre, writing for violin and voice, as well as for guitar and voice. Joined by cello and upright bass, expect string arrangem…
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Kamilah Haywood aka K Woodz (She/Her/They/Them) is a Queer, Black, Canadian fiction Author of Jamaican heritage who depicts the unfiltered, authentic, and occasionally dark side of Toronto life. Her previous works include Concrete Jungle, Diamond in the Rough (Parts I and II). Their latest release is THE HIDDEN TRACK released in October of last yea…
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Parlour Panther local band Gritty guitar, immersive synths and howling vocals - Parlour Panther lifts you up to a sonic dream. With influences like Jungle, St. Vincent and Sylvan Esso, this self-produced Queer duo brings you thunderously dark dream pop. “Their lyrics are bold and the vocal delivery captivating” - Beatroute Magazine Parlour Panther’…
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Jameson Farn UK author of Bathhouse Babylon Jameson Farn is originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and has had a mutual love with France for most of his life and it is where he has now lived for an extensive number of years in Saint Jean Cap Ferrat near Monaco. For just over the past decade, Jameson has contributed articles on a range…
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